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Wind Advisory 3, NWS Pocatello, ID
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.
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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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 13, 2:30 AM MST | Wind Advisory | PIH | Bannock, Bingham, Blaine, Bonneville, Butte, Caribou and 12 more | 14 hr |
Nearby
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.