A tornado touched down just north of Soda Springs over the Monsanto Plant. The tornado was on the ground for about 7 miles and 10 minutes.
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A tornado touched down just north of Soda Springs over the Monsanto Plant. The tornado was on the ground for about 7 miles and 10 minutes. Numerous 12 to 14 inch diameter trees were snapped off but no buildings were damaged.
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 Sep 5, 8:17 AM MST, 3 hours 37 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID 917 AM MDT WED SEP 5 2007 .UPDATE...VERY WET SYSTEM OVER EASTERN IDAHO TODAY. FLASH FLOOD WATCHES/WARNINGS ALREADY IN PLACE. SAT IMAGERY PLACES CENTER OF UPPER LOW OVER SOUTHWEST IDAHO. PLUME OF MOISTURE WELL DEVELOPED AHEAD OF IT ACROSS EAST IDAHO WITH 88D SHOWING NUMEROUS SHOWERS WITH A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS REGION. MADE A FEW QUICK UPDATES TO INCREASE POPS/QPF ACROSS SOUTHERN EASTERN HIGHLANDS WHERE FOCUS APPEARS TO BE BEST. TEMPS REMAIN QUITE COOL THIS MORNING AND WITH CLOUD COVER AND PRECIP EXPECT LITTLE RECOVERY FOR TEMPS. TEXT UPDATES AND GRID FINALIZATION FORTHCOMING. DMH && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 429 AM MDT WED SEP 5 2007/ SHORT TERM...WEDNESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. ANOTHER ACTIVE WEATHER DAY ON TAP FOR SE IDAHO TODAY AS VIGOROUS UPPER SHORTWAVE TROF... CURRENTLY NEAR ID/OR BORDER...WILL TRACK EAST-NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS CWA BUT AT SOMEWHAT SLOWER PACE THAN PREVIOUS MODEL RUNS SUGGESTED. THAT WILL ALLOW THE TROF TO PULL IN ADDITIONAL MONSOONAL MOISTURE AND GENERATE SEVERAL PERIODS OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS OVER MOST OF THE CWA FROM MID MORNING ONWARD. RADAR IMAGERY AT 4AM SHOWS FIRST BATCH OF TODAYS CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY MOVING INTO SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF CWA AND HEADING NE. CONCUR WITH SPC ASSESSMENT THAT THE TROFS UPPER COLD POOL AND WIND SHEAR ALOFT WILL HELP ENHANCE STORM DEVELOPMENT WITH STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS POSSIBLE..PARTICULARLY IN THE AREAS ALONG AND EAST OF THE I-15 CORRIDOR THIS AFTN/EVE. MAIN SEVERE THREAT WILL BE HAIL TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER AND GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH. OTHER STORMS WILL ALSO CARRY A THREAT OF LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL SO FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR CENTRAL MTNS AND ERN HIGHLANDS REMAINS IN EFFECT THRU TONIGHT. BOTH NAM AND GFS KEEP THE UPPER TROF TREKKING EASTWARD TONIGHT...TAKING MOST OF PRECIP INTO MT/WY BY MIDDAY THURS ALTHOUGH A FEW SHOWERS MAY PERSIST IN THE UPPER SNAKE HIGHLANDS INTO THURS EVE. BY FRIDAY COOL AND DRY NORTHWEST FLOW PATTERN WILL FILL IN BEHIND THE DEPARTING SHORTWAVE AND PERSIST THRU THE WEEKEND. THIS CHANGE IN AIRMASS WILL HOLD TEMPS CLOSE TO SEASONAL NORMS. LONG TERM...SUNDAY THROUGH NEXT WEDNESDAY. NEXT SHORTWAVE TROF MOVES SOUTH OUT OF SW CANADA ON MONDAY. GFS...EUROPEAN...AND ENSEMBLE OUTLOOKS VARY SIGNIFICANTLY ON THE DEVELOPMENT AND PATH OF THIS SYSTEM SO WILL NEED A FEW MORE MODEL RUNS GET A BETTER HANDLE ON THE SITUATION. AS A COMPROMISE...HAVE KEPT ONLY SLIGHT CHANCE POPS ACROSS CENTRAL MTNS AND NE HIGHLANDS FOR MON AND TUES WITH REST OF CWA REMAINING DRY WITH TEMPS INCHING UPWARD A FEW DEG BY MIDWEEK. WARANAUSKAS FIRE WEATHER...AN UPPER LEVEL LOW CONTINUES TO PUSH EAST TODAY THROUGH SOUTHERN IDAHO. THIS IS A MOIST SYSTEM AND THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE WETTING RAINS WHICH MAY BE ENOUGH TO PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING AND DEBRIS FLOWS OVER RECENTLY BURNED AREAS. ALL THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE WET TODAY. HUMIDITIES WILL BE QUITE ELEVATED TODAY WITH THE EXPECTED RAINS. DRIER NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT SETS UP ON THURSDAY BEHIND THE UPPER LOW AND RAIN SHOULD PUSH EAST OF IDAHO WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. EXPECT DRY WEATHER THROUGH THE WEEKEND UNDER CONTINUED NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT WITH LOWERING HUMIDITIES ONCE AGAIN. GK AVIATION...EXPECT RAIN SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS TO INCREASE LATE THIS MORNING AND AFTERNOON ACROSS ALL TWEB ROUTES AND TAF SITES. SHOULD BE MAINLY VFR...BUT AREAS UNDER HEAVIER RAIN SHOWERS WILL LIKELY SEE MVFR CEILINGS AND VISIBILITIES. DO NOT EXPECT STRONG WINDS WITH THIS SYSTEM WITH THE SNAKE PLAIN TAF SITES GENERALLY IN THE 10 KT RANGE THIS AFTERNOON. GK && .PIH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR IDZ018-019- 023>025-031-032. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID 444 AM MDT WED SEP 5 2007 IDZ017>025-031-032-061045- 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- 444 AM MDT WED SEP 5 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN IDAHO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS MODERATE. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP THROUGHOUT THE DAY ACROSS MOST OF SOUTHEAST IDAHO AS AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH MOVES OVERHEAD. SOME AFTERNOON AND EVENING STORMS..ESPECIALLY EAST OF THE I-15 CORRIDOR...WILL BE LOCALLY STRONG TO SEVERE WITH HAIL NEAR 1 INCH IN DIAMETER AND GUSTY WINDS OF 55 TO 60 MPH. THERE IS ALSO GOOD POTENTIAL FOR LOCATIONS IN THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS AND EASTERN HIGHLANDS TO SEE FLASH FLOOD CONDITIONS FROM EXCESSIVE RAINFALL. AREAS THAT HAVE HAD RECENT WILDFIRE ACTIVITY WILL BE PARTICULARLY VULNERABLE TO FLASH FLOODING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. THE UPPER TROUGH WILL MOVE INTO WYOMING BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON...TAKING MOST OF SHOWERS AND STORMS WITH IT. COOL AND DRY CONDITIONS WILL SETTLE OVER THE REGION FROM FRIDAY TO TUESDAY. .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
1136 AM MDT WED SEP 05 2007
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0800 AM HEAVY RAIN GRACE 42.58N 111.73W
09/05/2007 M0.75 INCH CARIBOU ID TRAINED SPOTTER
24 HOUR TOTAL
0800 AM HEAVY RAIN TABER 43.32N 112.63W
09/05/2007 M0.00 INCH BINGHAM ID TRAINED SPOTTER
24 HOUR TOTAL
0810 AM HEAVY RAIN PRESTON 42.10N 111.87W
09/05/2007 M0.77 INCH FRANKLIN ID TRAINED SPOTTER
24 HOUR TOTAL
0820 AM HEAVY RAIN 3 E PRESTON 42.10N 111.82W
09/05/2007 M0.96 INCH FRANKLIN ID EMERGENCY MNGR
24 HOUR TOTAL
0830 AM HEAVY RAIN 9 SSW CRYSTAL 42.52N 112.58W
09/05/2007 E1.00 INCH POWER ID TRAINED SPOTTER
SINCE MIDNIGHT
0935 AM FLASH FLOOD POCATELLO 42.88N 112.47W
09/05/2007 BANNOCK ID LAW ENFORCEMENT
FLOODING ON S. 5TH ST. NEAR COUNTY JAIL
1041 AM HEAVY RAIN 2 NE POCATELLO 42.90N 112.44W
09/05/2007 M0.63 INCH BANNOCK ID TRAINED SPOTTER
SINCE MIDNIGHT
1100 AM FLASH FLOOD 2 W KETCHUM 43.69N 114.42W
09/05/2007 BLAINE ID PARK/FOREST SRVC
SLIDES REPORTED ON WARM SPRINGS ROAD
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DSHPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO/IDAHO FALLS ID
1152 AM MDT WED SEP 05 2007
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1151 AM HAIL N STONE 42.02N 112.69W
09/05/2007 M0.50 INCH ONEIDA ID TRAINED SPOTTER
24 RAINFALL AMOUNTS TO 3/4 INCH. MOST OF IT OCCURRED THIS
MORNING.
&&
VPRESTONPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO/IDAHO FALLS ID
1202 PM MDT WED SEP 05 2007
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1201 PM HEAVY RAIN 2 ESE POCATELLO 42.87N 112.43W
09/05/2007 E1.00 INCH BANNOCK ID TRAINED SPOTTER
ESTIMATED 1 INCH OF RAIN DURING THE LAST HOUR.
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VPRESTONThe Pocatello radar (KSFX), 97 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:53 UTC.
1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
A tornado touched down just north of Soda Springs over the Monsanto Plant. The tornado was on the ground for about 7 miles and 10 minutes. Numerous 12 to 14 inch dimater trees were snapped off but no buildings were damaged.
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