A 58 mph wind gust was recorded in northeast Bingham County at a weather site at the Idaho National Laboratory.
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A 58 mph wind gust was recorded in northeast Bingham County at a weather site at the Idaho National Laboratory.
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 31, 7:30 PM MST, 10 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID 830 PM MDT FRI AUG 31 2012 .DISCUSSION...TONIGHT THROUGH NEXT FRIDAY. QUICK UPDATE THIS EVENING...AS BROAD AREA OF SHOWERS LIFTS NORTH OUT OF NE NEVADA INTO THE SOUTHERN HIGHLANDS ON THE NOSE OF AN UPPER LEVEL JET. EXPECT SOME EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS TO CONTINUE INTO THE NIGHT BUT ISOLATED IN NATURE. SEE PREVIOUS DISCUSSION BELOW. HUSTON SOUTH SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT IS OVER THE AREA WITH MONSOON MOISTURE IN PLACE. PRECIPITABLE WATER AMOUNTS ARE BETWEEN .75 AND 1 INCH ACROSS THE SOUTHERN AND EASTERN HIGHLANDS. A SHORTWAVE TROUGH EMBEDDED IN THE FLOW AS SEEN ON WATER VAPOR IMAGERY WILL AIDE IN AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY EVENING SCATTERED CONVECTION OVER THE MAJORITY OF THE AREA. EXPECT BETWEEN .10 AND .25 INCH OF PRECIPITATION WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS LOCALLY ACROSS THE SOUTHERN AND EASTERN HIGHLANDS. CURRENT RADAR IMAGERY SHOWS CONVECTION ALREADY ACROSS THE EASTERN HIGHLANDS. LOOK FOR OUTFLOW WINDS UP TO 55 MPH IN AND AROUND THUNDERSTORMS. SATURDAY AFTERNOON A WEAK COLD FRONT AND AMPLE MOISTURE WILL AIDE IN AFTERNOON CONVECTION. SATURDAY AFTERNOON LOOK FOR SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS CONVECTION ACROSS THE SOUTHERN HIGHLANDS...EASTERN HIGHLANDS AND UPPER SNAKE HIGHLANDS WITH ISOLATED CONVECTION ELSEWHERE. EXPECT COOLER TEMPERATURES TO NEAR NORMAL ACROSS THE AREA ON SATURDAY. SUNDAY HIGH PRESSURE STARTS TO BUILD IN THE AREA BRINGING WARMER AND DRIER CONDITIONS. EXPECT LIGHT LINGERING CONVECTION ACROSS THE EASTERN HIGHLANDS. EXPECT DRY WEST TO NORTHEAST FLOW NEXT WEEK WITH TEMPERATURES 5 TO 10 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL THROUGH THE PERIOD. WYATT && .AVIATION...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHEAST IDAHO THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. CONDITIONS SHOULD REMAIN VFR OVER THE TERMINALS THROUGH TOMORROW...HOWEVER SOME SHOWERS COULD BE HEAVY REDUCING VISIBILITY TEMPORARILY LATER THIS AFTERNOON. AIRMASS WILL BE UNSTABLE ENOUGH TO WARRANT VCTS. MORE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TOMORROW AFTERNOON. HINSBERGER && .FIRE WEATHER...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA TODAY...EXPANDING INTO THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS LATER THIS EVENING. HAVE THUS EXPANDED THE RED FLAG WARNING TO INCLUDE FIRE ZONES 476 AND 477. MORE STORMS ARE EXPECTED MAINLY OVER THE UPPER SNAKE PLAIN AND SOUTHEAST HIGHLANDS TOMORROW...BUT MODELS ARE BRINGING SOME MODERATE RAINFALL AMOUNTS WHICH MAY BE ENOUGH TO INHIBIT NEW FIRE STARTS. DRIER WEATHER WILL MOVE BACK INTO THE AREA SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND LAST THROUGH MOST OF THE COMING WEEK. HINSBERGER && .AIR STAGNATION...LARGE FIRES WILL KEEP SMOKE IN SOUTHEAST IDAHO WITH AN AIR QUALITY ADVISORY CONTINUING FOR CUSTER COUNTY. WYATT && .PIH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... RED FLAG WARNING UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT IDZ409>413-476-477. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID 357 AM MDT FRI AUG 31 2012 IDZ017>025-031-032-011000- 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- 357 AM MDT FRI AUG 31 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN IDAHO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT EXPECT ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AND TONIGHT IN SOUTHEAST IDAHO. RED FLAG WARNINGS HAVE BEEN ISSUED FOR A LARGE PART OF THE REGION FOR SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY EXPECT ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ON SATURDAY AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ON SUNDAY. .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.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID
657 PM MDT FRI AUG 31 2012
IDZ022-010200-
ONEIDA ID-POWER ID-CASSIA ID-
657 PM MDT FRI AUG 31 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN POCATELLO HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
EASTERN CASSIA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IDAHO
SOUTHERN POWER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IDAHO
NORTHWESTERN ONEIDA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IDAHO
UNTIL 800 PM MDT
AT 654 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
THUNDERSTORM 16 MILES SOUTHEAST OF IDAHOME...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30
MPH.
WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH
BRIEF HEAVY RAIN.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ROCKLAND...
