An F0 tornado was reported 3 miles southwest of Burley. The tornado caused no damage and was on the ground for 5 minutes.
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An F0 tornado was reported 3 miles southwest of Burley. The tornado caused no damage and was on the ground for 5 minutes.
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 Apr 8, 9:14 AM MST, 2 hours 46 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID 1014 AM MDT WED APR 8 2009 .UPDATE...THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS CROSSING THROUGH WENDOVER NEVADA AT THE MOMENT AND THE JET STREAM WINDS ON THE SOUTH AND EAST SIDE OF THE LOW ARE MOVING FURTHER AWAY FROM IDAHO. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED THIS MORNING NEAR BURLEY AND ARE EXPECTED ON THE BACK SIDE OF THE LOW OR WEST SIDE OF THE STATE THIS AFTERNOON AS WELL. VERTICAL WIND SHEAR TO SUPPORT UPDRAFTS FOR SMALL HAIL WILL BE MOST FAVORABLE THIS AFTERNOON OVER THE EASTERN HIGHLANDS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED. AREAL COVERAGE OF THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON WAS TONED DOWN IN THE FORECAST. SURFACE WINDS WERE ADJUSTED AS WELL SINCE BREEZY SOUTH WINDS DEVELOPED THIS MORNING FROM ABOUT MALAD TO IDAHO FALLS AND WILL BECOME BREEZY AND WESTERLY LATER THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE SOUTH CENTRAL HIGHLANDS WITH THE LOW MOVING EAST. RS && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 324 AM MDT WED APR 8 2009/ SHORT TERM...TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. LATEST IR SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWS CLOSED LOW HAS COME ASHORE ACROSS CENTRAL CA AND ASSOCD MOISTURE IS STREAMING NORTHWARD INTO SERN ID IN THE FORM OF HIGH CLOUDS. RAIN/SNOW SHOWERS ARE ALSO BEING REPORTED OVER MUCH OF NRN CA. NOT MUCH CHANGE TO FORECAST AS ECMWF/GFS/NAM HIGHLIGHTING SHOWERY TYPE PRECIP COMMENCING THIS AFTN ACROSS FORECAST AREA. IN ADDITION...INHERENT INSTABILITY ASSOCD WITH POOL OF COLD AIR DUE TO APPROACHING CLOSED LOW WILL KICK OFF SOME NON- SEVERE TSTMS THIS AFTN. CLOSED LOW WILL CONTINUE TO INFLUENCE OUR WX THROUGH THUR AFTN CAUSING SCATTERED SHOWERS FOR MOST REGIONS ..WITH A CONTINUED CHC FOR AFTN TSTMS THUR FOR THE UPPER SNAKE HIGHLANDS. CLOSED LOW EXITS ID THUR AFTN BUT WITH SMALL DISTURBANCES CONTINUING TO MOVE OVER AREA...NOT MUCH RELIEF FROM CONTINUED SCATTERED SHOWERS. OVERALL FLOW BECOMES SOMEWHAT SPLIT FRI NIGHT AS SWLY UPPER FLOW OVER ID CONTINUES TO BRING IN SHORTWAVES...WITH A CHC FOR MORE TSTMS FRI AFTN. THROUGHOUT FORECAST PERIOD...SNOW LEVELS WILL FLUCTUATE FROM 6500 TO 7500 FT THUS SOME SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ABOVE THOSE LEVELS IS POSSIBLE. CURRENT THINKING IS UP TO 5 INCHES OVER SAWTOOTHS AND 4 INCHES OVER WASATCH...WELL BELOW WARNING CRITERIA. TEMPS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR NORMAL WITH HIGHS FOR MOST AREAS IN MID-50S TO LOW-60S AND LOWS IN MID-30S. RENWICK LONG TERM...SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. BOTH GFS AND ECMWF CONSISTENT WITH A SPLIT FLOW TROF OVER THE GREAT BASIN ON SATURDAY. WITH SE ID IN THE GAP BETWEEN THE NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN STREAMS... WILL MAINTAIN THE MODERATE POPS. NOT EXPECTING MUCH PRECIP WITH THE LACK OF UPPER SUPPORT. BOTH MODELS MOVE AN UPPER RIDGE INTO THE NW US ON SUNDAY...SO HAVE REMOVED POPS IN THE VALLEY LOCATIONS. PRECIP CHANCES INCREASE OVERNIGHT SUNDAY AS A FAIRLY HIGH AMPLITUDE UPPER TROF MOVES INTO THE PAC NW. THE GFS IS A LITTLE FASTER THAN THE ECMWF. BY TUE...THE TWO MODELS DEPART. THE GFS HAS A LOW OVER SE OR...WHILE THE ECMWF DEVELOPS A DEEP CLOSED LOW OVER CEN CA. THIS EVENTUALLY BECOMES A CUTOFF LOW OVER SRN NV BY WED MORN. THE GFS MAINTAINS AN OPEN TROF DIRECTLY OVER THE FCST AREA. WILL JUST CONTINUE WITH NEAR CLIMO POPS FROM MON THRU WED DUE TO THE MODEL UNCERTAINTY. HEDGES AVIATION...AN UPPER CLOSED LOW SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS THE REGION TODAY. SCATTERED SHOWERS WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA MAINLY THIS AFTN AND EVE. A FEW TSTMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE THIS AFTN AND EARLY EVE. CIGS/VIS SHOULD REMAIN VFR TODAY...BUT CIGS WILL FALL BELOW VFR TONIGHT AS THE COOLER AIR MOVES INTO THE AREA. HEDGES && .PIH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID 600 AM MDT WED APR 8 2009 IDZ017>025-031-032-091200- 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 WED APR 8 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN IDAHO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE IN TODAY CAUSING SHOWERS ACROSS GEM STATE. SNOW EXPECTED AT ELEVATIONS ABOVE 6500 TO 7500 FEET WITH POSSIBLE ACCUMULATINOS OF 4 TO 5 INCHES OVER SAWTOOTH AND WASATCH MOUNTAINS. RAINFALL EXPECTED AT LOWER ELEVATIONS. INSTABILITY WILL ALSO INCREASE TODAY CAUSING ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE REGION. MAIN CONCERN WITH STORMS WILL BE GUSTY WINDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND FRIDAY AFTERNOON IN RESPONSE TO SLOW MOVING AREA OF LOW PRESSURE AND SHORTWAVES MOVING THROUGH MEAN FLOW. NO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED. .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
1235 PM MDT WED APR 08 2009
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1230 PM SNOW SW STANLEY 44.21N 114.94W
04/08/2009 E2.0 INCH CUSTER ID TRAINED SPOTTER
ESTIMATED 1.5-2 INCHES - STILL SNOWING AS OF 1230PM MDT
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JKEYESThe Pocatello radar (KSFX), 115 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:58 UTC.
1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
An F0 tornado was reported 3 miles southwest of Burley. The tornado caused no damage and was on the ground for 5 minutes.
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