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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 7, NWS Boise, ID

May 17, 1996Boise County, Valley County, Idaho

NWS Boise, ID issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 17, 1996, 11:25 PM MDT for Boise County, Valley County, Idaho. It was in force for 65 min. 1 report 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, 11:25 PM MDT (05:25 UTC)
Expired: May 18, 1996, 12:30 AM MDT
In force: 65 min
Issued by: NWS Boise, ID
Area: Whole counties

Counties Boise County, ID, Valley County, ID

The radar

The Boise radar (KCBX), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:24 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, 11:35 PM MDT	Thunderstorm Wind 58	Cascade, 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	Canyon, Payette	69 min
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

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Idaho, 1996 Every 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.