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Wind Advisory 29, NWS Pocatello, ID

September 12, 20265 counties in Idaho

NWS Pocatello, ID issued this wind advisory at Sep 12, 2026, 12:59 PM MDT for 5 counties in Idaho. It took effect at Sep 13, 2026, 11:00 AM MDT. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 12, 2026, 12:59 PM MDT (18:59 UTC)
In effect from
Sep 13, 2026, 11:00 AM MDT
Expired
Sep 13, 2026, 7:00 PM MDT
In force
8 hr
Issued by
NWS Pocatello, ID

Counties Bingham County, ID, Bonneville County, ID, Butte County, ID, Clark County, ID, Jefferson County, ID

The radar

The Pocatello radar (KSFX), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:03 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, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 325 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 2026-09-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 11 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°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 2026-09-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 1 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
11 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-385 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2556 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
1 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
54 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 11, 8:32 PM MDTRed Flag WarningPIHCassia, Twin Falls24 hr

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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.