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High Wind Warning 1, NWS Boise, ID

August 6, 2009Gooding County, Jerome County, Twin Falls County, Idaho

NWS Boise, ID issued this high wind warning at Aug 6, 2009, 6:34 PM MDT for Gooding County, Jerome County, Twin Falls County, Idaho. It was in force for 94 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
Aug 6, 2009, 6:34 PM MDT (00:34 UTC)
Expired
Aug 6, 2009, 8:08 PM MDT
In force
94 min
Issued by
NWS Boise, ID

Counties Gooding County, ID, Jerome County, ID, Twin Falls County, ID

The radar

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this high wind warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Boise, ID wrote its last area forecast discussion before this high wind warning went out at Aug 6, 3:07 PM MDT, 3 hours 27 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 6, 3:07 PM MDT, 3 hours 27 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 6, 6:19 AM MDT, 12 hours 15 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOISE ID
619 AM MDT THU AUG 6 2009

IDZ011>016-028>030-ORZ061>064-071230-
WEST CENTRAL MOUNTAINS-LOWER TREASURE VALLEY ID-BOISE MOUNTAINS-
UPPER TREASURE VALLEY-SOUTHWEST HIGHLANDS-WESTERN MAGIC VALLEY-
CAMAS PRAIRIE-OWYHEE MOUNTAINS-SOUTHERN TWIN FALLS COUNTY-
HARNEY COUNTY-BAKER COUNTY-MALHEUR COUNTY-
LOWER TREASURE VALLEY OR-
619 AM MDT THU AUG 6 2009 /519 AM PDT THU AUG 6 2009/

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL
IDAHO...SOUTHWEST IDAHO...WEST CENTRAL IDAHO...NORTHEAST OREGON
AND SOUTHEAST OREGON.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
A STRONG FALL-LIKE UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL APPROACH
SOUTHEAST OREGON AND SOUTHWEST IDAHO TODAY. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE
WIDESPREAD TODAY AND TONIGHT...AND HEAVY RAIN IS POSSIBLE FROM
THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT. IN ADDITION...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
ARE POSSIBLE TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS
PLACED MOST OF THE AREA IN THE SLIGHT RISK CATEGORY...SOMETHING
THAT ONLY HAPPENS TO US A FEW TIMES A YEAR. THIS AFTERNOON AND
TONIGHT THERE IS A RISK OF HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND EVEN A
TORNADO. THE WESTERN MAGIC VALLEY HAS THE BEST CHANCE OF SEEING
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...BUT IN OUR OPINION ALL AREAS RUN AT LEAST A
SLIGHT RISK. THE STRONG UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL PASS OVER
THE AREA TONIGHT...BRINGING MUCH COOLER TEMPERATURES WITH IT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY
WITH COOL AIR FROM THE UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM IN PLACE...HIGHS IN THE
VALLEYS ON FRIDAY WILL BE IN THE 60S...WITH 40S AND 50S IN THE
MOUNTAINS. HEAVY RAIN IS POSSIBLE FRIDAY...BUT WILL TAPER OFF
FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY. A WARMUP WILL BEGIN SATURDAY...AND WILL
LAST WELL INTO NEXT WEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
ALL INFORMATION ON THUNDERSTORMS AND HEAVY RAIN WILL BE GREATLY
APPRECIATED. PLEASE CALL LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OR THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN BOISE. WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE.

SP

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 6, 1:14 PM MDT, 5 hours 20 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 6, 3:48 PM MDT, 2 hours 46 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 6, 6:16 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOICamas, Gooding27 min

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.