Alert archive / Idaho / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 4, NWS Boise, ID
NWS Boise, ID issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 17, 1996, 10:21 PM MDT for Canyon County, Payette County, Idaho; Malheur County, Oregon. It was in force for 69 min. 3 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- May 17, 1996, 10:21 PM MDT (04:21 UTC)
- Expired
- May 17, 1996, 11:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 69 min
- Issued by
- NWS Boise, ID
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Canyon County, ID, Payette County, ID, Malheur County, OR
The radar
The Boise radar (KCBX), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:23 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 17, 10:30 PM MDT | Tornado F1 | Parma, ID | |
| May 17, 10:45 PM MDT | Thunderstorm Wind 60 | New Plymouth, ID | |
| May 17, 11:00 PM MDT | Thunderstorm Wind 58 | Parma, ID |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Boise, ID issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 17, 10:21 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOI | Washington | 69 min |
| May 17, 10:51 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOI | Gem | 69 min |
| May 17, 11:25 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOI | Boise, Valley | 65 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Idaho, 1996Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Oregon, 1996Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1996
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.