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Wind Advisory 3, NWS Pocatello, ID

January 13, 20215 counties in Idaho

NWS Pocatello, ID issued this wind advisory at Jan 13, 2021, 4:36 PM MST for 5 counties in Idaho. It took effect at Jan 13, 2021, 5:00 PM MST. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 13, 2021, 4:36 PM MST (23:36 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 13, 2021, 5:00 PM MST
Expired
Jan 13, 2021, 8:00 PM MST
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Pocatello, ID

Counties Bannock County, ID, Bingham County, ID, Bonneville County, ID, Caribou County, ID, Power County, ID

The radar

The Pocatello radar (KSFX), 49 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Salt Lake City I, UT (KSLC), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 242 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Salt Lake City I, UT at 12:00Z on 2021-01-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Salt Lake City I, UT at 12:00Z on 2021-01-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 105 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2095 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
105 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
233 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

634 
WWUS75 KPIH 132336
NPWPIH

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Pocatello ID
436 PM MST Wed Jan 13 2021

IDZ054-058-062-140300-
/O.CAN.KPIH.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-210114T0000Z/
/O.NEW.KPIH.WI.Y.0003.210114T0000Z-210114T0300Z/
Lower Snake River Plain-Marsh and Arbon Highlands-
Blackfoot Mountains-
Including the cities of Pocatello, Blackfoot, American Falls, 
Shelley, Fort Hall, Inkom, McCammon, Downey, Lava Hot Springs, 
Grace, Soda Springs, Henry, and Bone
436 PM MST Wed Jan 13 2021

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MST THIS EVENING...

* WHAT...West winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 45 mph 
  expected.

* WHERE...Pocatello, American Falls, Fort Hall, McCammon, Soda
  Springs, Aberdeen.

* WHEN...Until 8 PM MST this evening.

* IMPACTS...Gusty winds could blow around unsecured objects. 
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Use extra caution when driving, especially if operating a high
profile vehicle. Secure outdoor objects.

&&

$$

IDZ051>053-055>057-059-065-067-070-140045-
/O.CAN.KPIH.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-210114T0000Z/
Shoshone/Lava Beds-Arco/Mud Lake Desert-Upper Snake River Plain-
Eastern Magic Valley-Southern Hills/Albion Mountains-
Raft River Region-Franklin/Eastern Oneida Region-Teton Valley-
Beaverhead - Lemhi Highlands-Challis/Pahsimeroi Valleys-
Including the cities of Shoshone, Richfield, Carey, Mud Lake, 
INL, Craters of the Moon NM, Idaho Falls, Rexburg, St. Anthony, 
Burley, Rupert, Heyburn, Oakley, Albion, Almo, Malta, Rockland, 
Holbrook, Malad, Preston, Thatcher, Ashton, Tetonia, Driggs, 
Dubois, Spencer, Edie School, Small, and Challis
436 PM MST Wed Jan 13 2021

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

Winds are diminishing and the advisory is cancelled.

$$

For more information from the National Weather Service visit
https://weather.gov/pocatello
1 follow-up statement
111 
WWUS75 KPIH 140233
NPWPIH

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Pocatello ID
733 PM MST Wed Jan 13 2021

IDZ054-058-062-140345-
/O.EXP.KPIH.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-210114T0300Z/
Lower Snake River Plain-Marsh and Arbon Highlands-
Blackfoot Mountains-
Including the cities of Pocatello, Blackfoot, American Falls, 
Shelley, Fort Hall, Inkom, McCammon, Downey, Lava Hot Springs, 
Grace, Soda Springs, Henry, and Bone
733 PM MST Wed Jan 13 2021

...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM MST THIS EVENING...

Winds will continue to weaken this evening and the wind advisory
will expire at 8 PM.

$$

For more information from the National Weather Service visit
https://weather.gov/pocatello

The office that day

Everything else NWS Pocatello, ID issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 13, 2:30 AM MSTWind AdvisoryPIHBannock, Bingham, Blaine, Bonneville, Butte, Caribou and 12 more14 hr

Nearby

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.