A severe thunderstorm caused 66 mph wind gusts in Bern.
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A severe thunderstorm caused 66 mph wind gusts in Bern.
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 Jul 7, 1:51 PM MST, 2 hours 34 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID 245 PM PM MDT SAT JUL 7 2007 .SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY. UPPER LEVEL SHORT WAVE MOVING THROUGH SOUTHERN IDAHO THIS AFTERNOON AND INITIATING THUNDERSTORMS AGAIN TODAY MAINLY IN CENTRAL MOUNTAINS AND SOUTHERN HIGHLANDS OVER ELEVATED TERRAIN. CHALLIS DID RECEIVE NEARLY A QUARTER INCH OF RAIN SO THERE ARE SOME WET THUNDERSTORMS WITH INCREASED MOISTURE STILL TODAY WITH SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS. KEPT ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS IN GRIDS TONIGHT AS WAVE MOVES EAST. EXPECT STORMS TO DIMINISH OR END BY MIDNIGHT AND SHOULD BE MUCH DRIER SUNDAY AND ONLY PUT ISOLATED IN EXTREME EASTERN HIGHLANDS. TEMPERATURES SHOULD REMAIN WELL ABOVE NORMAL BUT NOT NEARLY AS HOT AS IT HAS BEEN THROUGH MONDAY. STAY IN DRY NORTHWEST FLOW MONDAY AS RIDGE BEGINS TO REBUILD TO WEST. EXPECT LAKE WIND ADVISORY WINDS TO CONTINUE IN AFTERNOONS TODAY AND SUNDAY IN THE 10 TO 20 MPH RANGE WITH POTENTIAL FOR 15 MPH SUSTAINED WINDS ON AMERICAN FALLS RESERVOIR. GK .LONG TERM...TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. UPPER RIDGE REBUILDS AND IS OVERHEAD BY THURSDAY. EXPECT MAINLY DRY CONDITIONS WITH THIS PATTERN AND CONTINUED ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES. GK && .FIRE WEATHER...UPPER DISTURBANCE TRACKING OVERHEAD THIS AFTERNOON SPARKING WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY ACROSS THE REGION. A MIX OF WET AND DRY CELLS NOTED THUS FAR AND WILL CONTINUE RED FLAG WARNING FOR ALL ZONES THROUGH MIDNIGHT. DRIER NW FLOW TAKES HOLD SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY WITH AFTERNOON WIND GUSTS NOSING UP TOWARD WARNING CRITERIA. NO HIGHLIGHTS IN THE WORKS YET BUT WILL HAVE TO CONTINUE TO MONITOR SITUATION THROUGH THE PERIOD FOR POTENTIAL UPDATES. UPPER RIDGE BEGINS TO DRIFT BACK OVERHEAD BY MID-WEEK WITH TEMPERATURES REBOUNDING BACK INTO THE MID 90S AND HUMIDITY DROPPING BACK INTO THE LOWER TEENS. HUSTON && .AVIATION...AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS FIRING OVER CENTRAL MOUNTAINS NE OF KSUN AND OVER NE NEVADA ALL ADVANCING NE WITH TIME. EXPECT AREA OF CONVECTION OVER NE NEVADA TO BEGIN IMPACTING SNAKE RIVER VALLEY TAF SITES AS EARLY AS 23Z AND CONTINUING THROUGH AROUND 03Z THIS EVENING. EXPECT STRONG GUSTY DOWN BURST WINDS AND SMALL HAIL WITH STORMS ALONG WITH PARTIAL MOUNTAIN OBSCUREMENT IN RAIN. VFR CONDITIONS RETURN TO REGION AFTER 06Z AS DRIER NW FLOW PREVAILS OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. HUSTON && .PIH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...RED FLAG WARNING FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 405/406/407/409/410/411/412/413 THROUGH MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. SEE STATEMENTS FOR FURTHER DETAILS. LAKE WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID 608 AM MDT SAT JUL 7 2007 IDZ017>025-031-032-081215- 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- 608 AM MDT SAT JUL 7 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN IDAHO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR ALL OF EASTERN IDAHO FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING FOR DRY THUNDERSTORMS AND STRONG OUTFLOW WINDS IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH. A LAKE WIND ADVISORY HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED FOR AMERICAN FALLS RESERVOIR. A WEATHER SYSTEM WILL CROSS IDAHO TODAY AND TONIGHT...CREATING BREEZY CONDITIONS AT TIMES ESPECIALLY IN THE SNAKE PLAIN. THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO DEVELOP...MOST OF THEM PRODUCING LITTLE OR NO RAIN AND STRONG DOWNBURST WINDS. A FEW OF THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY RAIN TO AROUND ONE TENTH OF AN INCH. THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE NEW FIRE STARTS AND ALSO CREATE ERRATIC FIRE BEHAVIOR TO ANY NEW/EXISTING FIRES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY BREEZY CONDITIONS ESPECIALLY IN THE SNAKE PLAIN WILL EXIST SUNDAY AND MONDAY WITH SOME GUSTS AROUND 25 TO 30 MPH POSSIBLE. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE AGAIN ON SUNDAY MAINLY OVER THE SOUTHERN AND EASTERN HIGHLANDS. A MIXTURE OF WET AND DRY STORMS IS POSSIBLE WITH THE HEAVIEST STORMS PRODUCING BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY DOWNBURST WINDS. A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL REBUILD ACROSS IDAHO AND BRING HOT AND DRY CONDITIONS BACK TO THE AREA. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR DRY THUNDERSTORMS AND LOCALLY BREEZY CONDITIONS LATER IN THE WEEK. .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.
The Pocatello radar (KSFX), 137 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:24 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Co-op observer reported a measured 66 mph wind gust in Bern.
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