1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Pocatello, ID wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 4, 1:52 PM MST, 4 hours 36 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO IDAHO 250 PM MDT SAT JUNE 4 2005 .DISCUSSION...CONVECTION DEVELOPED THIS AFTN OVER THE CEN MTNS AND THE ERN HIGHLANDS IN THE AREAS OF GREATEST INSTABILITY. NOT MUCH SURPRISE WITH THAT. LOOKS LIKE CONVECTION WILL STAY OUT OF THE SNAKE RIVER PLAIN FOR NOW. ALL SHOULD DIE OUT AROUND 03Z WITH THE LOSS OF SFC HEATING. NEXT SYSTEM...A MAJOR UPPER LOW...IS STILL ON TRACK FOR SUNDAY. THE GFS HAS STRENGTHENING SW UPPER FLOW BY 18Z...WITH A SFC FRONT NEARING THE WRN CWA. UPPER FLOW REMAINS MOSTLY PARALLEL TO FRONT...SO MOVEMENT WILL BE SLOW. THIS SHOULD RESULT IN THE BULK OF THE PRECIP ALONG AND BEHIND THE FRONT. ETA STILL SHOWING MILDLY UNSTABLE AIR OVER THE CWA SUNDAY AFTN. THIS...ALONG WITH A STRONG UPPER SYSTEM AND LOW LEVEL MSTR TRANSPORT SUGGESTS SOME STRONGER TSTM POTENTIAL. ALSO OF NOTE IS STP HAS OUTLOOKED MUCH OF THE CWA FOR SLGT SVR ON SUNDAY. ETA BUFR SOUNDINGS FOR KPIH SUNDAY AFTN SHOW THE INVERTED V PROFILE...SO CAN EXPECT SOME WINDS ALONG WITH HAIL POTENTIAL. THE COLD FRONT MOVES OUT OF THE CWA EARLY MONDAY MORNING. ETA SHOWING A TIGHT POST FRONTAL PRES GRADIENT. OVERNIGHT SUNDAY... SO WILL BE EXPECTING WINDY CONDITIONS INTO MON MORNING. TEMPS WILL TAKE A SIGNIFICANT DROP FROM SUN TO MON. FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE FCST PERIOD...A SERIES OF UPPER LOWS PLAGUE THE PAC NW. THIS WILL RESULT IN AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF COOL AND WET CONDITIONS. HAVE MADE NO SIG CHANGES TO THE THE EXTENDED PERIOD. HEDGES .AVIATION... VFR CONDITIONS THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAINLY OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN IDAHO HIGHLANDS UNTIL AROUND 02Z. A FEW CELLS MAY CONTAIN GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL. WAW .PIH WATCHES/WARNING/ADVISORIES...NONE. && WEATHER INFORMATION ON-LINE 24-HOURS A DAY (ALL LOWER-CASE LETTERS) WWW.WEATHER.GOV/POCATELLO
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID 515 AM MDT SAT JUN 4 2005 IDZ017>025-031-032-051200- LOST RIVER/PAHSIMEROI-CACHE VALLEY/IDAHO PORTION- SOUTH CENTRAL HIGHLANDS-WASATCH MOUNTAINS/IDAHO PORTION- LOWER SNAKE RIVER PLAIN-SAWTOOTH MOUNTAINS-EASTERN MAGIC VALLEY- BIG AND LITTLE WOOD RIVER REGION-UPPER SNAKE RIVER PLAIN- CARIBOU HIGHLANDS-UPPER SNAKE HIGHLANDS- 515 AM MDT SAT JUN 4 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN IDAHO .DAY ONE... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALONG THE WYOMING BORDER THIS AFTERNOON. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH SOUTHEAST IDAHO SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT. THIS FRONT...COUPLED WITH MODERATE INSTABILITY AND SIGNIFICANT UPPER LEVEL DYNAMICS COULD PRODUCE SEVERE WEATHER IN FORM OF LARGE HAIL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS. THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK WILL CONTINUE TO BE UNSETTLED WITH COOL AND SHOWERY CONDITIONS LIKELY TO PERSIST. SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WE ASK ALL TRAINED SPOTTERS TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS. THIS WOULD INCLUDE ALL HAIL...WIND...AND HEAVY RAIN AND SNOW REPORTS. THIS INFORMATION SHOULD BE CALLED INTO THE LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN POCATELLO USING THE 1-800 SEVERE WEATHER HOTLINE...OR OTHER STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. DSH
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO/IDAHO FALLS ID
603 PM MDT SAT JUN 04 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0602 PM HAIL 3 S POCATELLO 42.83N 112.47W
06/04/2005 0.25 INCH BANNOCK ID TRAINED SPOTTER
MINK CREEK - SOUTH OF TOWN - 5100 FEET. ALSO HEAVY RAIN.
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PANGELPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO/IDAHO FALLS ID
728 PM MDT SAT JUN 04 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0726 PM FUNNEL CLOUD 10 N MUD LAKE 43.99N 112.48W
06/04/2005 JEFFERSON ID TRAINED SPOTTER
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PANGELThe Pocatello radar (KSFX), 83 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:30 UTC.
1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado in Mud Lake area. Several trees downed and one tractor moved across highway and rolled over.
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