Alert archive / Oregon / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Boise, ID
NWS Boise, ID issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 23, 1998, 1:34 PM MDT for Malheur County, Oregon. It was in force for 61 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
- Apr 23, 1998, 1:34 PM MDT (19:34 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 23, 1998, 2:35 PM MDT
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Boise, ID
- Area
- Whole counties
County Malheur County, OR
The radar
The Boise radar (KCBX), 117 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 23, 2:10 PM MDT | Hail 1.5 | Rome, OR | A severe thunderstorm produced one and a half inch hail at Danner in southeast Oregon. this storm then crossed into Idaho and produced a number of severe weather reports in Idaho as well. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 23, 2:27 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOI | Owyhee | 48 min |
| Apr 23, 3:15 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOI | Canyon, Owyhee | 45 min |
| Apr 23, 3:41 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOI | Ada | 64 min |
| Apr 23, 4:15 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOI | Boise, Gem | 60 min |
| Apr 23, 2:27 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOI | Malheur | 48 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Oregon, 1998Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1998
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.