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Red Flag Warning 4, NWS Boise, ID

August 4, 20097 counties in Idaho

NWS Boise, ID issued this red flag warning at Aug 4, 2009, 4:45 AM MDT for 7 counties in Idaho. It took effect at Aug 4, 2009, 2:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 12 hr. 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 4, 2009, 4:45 AM MDT (10:45 UTC)
In effect from: Aug 4, 2009, 2:00 PM MDT
Expired: Aug 5, 2009, 2:00 AM MDT
In force: 12 hr
Issued by: NWS Boise, ID

Counties Adams County, ID, Boise County, ID, Gem County, ID, Idaho County, ID, Payette County, ID, Valley County, ID, Washington County, ID

The radar

The Boise radar (KCBX), 121 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this red flag 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 red flag warning went out at Aug 4, 3:29 AM MDT, 1 hour 16 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 4, 3:29 AM MDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 3, 5:30 AM MDT, 23 hours 15 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOISE ID
530 AM MDT MON AUG 3 2009

ORZ061-063-041200-
HARNEY COUNTY-MALHEUR COUNTY-
530 AM MDT MON AUG 3 2009 /430 AM PDT MON AUG 3 2009/

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST
OREGON.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM MDT / 1 PM PDT/
TODAY THROUGH 2 AM MDT / 1 AM PDT/ TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS
WITH FREQUENT LIGHTNING WILL BE SCATTERED ACROSS SOUTHEAST
OREGON THROUGH THIS PERIOD.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY
ADDITIONAL STORMS ARE POSSIBLE TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
PLEASE REPORT ANY FIRE STARTS TO LOCAL AUTHORITIES. ALSO PLEASE
REPORT ANY SIGNIFICANT WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

IDZ011>016-028>030-ORZ062-064-041200-
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-
BAKER COUNTY-LOWER TREASURE VALLEY OR-
530 AM MDT MON AUG 3 2009 /430 AM PDT MON AUG 3 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 FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM MDT UNTIL 2 AM MDT
TONIGHT. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE FOUND
THROUGHOUT SOUTHWEST IDAHO LATER TODAY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY
ADDITIONAL STORMS ARE POSSIBLE TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
PLEASE REPORT ANY FIRE STARTS TO LOCAL AUTHORITIES. ALSO PLEASE
REPORT ANY SIGNIFICANT WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 3, 7:41 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOI	Ada, Canyon, Owyhee	34 min
Aug 4, 4:45 AM MDT	Fire Weather Watch	BOI		15 hr
Aug 3, 7:24 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BOI	Malheur	96 min
Aug 3, 8:02 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	BOI	Malheur	88 min

Nearby

Red Flag Warnings in Idaho, 2009 Red Flag Warnings in Oregon, 2009 Every red flag warning in 2009

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.