A brief tornado touched down 6 miles northwest of Monteview.
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A brief tornado touched down 6 miles northwest of Monteview.
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 10, 7:35 AM MST, 3 hours 12 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID 835 AM MDT SAT MAY 10 2014 .SHORT TERM...TODAY THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. A QUICK UPDATE THIS MORNING TO ADD A LAKE WIND ADVISORY TO THE MIX ACROSS AMERICAN FALLS RESERVOIR. MARGINAL LAKE WIND CONDITIONS WILL LIKELY CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE DAY. SEE THE PREVIOUS DISCUSSION BELOW. HUSTON A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER WASHINGTON WILL ARRIVE IN SOUTHERN IDAHO TODAY. EXPECT SHOWERS TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE THROUGHOUT THE DAY...ESPECIALLY OVER THE MOUNTAINS AND HIGHLANDS. A RUMBLE OF THUNDER OR SOME SMALL GRAUPEL IS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AS THE MODELS SHOW SOME WEAK INSTABILITY OVER THE AREA. SNOW LEVELS WILL SIT ABOVE 5500 FEET WHERE 1 TO 3 INCHES IS POSSIBLE WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS RESIDING IN THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS. EXPECT BRISK CONDITIONS TODAY...BUT PROBABLY NOT STRONG ENOUGH TO JUSTIFY A LAKE WIND ADVISORY. GUIDANCE SHOWS COLD TEMPS SETTLING OVER THE REGION TONIGHT...POSSIBLY ENOUGH TO WARRANT A FREEZE WARNING. CLOUD COVER AND WIND MAY KEEP THE TEMPS UP ENOUGH TO PREVENT TEMPS FROM FALLING TO FREEZING. STILL ENOUGH UNCERTAINTY EXISTS TO WARRANT A FREEZE WATCH OVER THE POCATELLO AND IDAHO FALLS AREAS. THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHERN UTAH AND COLORADO ON SUNDAY. SOME RESIDUAL LIGHT SHOWERS IS POSSIBLE FOR THE MOUNTAINS AND HIGHLANDS. EXPECT PRECIPITATION TO QUICKLY DIMINISH SUNDAY NIGHT AND SKIES TO CLEAR. FREEZING TEMPS ARE MORE LIKELY SUNDAY NIGHT THAN SATURDAY NIGHT WITH A HARD FREEZE POSSIBLE ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE REGION. VALLE .LONG TERM...MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE BUILDING OVER THE WESTERN US IS DOMINATE WEATHER PATTERN FOR THE WEEK. TO START THE WEEK NORTHWEST FLOW WILL PREVAIL WITH SOME ISOLATED SHOWERS POSSIBLE IN THE ISLAND PARK REGION AND ALONG THE TETONS. MOVING TO THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK...THE BIGGEST IMPACT WILL BE WARMING TEMPERATURES ALONG WITH HIGHER ELEVATION SNOWPACK BEGINNING TO MELT. SO BY THURSDAY AND FRIDAY SOME OF THE MOUNTAIN HIGHER ELEVATION STREAMS SHOULD SEE INCREASED FLOWS. VP && .AVIATION...ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM WILL PUSH THROUGH TODAY WITH LOCALIZED AREAS OF MVFR CONDITIONS DUE TO LOWERING CLOUD COVER IN THE MORNING HOURS ALONG SOME RAIN SHOWERS. SURFACE GRADIENT TIGHTENS AGAIN TODAY AND WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 KNOTS AND HIGHER TOWARDS 30 KNOTS BY AFTERNOON IN THE SNAKE RIVER PLAIN. ISOLATED SHOWERS OVERNIGHT BUT VFR CONDITIONS TO PREVAIL INTO SUNDAY. VP && .PIH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FREEZE WATCH FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING IDZ020-021. LAKE WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 8 PM MDT IDZ021. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID 319 AM MDT SAT MAY 10 2014 IDZ017>025-031-032-110930- 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- 319 AM MDT SAT MAY 10 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN IDAHO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL BRING SHOWERS TO THE REGION TODAY. 1 TO 3 INCHES OF NEW SNOW IS POSSIBLE ABOVE 5500 FEET. FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE SNAKE PLAIN TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE ONCE AGAIN SUNDAY NIGHT. .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. THE HAZARDOUS WEATHER PRODUCT WILL BE DISCONTINUED ON JUNE 1 2014 TO REDUCE DUPLICATE INFORMATION FROM OUR OFFICE IN POCATELLO. VALLE
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID
1132 AM MDT SAT MAY 10 2014
IDZ019-020-032-101830-
CLARK ID-JEFFERSON ID-BINGHAM ID-BUTTE ID-BONNEVILLE ID-MADISON
ID-FREMONT ID-
1132 AM MDT SAT MAY 10 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN POCATELLO HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
SOUTHERN BUTTE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IDAHO
SOUTHWESTERN FREMONT COUNTY IN EASTERN IDAHO
EASTERN CLARK COUNTY IN EASTERN IDAHO
EXTREME NORTHWESTERN MADISON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IDAHO
EXTREME NORTHWESTERN BONNEVILLE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IDAHO
EXTREME NORTH CENTRAL BINGHAM COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IDAHO
JEFFERSON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IDAHO
AT 1124 AM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING MONIDA PASS TO ARCO...
MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. SMALL HAIL...WIND GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH AND
BRIEF HEAVY RAIN ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS AS THEY WORK EAST
ACROSS INTERSTATE 15 AND INTO INL THROUGH 1230 PM MDT.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED THROUGH 1230 PM MDT INCLUDE...
ARCO...
DUBOIS AND MUD LAKE...
CAMAS...
INL...
KILGORE...
LAT...LON 4381 11202 4361 11234 4347 11301 4362 11369
4372 11301 4394 11262 4456 11226 4456 11222
4454 11220 4453 11210 4457 11187 4452 11182
4457 11169 4456 11167
TIME...MOT...LOC 1729Z 285DEG 11KT 4445 11220 4391 11250
4370 11288 4362 11345
HUSTONThe Pocatello radar (KSFX), 99 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 17:47 UTC.
1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
A brief tornado touched down 6 miles northwest of Monteview. Tornado occurred over open land with no damage reported.
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