The public reported an unconfirmed tornado west of Soda Springs and later a funnel cloud near the city.
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The public reported an unconfirmed tornado west of Soda Springs and later a funnel cloud near the city.
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 23, 7:45 AM MST, 4 hours 19 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID 845 AM MDT SAT AUG 23 2014 .SHORT TERM...TODAY THROUGH MONDAY. QUICK UPDATE THIS MORNING TO BOOST PRECIPITATION POTENTIAL ACROSS THE CNTRL AND NE HIGHLANDS WHERE ONGOING PRECIPITATION IS INDICATED ON RADAR AND OBSERVATIONS. SEE PREVIOUS DISCUSSION BELOW. HUSTON UPPER LEVEL LOW MOVES FROM SOUTHERN IDAHO INTO NORTHWEST WYOMING TODAY. EXPECT LESS PRECIPITATION TODAY WITH SOME DRIER AIR MOVING IN FROM THE NORTHWEST. BUT STILL HAVE EXTENSIVE MOISTURE IN PLACE AND ENOUGH INSTABILITY FOR CONTINUED SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY THROUGH TODAY. THINK HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION WILL BE IN CENTRAL MOUNTAINS EAST INTO UPPER SNAKE RIVER HIGHLANDS WHERE SOME LOCALIZED FLOODING REMAINS POSSIBLE. LOW CONTINUES TO PUSH EAST SUNDAY AND EXPECT LESS COVERAGE OF SHOWERS AGAIN BUT ANOTHER TROF DROPS SOUTHEAST FROM CANADA MONDAY WITH BOTH EUROPEAN AND NAM MODELS CLOSING OFF ANOTHER LOW WITH GFS QUICKER AND WEAKER WITH TROF. SHOULD HAVE CONTINUED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MONDAY WITH THIS SECOND SYSTEM. THE ENTIRE PERIOD SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY WILL BE COLD WITH HIGH TEMPERATURES CONTINUING 10 TO 15 DEGREES BELOW SEASONAL AVERAGES. GK .LONG TERM...TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. BOTH EUROPEAN AND GFS MODELS MOVE IN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE FROM THE WEST BY WEDNESDAY. EUROPEAN HOLDS ONTO PRECIPITATION LONGER TUESDAY THAN GFS WHICH IS DRY BY TUESDAY. FOR THE MOST PART EXPECT WARMING CONDITIONS AND MAINLY DRY WEDNESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY WITH TEMPERATURES WARMING TO NEAR SEASONAL NORMALS BY LAT NEXT WEEK. GK && .AVIATION...THE THREAT OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE PERIOD WITH MOSTLY VFR CONDITIONS. GUSTY WINDS AND REDUCED VISIBILITY DUE TO HEAVY RAIN ARE POSSIBLE AT ALL SITES. THIS MORNING...THERE IS AMPLE MOISTURE FOR IFR CEILINGS AND/OR REDUCED VISIBILITIES DUE TO MIST/FOG AT KPIH AND KIDA. HOWEVER...IF IFR CONDITIONS OCCUR THIS MORNING...EXPECT CONDITIONS TO RETURN TO VFR AFTER 23/1500Z. EP && .FIRE WEATHER...UPPER CLOSED LOW IS MOVING OVER SE ID THIS MORNING WHICH WILL KEEP THE THREAT OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH LATE SATURDAY. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL MAY CREATE FLASH FLOODING OR DEBRIS FLOWS ON BURN SCARS. ANOTHER CLOSED LOW WILL BEGIN EFFECTING OUR AREA SUNDAY AND MONDAY WITH ANOTHER ROUND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. A DRYING TREND IS EXPECTED TUESDAY AND BEYOND. HAINES VALUES DURING THIS ENTIRE PERIOD ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN AT 3 OR BELOW WITH NO SIGNIFICANT WIND ISSUES ANTICIPATED. EP && .PIH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. &&
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID
1250 PM MDT SAT AUG 23 2014
IDZ021-023-232015-
CARIBOU ID-BINGHAM ID-BANNOCK ID-
1250 PM MDT SAT AUG 23 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN POCATELLO HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
EXTREME NORTH CENTRAL BANNOCK COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IDAHO
CENTRAL BINGHAM COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IDAHO
NORTHWESTERN CARIBOU COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IDAHO
AT 1242 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR ROCKFORD...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.
SMALL HAIL...HEAVY RAIN AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED
WITH THIS STORM AS IT PUSHES EAST INTO BLACKFOOT AND THE INTERSTATE
15 CORRIDORE BY AROUND 100 PM MDT.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED THROUGH 215 PM MDT INCLUDE...
MORELAND...
FORT HALL EAGLE LODGE...
BLACKFOOT AND ROSE...
FORT HALL LINCOLN CREEK LODGE...
FORT HALL YANDELL MOUNTAIN...
LAT...LON 4298 11194 4310 11264 4328 11261 4328 11220
4327 11190
TIME...MOT...LOC 1848Z 276DEG 11KT 4318 11250
HUSTONSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID 1253 PM MDT SAT AUG 23 2014 IDZ023-025-232015- BEAR LAKE ID-CARIBOU ID-BINGHAM ID-BONNEVILLE ID- 1253 PM MDT SAT AUG 23 2014 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN POCATELLO HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR... EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL BONNEVILLE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IDAHO EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN BINGHAM COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IDAHO CENTRAL CARIBOU COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IDAHO NORTHWESTERN BEAR LAKE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IDAHO AT 1248 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF HENRY TO 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF SODA SPRINGS...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. SMALL HAIL...BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS AS THEY MOVE THROUGH HENRY AND SODA SPRINGS THROUGH 130 PM MDT. LOCATIONS IMPACTED THROUGH 215 PM MDT INCLUDE... HENRY... SODA SPRINGS... WAYAN AND CONDA... LAT...LON 4289 11111 4235 11130 4266 11185 4310 11169 TIME...MOT...LOC 1851Z 305DEG 10KT 4296 11163 4270 11172 HUSTON
The Pocatello radar (KSFX), 99 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:02 UTC.
1 funnel cloud. Local standard time, as filed.
The public reported an unconfirmed tornado west of Soda Springs and later a funnel cloud near the city.
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