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Wind Advisory 9, NWS Pocatello, ID

March 6, 202110 counties in Idaho

NWS Pocatello, ID issued this wind advisory at Mar 6, 2021, 2:12 PM MST for 10 counties in Idaho. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 6, 2021, 2:12 PM MST (21:12 UTC)
Expired
Mar 6, 2021, 5:38 PM MST
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Pocatello, ID

Counties Bannock County, ID, Bingham County, ID, Blaine County, ID, Bonneville County, ID, Butte County, ID, Cassia County, ID, Jefferson County, ID, Lincoln County, ID, Minidoka County, ID, Power County, ID

The radar

The Pocatello radar (KSFX), 25 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:12 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

Boise Airport, ID (KBOI), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 265 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, Boise Airport, ID at 12:00Z on 2021-03-06Temperature 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 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Boise Airport, ID at 12:00Z on 2021-03-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 317 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
2872 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
60 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
317 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
352 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

687 
WWUS75 KPIH 062112
NPWPIH

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Pocatello ID
212 PM MST Sat Mar 6 2021

IDZ051-052-054-055-070200-
/O.NEW.KPIH.WI.Y.0009.210306T2112Z-210307T0200Z/
Shoshone/Lava Beds-Arco/Mud Lake Desert-Lower Snake River Plain-
Eastern Magic Valley-
Including the cities of Shoshone, Richfield, Carey, Mud Lake, 
INL, Craters of the Moon NM, Pocatello, Blackfoot, 
American Falls, Shelley, Fort Hall, Burley, Rupert, Heyburn, 
and Oakley
212 PM MST Sat Mar 6 2021

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM MST THIS EVENING...

* WHAT...Southwest winds 25 to 35 mph with gusts up to 50 mph.

* WHERE...Eastern Magic Valley and the Lower Snake plain,
  especially along the I-86 corridor from Pocatello to Burley.
  Also, look for cross winds along I-84 from Idahome to Yale. 
  Furthermore, look for cross-winds on I-15 near Fort Hall and 
  Blackfoot. 

* WHEN...Until 7 PM MST this evening.

* IMPACTS...Blowing dusts will reduce visibilities, especially
  near Rainbow road near American Falls and near Burley. Also,
  gusty winds could blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs
  could be blown down too as well as a few power outages may
  result. Also, high profile vehicles will likely have
  difficulties especially for direct cross-wind areas.
 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

$$

For more information from the National Weather Service visit
https://weather.gov/pocatello
1 follow-up statement
377 
WWUS75 KPIH 070038
NPWPIH

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Pocatello ID
538 PM MST Sat Mar 6 2021

IDZ051-052-054-055-070145-
/O.CAN.KPIH.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-210307T0200Z/
Shoshone/Lava Beds-Arco/Mud Lake Desert-Lower Snake River Plain-
Eastern Magic Valley-
Including the cities of Shoshone, Richfield, Carey, Mud Lake, 
INL, Craters of the Moon NM, Pocatello, Blackfoot, 
American Falls, Shelley, Fort Hall, Burley, Rupert, Heyburn, 
and Oakley
538 PM MST Sat Mar 6 2021

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

Winds have rapidly decreased across the Snake Plain in East Idaho.
Continued decrease is expected through the evening. Therefore the
Wind Advisory has been cancelled. 

$$

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

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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.