LAT...LON 4225 11345 4265 11299 4269 11286 4242 11251
4208 11324
TIME...MOT...LOC 0057Z 228DEG 24KT 4223 11323
HUSTONSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID 708 PM MDT FRI AUG 31 2012 IDZ019-020-023-010200- JEFFERSON ID-BINGHAM ID-BONNEVILLE ID-MADISON ID- 708 PM MDT FRI AUG 31 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN POCATELLO HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR... MADISON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IDAHO NORTH CENTRAL BONNEVILLE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IDAHO NORTHEASTERN BINGHAM COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IDAHO SOUTHEASTERN JEFFERSON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IDAHO UNTIL 800 PM MDT AT 700 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS 10 MILES EAST OF AMMON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH BRIEF HEAVY RAIN. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... POPLAR...IONA...RIRIE ARCHER... LAT...LON 4387 11186 4371 11141 4335 11181 4341 11205 TIME...MOT...LOC 0107Z 216DEG 20KT 4348 11174 HUSTON
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID 748 PM MDT FRI AUG 31 2012 IDZ019-020-010230- TETON ID-JEFFERSON ID-BONNEVILLE ID-MADISON ID-FREMONT ID- 748 PM MDT FRI AUG 31 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN POCATELLO HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR... SOUTH CENTRAL FREMONT COUNTY IN EASTERN IDAHO MADISON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IDAHO NORTH CENTRAL BONNEVILLE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IDAHO SOUTHEASTERN JEFFERSON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IDAHO EXTREME WEST CENTRAL TETON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IDAHO UNTIL 830 PM MDT AT 742 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES SOUTH OF RIGBY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... RIGBY... POPLAR... ARCHER AND THORNTON... REXBURG... SUGAR CITY... LAT...LON 4400 11170 4383 11139 4348 11186 4359 11206 TIME...MOT...LOC 0148Z 216DEG 22KT 4361 11188 HUSTON
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID
755 PM MDT FRI AUG 31 2012
IDZ017-020-010300-
JEFFERSON ID-BINGHAM ID-BUTTE ID-BONNEVILLE ID-BLAINE ID-
755 PM MDT FRI AUG 31 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN POCATELLO HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
EXTREME EAST CENTRAL BLAINE COUNTY IN CENTRAL IDAHO
SOUTHEASTERN BUTTE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IDAHO
EXTREME NORTHWESTERN BONNEVILLE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IDAHO
NORTHWESTERN BINGHAM COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IDAHO
SOUTHWESTERN JEFFERSON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IDAHO
UNTIL 900 PM MDT
AT 748 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 18 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SOUTHWEST INL...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH
HEAVY RAIN.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SOUTHWEST INL...
CENTRAL INL...
SOUTHEAST INL...
LAT...LON 4321 11310 4334 11336 4374 11299 4385 11283
4365 11246
TIME...MOT...LOC 0155Z 219DEG 25KT 4336 11314
HUSTONSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID
802 PM MDT FRI AUG 31 2012
IDZ017-021>023-010330-
MINIDOKA ID-ONEIDA ID-LINCOLN ID-POWER ID-CASSIA ID-BANNOCK ID-BLAINE
ID-
802 PM MDT FRI AUG 31 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN POCATELLO HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN BLAINE COUNTY IN CENTRAL IDAHO
CASSIA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IDAHO
SOUTHEASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IDAHO
SOUTHERN MINIDOKA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IDAHO
CENTRAL BANNOCK COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IDAHO
POWER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IDAHO
WESTERN ONEIDA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IDAHO
UNTIL 930 PM MDT
AT 755 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
BROAD AREA OF SHOWERS WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE NEVADA
AND UTAH BORDER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO SPREAD NORTH
ACROSS CASSIA COUNTY THROUGH 930 PM MDT.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ALMO...
ELBA...OAKLEY
BURLEY...
RUPERT...
LAT...LON 4202 11430 4241 11429 4242 11409 4251 11407
4254 11399 4254 11394 4276 11395 4277 11396
4289 11385 4278 11224 4199 11285 4198 11356
TIME...MOT...LOC 0159Z 213DEG 31KT 4209 11415 4204 11316
HUSTONSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID 831 PM MDT FRI AUG 31 2012 IDZ019-020-032-010330- CLARK ID-JEFFERSON ID-BINGHAM ID-BUTTE ID-BONNEVILLE ID- 831 PM MDT FRI AUG 31 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN POCATELLO HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR... EAST CENTRAL BUTTE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IDAHO EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN CLARK COUNTY IN EASTERN IDAHO NORTHWESTERN BONNEVILLE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IDAHO NORTHWESTERN BINGHAM COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IDAHO SOUTHWESTERN JEFFERSON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IDAHO UNTIL 930 PM MDT AT 824 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES EAST OF SOUTHWEST INL...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH HAVE BEEN OBSERVED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH BRIEF HEAVY RAIN. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... SOUTHEAST INL... NORTHWEST INL... MUD LAKE... LAT...LON 4410 11277 4381 11208 4336 11270 4352 11317 TIME...MOT...LOC 0231Z 217DEG 22KT 4354 11281 HUSTON
The Pocatello radar (KSFX), 30 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 02:41 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A 58 mph wind gust was recorded in northeast Bingham County at a weather site at the Idaho National Laboratory.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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