1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
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 May 9, 1:05 PM MST, 2 hours 25 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO IDAHO 205 PM MDT MON MAY 9 2005 .DISCUSSION... UNSTABLE AIRMASS AND LIFT ASSOCIATED WITH LARGE UPPER LOW PRODUCING WIDESPREAD CONVECTION ACROSS FCST AREA THIS AFTERNOON WITH ISOLATED SEVERE. MAIN THREAT HAIL AND WIND. SFC COLD FRONT ANALYZED ALONG MAIN CONVECTIVE BAND MOVING THROUGH MAGIC VALLEY INTO LOWER SNAKE VALLEY WITH GOOD SFC PRESSURE FALLS AHEAD OF IT PER MSAS. SHORT TERM FCST THROUGH WED MAINLY BLEND OF GFS/NAM WITH BOTH MODELS CARRYING SIMILAR SOLNS AND HANDLING CONVECTIVE POSSIBLITIES QUITE WELL. CENTER OF UPPER LOW DRIFTS EASTWARD THROUGH SHORT TERM. SFC COLD FRONT SLIDES INTO WYOMING LATE THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT BUT 7H AXIS HANGS UP LEAVING CONVECTIVE THREAT GOING FOR SOUTHEAST CORNER OF FCST AREA TONIGHT. REGION REMAINS UNDER FAVORABLE JET DYNAMICS SO HAVE LEFT SHOWERS CONTINUING INTO TUESDAY. THUNDER POSSIBLE AGAIN TUE AFTN/EVE AS MODEL SFC BASED LIFTEDS DROP INTO NEGATIVE TERRITORY BUT THREAT FOR SVR GREATLY DIMINISHED. UPPER LOW TAKES ITS TIME MOVING THROUGH IDAHO WITH MAIN 5H TROF AXIS SLIDING PAST FCST PD DURING DAY WED. HAVE KEPT MAINLY CHANCE POPS THROUGH THAT TIME. WITH MOISTURE WRAPPING AROUND AND COLER TEMPERATURES ALOFT HAVE LEFT SLIGHT CHANCE POPS THU AND THU NIGHT. LATEST GFS HAS RETURNED TO FASTER SOLN WITH PRECIP ENDING BY FRI AND BUILD UP OF SHORTWAVE RIDGE AXIS SAT. CANNOT RULE OUT LOCALIZED SPRINGTIME INSTABILITY EVEN UNDER RIDGE THUS HAVE LEFT SLIGHT CHANCE POPS FOR SHOWERS OVER HIGHER TERRAIN THROUGH REMAINDER OF FCST PD. DMH/RW && .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 600 AM MDT MON MAY 09 2005 IDZ017>025-031-032-101200- EASTERN MAGIC VALLEY-SAWTOOTH MOUNTAINS- UPPER SNAKE HIGHLANDS-UPPER SNAKE RIVER PLAIN- LOWER SNAKE RIVER PLAIN-SOUTH CENTRAL HIGHLANDS- CARIBOU HIGHLANDS-CACHE VALLEY/IDAHO PORTION- WASATCH MOUNTAINS/IDAHO PORTION- BIG AND LITTLE WOOD RIVER REGION-LOST RIVER/PAHSIMEROI- 600 AM MDT MON MAY 09 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN IDAHO .DAY ONE... SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL PERSIST THROUGHOUT TODAY. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS ARE POSSIBLE AT TIMES. A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW WILL OCCUR ABOVE 7500 FEET TONIGHT WITH A FEW INCHES OF WET SNOW POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. 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. WEATHER INFORMATION ON-LINE 24-HOURS A DAY (ALL LOWER-CASE LETTERS) WWW.WEATHER.GOV/POCATELLO
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO/IDAHO FALLS ID
120 PM MDT MON MAY 09 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0118 PM LIGHTNING 2 NW MUD LAKE 43.86N 112.51W
05/09/2005 JEFFERSON ID TRAINED SPOTTER
NUMEROUS LIGHTNING TO THE NORTHWEST. MINOR CLOUD
ROTATION.
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PANGELPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO/IDAHO FALLS ID
128 PM MDT MON MAY 09 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0128 PM HAIL MONTEVIEW 43.93N 112.53W
05/09/2005 0.25 INCH JEFFERSON ID TRAINED SPOTTER
ESTIMATED WINDS 35-40 MPH
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PANGELPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO/IDAHO FALLS ID
139 PM MDT MON MAY 09 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0115 PM HAIL RICHFIELD 43.05N 114.15W
05/09/2005 1.00 INCH LINCOLN ID DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
HAIL FROM SEVERE STORM FELL FOR 10 MINUTES OVER CITY.
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PANGELPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO/IDAHO FALLS ID
142 PM MDT MON MAY 09 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0141 PM HAIL BELLEVUE 43.47N 114.26W
05/09/2005 0.25 INCH BLAINE ID AIRPLANE PILOT
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PANGELPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO/IDAHO FALLS ID
201 PM MDT MON MAY 09 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0130 PM FUNNEL CLOUD 5 W MONTEVIEW 43.93N 112.63W
05/09/2005 JEFFERSON ID LAW ENFORCEMENT
FOUR FUNNEL CLOUDS REPORTED BY STATE POLICE WEST OF CITY.
HEAVY RAIN AND NUMEROUS LIGHTNING AS WELL.
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PANGELPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO/IDAHO FALLS ID
202 PM MDT MON MAY 09 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0130 PM FUNNEL CLOUD 5 W MONTEVIEW 43.93N 112.63W
05/09/2005 JEFFERSON ID LAW ENFORCEMENT
FOUR FUNNEL CLOUDS REPORTED BY STATE POLICE WEST OF CITY.
HEAVY RAIN AND NUMEROUS LIGHTNING AS WELL.
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PANGELThe Pocatello radar (KSFX), 34 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:28 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm winds uprooted large trees in Pocatello. One fell into a house causing extensive damage.
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