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Wind Advisory 21, NWS Boise, ID

November 15, 2010Gooding County, Jerome County, Twin Falls County, Idaho

NWS Boise, ID issued this wind advisory at Nov 15, 2010, 2:24 PM MST for Gooding County, Jerome County, Twin Falls County, Idaho. It took effect at Nov 16, 2010, 9:00 AM MST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 15, 2010, 2:24 PM MST (21:24 UTC)
In effect from
Nov 16, 2010, 9:00 AM MST
Expired
Nov 16, 2010, 2:31 AM MST
In force
Issued by
NWS Boise, ID

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

The radar

The Pocatello radar (KSFX), 162 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:27 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Boise Airport, ID (KBOI), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 165 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, Boise Airport, ID at 12:00Z on 2010-11-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Boise Airport, ID at 12:00Z on 2010-11-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 269 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
927 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
99 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
269 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
324 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

586 
WWUS75 KBOI 152124
NPWBOI

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOISE ID
224 PM MST MON NOV 15 2010

IDZ016-030-161130-
/O.NEW.KBOI.WI.Y.0021.101116T1600Z-101117T0000Z/
WESTERN MAGIC VALLEY-SOUTHERN TWIN FALLS COUNTY-
224 PM MST MON NOV 15 2010

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 5 PM MST TUESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BOISE HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 5 PM MST TUESDAY. 


* WINDS...SUSTAINED WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH IN THE
  AFTERNOON. 

* TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE THROUGH THE MORNING...REACHING
  ADVISORY LEVELS AROUND 9 AM MST...THEN INCREASE THROUGH AROUND 3
  PM MST...BEFORE BEGINNING TO TAPER OFF THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF
  THE AFTERNOON.

* IMPACTS...WITH STRONG WEST WINDS...HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES
  TRAVELING NORTH TO SOUTH WILL NEED TO EXERCISE EXTRA CAUTION...
  ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES. SMALLER YARD ITEMS...SUCH AS TRASH
  CANS...EMPTY BUCKETS...GARDENING ITEMS...ETC...WILL NEED TO BE
  SECURED.


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 30 MPH...
OR GUSTS OF AT LEAST 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN
MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES.
USE EXTRA CAUTION.

&&

$$


SP
1 follow-up statement
539 
WWUS75 KBOI 160931
NPWBOI

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOISE ID
231 AM MST TUE NOV 16 2010

IDZ016-030-162200-
/O.UPG.KBOI.WI.Y.0021.101116T1600Z-101117T0000Z/
/O.NEW.KBOI.HW.W.0004.101116T1600Z-101117T0000Z/
WESTERN MAGIC VALLEY-SOUTHERN TWIN FALLS COUNTY-
231 AM MST TUE NOV 16 2010

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM MST
THIS AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BOISE HAS UPGRADED THE WIND
ADVISORY TO A HIGH WIND WARNING FOR THE WESTERN MAGIC VALLEY AND
SOUTHERN TWIN FALLS COUNTY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS
MORNING TO 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON.

* WINDS...WEST WINDS 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH.

* TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE THROUGH THE MORNING...REACHING HIGH
  WIND LEVELS BY NOON. WINDS WILL BEGIN TO TAPER OFF IN THE
  AFTERNOON.

* IMPACTS...HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...ESPECIALLY THOSE TRAVELING ON
  NORTH-SOUTH ORIENTED ROADS...WILL NEED TO EXERCISE EXTREME
  CAUTION. WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED
OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS
OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE.

&&

$$

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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.