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Wind Advisory 9, NWS Pocatello, ID
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.
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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.
- 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
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.