Alert archive / Idaho / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Boise, ID
NWS Boise, ID issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 14, 1996, 3:47 PM MDT for Twin Falls County, Idaho. It was in force for 43 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 14, 1996, 3:47 PM MDT (21:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 14, 1996, 4:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Boise, ID
- Area
- Whole counties
County Twin Falls County, ID
The nearest sounding before it
Elko, NV (KLKN), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 170 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
- 2787 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 9 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 14 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 35 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KBOI 142148 SVRBOI IDC083-142230- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOISE ID 347 PM MDT FRI JUN 14 1996 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BOISE ID HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 430 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTH CENTRAL IDAHO ...SOUTHEASTERN TWIN FALLS COUNTY AT 345 PM MDT WEATHER RADAR INDOCATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN EXTREME SOUTHEAST TWIN FALLS COUNTY...ABOUT 35 MILES SOUTHEAST OF TWIN FALLS. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 25 MPH. THIS STORM IS LIKELY PRODUCING LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND LOCAL HEAVY RAIN.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm 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 14, 11:07 AM MDT, 4 hours 40 minutes before
IDZ001-002-005-006-007-010-132200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOISE ID 1107 AM MDT FRI JUN 14 1996 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... THE POTENTIAL FOR STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXISTS LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING OVER PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN IDAHO. AS WAS THE CASE YESTERDAY...SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL HAVE THE CAPABILITY OF PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WINDS...HAIL...AND BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS. STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE REPORTED YESTERDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN IDAHO. ADDITIONAL MOISTURE FROM THESE THUNDERSTORMS PERSISTS OVER THE AREA THIS MORNING. THIS WILL COMBINE WITH WARMING SURFACE TEMPERATURES TO ALLOW THE ATMOSPHERE TO BECOME INCREASINGLY UNSTABLE LATER THIS AFTERNOON. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ONCE AGAIN ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL IDAHO WITH SOME OF THE STORMS PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL. IN ADDITION...WITH THE ABUNDANT MOISTURE OVER THE REGION...HEAVY DOWNPOURS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGER STORMS. STAY TUNED FOR FURTHER UPDATES FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ON THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION. .END...NWSFO BOISE/EVENSON
Special weather statement, Jun 14, 11:19 AM MDT, 4 hours 28 minutes before
IDZ001-002-005-006-007-010-142200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOISE ID 1107 AM MDT FRI JUN 14 1996...CORRECTED FOR EXPIRATION TIME/DATE ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... THE POTENTIAL FOR STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXISTS LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING OVER PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN IDAHO. AS WAS THE CASE YESTERDAY...SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL HAVE THE CAPABILITY OF PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WINDS...HAIL...AND BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS. STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE REPORTED YESTERDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN IDAHO. ADDITIONAL MOISTURE FROM THESE THUNDERSTORMS PERSISTS OVER THE AREA THIS MORNING. THIS WILL COMBINE WITH WARMING SURFACE TEMPERATURES TO ALLOW THE ATMOSPHERE TO BECOME INCREASINGLY UNSTABLE LATER THIS AFTERNOON. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ONCE AGAIN ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL IDAHO WITH SOME OF THE STORMS PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL. IN ADDITION...WITH THE ABUNDANT MOISTURE OVER THE REGION...HEAVY DOWNPOURS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGER STORMS. STAY TUNED FOR FURTHER UPDATES FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ON THdIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION. .END...NWSFO BOISE/EVENSON
The office that day
Everything else NWS Boise, ID issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 3:59 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOI | Owyhee | 61 min |
Nearby
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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.