Alert archive / Idaho / Flash Flood Warnings in 1995
Flash Flood Warning 5, NWS Boise, ID
NWS Boise, ID issued this flash flood warning at Jun 19, 1995, 2:29 AM MDT for Ada County, Elmore County, Owyhee County, Idaho. It was in force for 61 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 19, 1995, 2:29 AM MDT (08:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 19, 1995, 3:30 AM MDT
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Boise, ID
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Ada County, ID, Elmore County, ID, Owyhee County, ID
The radar
The Boise radar (KCBX), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Boise Airport, ID (KBOI), launched 00:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 53 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1724 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 21 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 29 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flash flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 18, 10:35 PM MDT, 3 hours 54 minutes before
IDZ005-190530- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOISE ID 1035 PM MDT SUN JUN 18 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN SOUTHEAST OWYHEE COUNTY... AT 1020 PM MDT BOISE WEATHER RADAR AND SATELLITE PICTURES INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN SOUTHEAST OWYHEE COUNTY...ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTH OF GRASMERE...OR 65 MILES SOUTH OF MOUNTAIN HOME. THE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING NORTH NORTHEAST ABOUT 35 MPH. WEATHER RADAR INDICATED THAT THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS PRODUCING HEAVY RAINS AND POSSIBLY SOME HAIL. THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL CONTINUE MOVING NORTHEAST FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS...REACHING JUST SOUTH OF BRUNEAU BY 1130 PM. THIS THUNDERSTORM MAY CONTAIN BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. IF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH YOUR VICINITY...TAKE SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND ELECTRIC APPLIANCES. IF YOU ARE ENGAGED IN OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES...MOVE INDOORS OR INTO A COVERED AUTOMOBILE.
Special weather statement, Jun 18, 11:20 PM MDT, 3 hours 9 minutes before
IDZ001-005-190615- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOISE ID 1120 PM MDT SUN JUN 18 1995 AT 1115 PM MDT RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN NORTHEAST OWYHEE COUNTY ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTH OF THE TOWN OF BRUNEAU...OR 30 MILES SOUTH OF MOUNTAIN HOME. THE STORM WAS MOVING NORTH AT 35 MPH AND SHOULD MOVE JUST EAST OF BRUNEAU AROUND 1145 PM...AND REACH JUST SOUTHEAST OF MOUNTAIN HOME AROUND 1215 AM MDT. WEATHER RADAR INDICATED THIS STORM WAS LIKELY PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL. IF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH YOUR VICINITY...TAKE SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND ELECTRIC APPLIANCES. CONTINUE TO MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR UPDATES ON THIS STORM. ST. JEAN/NWSFO BOISE
Special weather statement, Jun 18, 11:21 PM MDT, 3 hours 8 minutes before
IDZ001-005-190615- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOISE ID 1120 PM MDT SUN JUN 18 1995 AT 1115 PM MDT RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN NORTHEAST OWYHEE COUNTY ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTH OF THE TOWN OF BRUNEAU...OR 30 MILES SOUTH OF MOUNTAIN HOME. THE STORM WAS MOVING NORTH AT 35 MPH AND SHOULD MOVE JUST EAST OF BRUNEAU AROUND 1145 PM...AND REACH JUST SOUTHEAST OF MOUNTAIN HOME AROUND 1215 AM MDT. WEATHER RADAR INDICATED THIS STORM WAS LIKELY PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL. IF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH YOUR VICINITY...TAKE SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND ELECTRIC APPLIANCES. CONTINUE TO MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR UPDATES ON THIS STORM.. ST. JEAN/NWSFO BOISE
Special weather statement, Jun 19, 12:30 AM MDT, 1 hour 59 minutes before
IDZ001-005-190730- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOISE ID 1231 AM MDT MON JUN 19 1995 AT 1225 AM MDT RADAR INDICATED SEVERAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED 50 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BOISE OR NEAR TRIANGLE IN OWYHEE COUNTY. THIS STORM SHOWED SOME INDICATION OF CONTAINING HAIL. THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. ANOTHER STORNG STORM WAS LOCATED JUST SOUTH OF KUNA OR 15 MILES SOUTHWESOF BOISE. THIS STORM SHOULD AFFECT BOISE AND MERIDIAN AROUND 1 AM. THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY CONTAIN BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. IF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH YOUR VICINITY...TAKE SHELTER IN A STURDY B.UILDING AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND ELECTRIC APPLIANCES. IF YOU ARE ENGAGED IN OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES...MOVE INDOORS OR INTO A COVERED AUTOMOBILE.
Special weather statement, Jun 19, 12:31 AM MDT, 1 hour 58 minutes before
IDZ001-005-190730- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOISE ID 1231 AM MDT MON JUN 19 1995 AT 1225 AM MDT RADAR INDICATED SEVERAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED 50 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BOISE OR NEAR TRIANGLE IN OWYHEE COUNTY. THIS STORM SHOWED SOME INDICATION OF CONTAINING HAIL. THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. ANOTHER STORNG STORM WAS LOCATED JUST SOUTH OF KUNA OR 15 MILES SOUTHWESOF BOISE. THIS STORM SHOULD AFFECT BOISE AND MERIDIAN AROUND 1 AM. THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY CONTAIN BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. IF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH YOUR VICINITY...TAKE SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND ELECTRIC APPLIANCES. IF YOU ARE ENGAGED IN OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES...MOVE INDOORS OR INTO A COVERED AUTOMOBILE.
Special weather statement, Jun 19, 12:31 AM MDT, 1 hour 58 minutes before
IDZ001-005-190730- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOISE ID 1231 AM MDT MON JUN 19 1995 AT 1225 AM MDT RADAR INDICATED SEVERAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED 50 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BOISE OR NEAR TRIANGLE IN OWYHEE COUNTY. THIS STORM SHOWED SOME INDICATION OF CONTAINING HAIL. THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. ANOTHER STORNG STORM WAS LOCATED JUST SOUTH OF KUNA OR 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BOISE. THIS STORM SHOULD AFFECT BOISE AND MERIDIAN AROUND 1 AM. THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY CONTAIN BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. IF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH YOUR VICINITY...TAKE SHELTER IN A STURDY< BUILDING AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND ELECTRIC APPLIANCES. IF YOU ARE ENGAGED IN OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES...MOVE INDOORS OR INTO A COVERED AUTOMOBILE.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Boise, ID issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 18, 9:00 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOI | Gooding | 44 min |
| Jun 19, 1:01 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOI | Ada, Owyhee | 44 min |
| Jun 19, 2:29 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOI | Ada, Elmore, Owyhee | 61 min |
| Jun 19, 2:39 AM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOI | Elmore | 25 min |
| Jun 19, 3:26 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOI | Cassia | 49 min |
| Jun 19, 4:07 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOI | Cassia | 53 min |
| Jun 19, 5:25 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOI | Cassia | 20 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Idaho, 1995Every flash flood warning in 1995
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.