Thunderstorm winds in Blackfoot broke window in mini-van, tore shingles off roof and knocked down basketball hoop.
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Thunderstorm winds in Blackfoot broke window in mini-van, tore shingles off roof and knocked down basketball hoop.
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 Aug 17, 1:31 PM MST, 5 hours 34 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID 231 PM MDT FRI AUG 17 2007 .SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY. AN ACTIVE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT PERIOD IS EXPECTED ACROSS EASTERN IDAHO. CURRENT SATELLITE AND RADAR IMAGERY SUPPORT THE CURRENT FORECAST THAT STATES SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT MOST LOCATIONS. RECENT STORM REPORTS HAVE STATED THAT THE STORMS WILL LIKELY CONTAIN SMALL CORES OF MODERATE TO HEAVY PRECIPITATION ALONG WITH FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH. THERE WILL BE A BRIEF BREAK IN STORM ACTIVITY OVERNIGHT...BEFORE ANOTHER ROUND OF CONVECTION AFFECTS THE AREA SATURDAY. IN ADDITION TO THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY SATURDAY...STRONGER WINDS ALOFT WILL CREATE GUSTY WINDS IN MANY LOCATIONS. THE STRONGEST WIND GUSTS WILL AFFECT PORTIONS OF CENTRAL IDAHO...ESPECIALLY AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS. A MODERATE COLD FRONT WILL SWING THROUGH THE REGION SUNDAY...WITH GUSTY WINDS FOR MOST LOCATIONS...AND SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS FOR PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHERN AND EASTERN HIGHLANDS. TEMPERATURES WILL BE COOLER SUNDAY. ZONAL FLOW MONDAY WILL LEAD TO SEASONABLE TEMPERATURES AND NEAR BREEZY CONDITIONS AT TIMES IN OPEN AREAS...ESPECIALLY IN THE SNAKE RIVER PLAIN. .LONG TERM...MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. RELATIVELY DRY ZONAL TO NORTHWEST FLOW WILL OVERSPREAD IDAHO DURING MUCH OF NEXT WEEK. THIS WILL LEAD TO MUCH COOLER TEMPERATURES...AND NEAR BREEZY CONDITIONS IN THE SNAKE RIVER PLAIN. THE BEST CHANCE FOR PRECIPITATION DURING THIS PERIOD WILL BE LATE WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY AS A COLD FRONT MIGRATES THROUGH EASTERN IDAHO. CANTIN && .AVIATION...EXPECT THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING FROM BURLEY THROUGH IDAHO FALLS AND ALONG ALL TWEB ROUTES. GENERALLY SCATTERED TO WIDELY SCATTERED IN COVERAGE...ENDING BY MIDNIGHT. EXPECT STRONGER WINDS IN SNAKE RIVER PLAIN SATURDAY AFTERNOON AHEAD OF ADVANCING COLD FRONT. GK && .FIRE WEATHER...THUNDERSTORMS NOW BECOMING MORE WIDESPREAD IN ZONES 412 AND 413 THIS AFTERNOON. MOIST ATMOSPHERE WITH MOST THUNDERSTORMS WET...BUT SOME WILL BE DRY AND WITH THE FUEL SITUATION MANY FIRE STARTS STILL POSSIBLE DESPITE THE RAIN WITHIN THEM. THUS THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING UNTIL 11 PM FOR DRY THUNDERSTORMS. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FOR ZONES 405 AND 406 FOR WINDS AND RELATIVE HUMIDITIES. A STRONG SOUTHERLY FLOW ALOFT SETS UP ON SATURDAY AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT WHICH MOVES THROUGH SUNDAY AND THINK WIND GUSTS WILL EXCEED 30 MILES PER HOUR IN THE NORTHERN ZONES. THINK THE SOUTHERN ZONES WILL HAVE HIGH WIND GUSTS ON SATURDAY AS WELL BUT RELATIVE HUMIDITIES SHOULD REMAIN ABOVE 15 PERCENT. EXPECT SUNDAY TO ALSO BE WINDY BEHIND COLD FRONT AND IT COULD ALSO BE A RED FLAG SCENARIO. GK && .PIH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... RED FLAG WARNING UNTIL 11 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR IDZ405>407- 409>413. FIRE WEATHER WATCH FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING FOR IDZ405-406. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID 431 AM MDT FRI AUG 17 2007 IDZ017>025-031-032-181200- 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- 431 AM MDT FRI AUG 17 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN IDAHO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. SCATTERED DRY THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT MUCH OF THE REGION TODAY. A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR DRY LIGHTNING FOR TODAY. STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL MAY ACCOMPANY SOME OF THESE STORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH MUCH OF THE WEEKEND. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WE ASK TRAINED SPOTTERS AND CITIZENS TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS WHEN IT IS SAFE TO DO SO. THESE CONDITIONS MAY INCLUDE HAIL...TORNADOES...STRONG WIND...DUST STORMS...SNOWFALL... EXTREME COLD TEMPERATURES...FREEZING RAIN OR HEAVY RAIN...DENSE FOG...AND FLOODING OR ICE JAMS. INFORMATION ABOUT THESE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS SHOULD BE CALLED INTO YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN POCATELLO USING THE 1-800 SEVERE WEATHER HOTLINE...OR 208-233-0834.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO/IDAHO FALLS ID
610 PM MDT FRI AUG 17 2007
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0610 PM FUNNEL CLOUD 2 NW WAYAN 43.00N 111.40W
08/17/2007 CARIBOU ID TRAINED SPOTTER
WALL CLOUD WITH FOUR SHORT-LIVED FUNNELS
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PANGELPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO/IDAHO FALLS ID
622 PM MDT FRI AUG 17 2007
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0620 PM HEAVY RAIN 3 W IONA 43.53N 111.99W
08/17/2007 M1.50 INCH BONNEVILLE ID TRAINED SPOTTER
THREE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITHIN 1 HOUR WITH NUMEROUS
LIGHTNING STRIKES. LOTS OF FIRES WITH THE LIGHTNING.
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PANGELPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO/IDAHO FALLS ID
738 PM MDT FRI AUG 17 2007
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0734 PM TSTM WND DMG 3 NE INKOM 42.83N 112.21W
08/17/2007 BANNOCK ID TRAINED SPOTTER
AT NORTH RAPID CREEK AREA. FIVE LARGE COTTONWOOD AND
BRICH TREES BROKEN IN HALF. RESIDENT FENCE DESTROYED.
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PANGELThe Pocatello radar (KSFX), 28 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 02:03 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm winds knocked down basketball hoop, broke window in mini-van and tore shingles off roof.
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