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Wind Advisory 6, NWS Boise, ID

March 25, 20066 counties in Idaho; Harney County, Malheur County, Oregon

NWS Boise, ID issued this wind advisory at Mar 25, 2006, 3:53 AM MST for 6 counties in Idaho; Harney County, Malheur County, Oregon. It took effect at Mar 25, 2006, 1:24 PM MST. It was in force for 10 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 25, 2006, 3:53 AM MST (10:53 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 25, 2006, 1:24 PM MST
Expired
Mar 25, 2006, 11:00 PM MST
In force
10 hr
Issued by
NWS Boise, ID

Counties Ada County, ID, Elmore County, ID, Gooding County, ID, Jerome County, ID, Owyhee County, ID, Twin Falls County, ID, Harney County, OR, Malheur County, OR

The radar

The Boise radar (KCBX), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:56 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Elko, NV (KLKN), launched 00:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 277 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Elko, NV at 00:00Z on 2006-03-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Elko, NV at 00:00Z on 2006-03-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 13 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2413 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
13 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
55 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Boise, ID issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 25, 2:09 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOIAda, Canyon, Gem, Owyhee, Payette66 min
Mar 25, 2:32 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOIAdams, Valley, Washington58 min
Mar 25, 2:52 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOIBoise53 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.