The Fremont County emergency manager took several well defined photographs of a dust devil east of Newdale at around 1:15 pm MDT.
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The Fremont County emergency manager took several well defined photographs of a dust devil east of Newdale at around 1:15 pm MDT.
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 May 8, 7:00 AM MST, 5 hours 15 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID 800 AM MDT WED MAY 8 2013 .SHORT TERM...TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. QUICK UPDATE THIS MORNING TO REMOVE THE POTENTIAL FOR PRECIPITATION THIS MORNING...CONVECTION OVER LAST COUPLE DAYS HAS GENERALLY BEGUN TO FIRE AFTER NOON. SEE PREVIOUS DISCUSSION BELOW. HUSTON CURRENT WATER VAPOR SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWS AN UPPER LEVEL LOW CENTERED OVER SOUTHERN UTAH AND NORTHERN ARIZONA. THIS LOW IS CONTINUING TO BRING MOISTURE ACROSS SOUTHERN IDAHO. EXPECT AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY EVENING ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE MAJORITY OF THE AREA WITH NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE CENTRAL AND WASATCH MOUNTAINS TODAY. LOOK FOR ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TOMORROW. MODELS CONTINUE TO SHOW THE UPPER LEVEL LOW MOVING EAST OVER COLORADO BY THURSDAY. LOOK FOR UPPER LEVEL HIGH PRESSURE RIDGING TO BUILD IN SLIGHTLY ON FRIDAY. HOWEVER... MODELS SHOW ENOUGH MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY FOR ISOLATED AFTERNOON MOUNTAIN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ON FRIDAY. MODELS SHOW RELATIVELY LIGHT WINDS THROUGH OUT THE PERIOD. HOWEVER... EXPECT GUSTY WINDS OF AROUND 30 TO 35 MPH IN AND AROUND THUNDERSTORMS. LOOK FOR GRADUAL WARMING TEMPERATURES THROUGH THE PERIOD. WYATT .LONG TERM...SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. UPPER RIDGE WILL BEGIN TO SLIDE INTO THE AREA ON SATURDAY. HOWEVER ENOUGH MOISTURE WILL REMAIN TO TRIGGER AN ISOLATED SHOWER OR THUNDERSTORM IN THE MOUNTAINS AND HIGHLANDS ON SATURDAY. SUNDAY LOOKS MAINLY DRY AS THE RIDGE AXIS SLIDES THROUGH THE AREA. UNSETTLED WEATHER RETURNS TO THE AREA EARLY NEXT WEEK AS THE FLOW TURNS SOUTHWESTERLY AND A WEAK DISTURBANCE MOVES THROUGH THE REGION. VALLE && .AVIATION...UNSETTLED WEATHER WILL PERSIST ACROSS THE REGION TODAY. EXPECT ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TODAY. CEILINGS WILL REMAIN VFR AND WINDS WILL BE RELATIVELY LIGHT EXCEPT NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. VALLE && .PIH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID 500 AM MDT WED MAY 8 2013 IDZ017>025-031-032-091100- 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- 500 AM MDT WED MAY 8 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN IDAHO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. NON- SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE AGAIN EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON. SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS ARE POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY...THEN BECOME LESS PROBABLE AS WE HEAD INTO THE WEEKEND. SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME...THOUGH SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS MAY OCCUR NEAR THESE STORMS. .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 1259 PM MDT WED MAY 8 2013 IDZ024-025-082000- BEAR LAKE ID-FRANKLIN ID- 1259 PM MDT WED MAY 8 2013 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN POCATELLO HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR... CENTRAL FRANKLIN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IDAHO SOUTHWESTERN BEAR LAKE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IDAHO UNTIL 200 PM MDT AT 1254 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS 9 MILES NORTH OF FISH HAVEN...MOVING WEST AT 15 MPH. SMALL HAIL...BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. LOCATIONS IMPACTED THROUGH 200 PM MDT INCLUDE... MINK CREEK...RIVERDALE...PRESTON... LAT...LON 4203 11191 4232 11188 4224 11131 4201 11133 TIME...MOT...LOC 1857Z 096DEG 12KT 4215 11144 HUSTON
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 dust devil. Local standard time, as filed.
The Fremont County emergency manager took several well defined photographs of a dust devil east of Newdale at around 1:15 pm MDT.
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