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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Boise, ID
NWS Boise, ID issued this tornado warning at Jun 6, 2011, 2:59 PM MDT for Camas County, Elmore County, Idaho. It was in force for 31 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 6, 2011, 2:59 PM MDT (20:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 6, 2011, 3:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Boise, ID
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Camas County, ID, Elmore County, ID
The radar
The Boise radar (KCBX), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Boise Airport, ID (KBOI), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 84 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 28 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -493 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2009 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 64 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 195 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
754 WFUS55 KBOI 062059 TORBOI IDC025-039-062130- /O.NEW.KBOI.TO.W.0002.110606T2059Z-110606T2130Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOISE ID 259 PM MDT MON JUN 6 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BOISE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... WEST CENTRAL CAMAS COUNTY IN CENTRAL IDAHO... EAST CENTRAL ELMORE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IDAHO... * UNTIL 330 PM MDT. * AT 252 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF HILL CITY...OR 17 MILES WEST OF FAIRFIELD...MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH. * THE TORNADO PRODUCING STORM WILL BE NEAR... BAUMGARTNER CAMPGROUND AROUND 325 PM MDT... GUNSIGHT PEAK AND FEATHERVILLE AROUND 330 PM MDT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. && LAT...LON 4372 11527 4372 11496 4332 11501 4333 11525 TIME...MOT...LOC 2058Z 181DEG 23KT 4341 11513 $$ BB
2 follow-up statements
306 WWUS55 KBOI 062118 SVSBOI SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOISE ID 318 PM MDT MON JUN 6 2011 IDC025-039-062130- /O.CON.KBOI.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110606T2130Z/ ELMORE ID-CAMAS ID- 318 PM MDT MON JUN 6 2011 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 PM MDT FOR WEST CENTRAL CAMAS AND EAST CENTRAL ELMORE COUNTIES... AT 315 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR BAUMGARTNER CAMPGROUND...OR 22 MILES NORTHWEST OF FAIRFIELD...AND WAS MOVING NORTH AT 35 MPH. THE TORNADO PRODUCING STORM WILL BE NEAR... BAUMGARTNER CAMPGROUND AROUND 320 PM MDT... GUNSIGHT PEAK AROUND 330 PM MDT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. && LAT...LON 4372 11527 4372 11496 4344 11500 4344 11525 TIME...MOT...LOC 2118Z 181DEG 29KT 4358 11513 $$ BB
594 WWUS55 KBOI 062127 SVSBOI SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOISE ID 327 PM MDT MON JUN 6 2011 IDC025-039-062137- /O.EXP.KBOI.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110606T2130Z/ ELMORE ID-CAMAS ID- 327 PM MDT MON JUN 6 2011 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL CAMAS AND EAST CENTRAL ELMORE COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 330 PM MDT... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE TORNADO WARNING HAS WEAKENED. THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 330 PM MDT. HOWEVER...SMALL HAIL...HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS...AND LOW VISIBILITIES MAY STILL OCCUR IN THE AREA...SO YOU SHOULD REMAIN CAUTIOUS AND ALERT FOR MORE POTENTIAL SEVERE STORMS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF YOU OBSERVED ANY HAIL...STRONG WINDS...WIND DAMAGE...OR TORNADOES WITH THIS STORM...PLEASE CALL LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AND ASK THEM TO RELAY THE REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BOISE. && LAT...LON 4372 11527 4372 11496 4344 11500 4344 11525 TIME...MOT...LOC 2127Z 181DEG 29KT 4365 11513 $$ BB
The office that day
Everything else NWS Boise, ID issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 6, 12:04 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOI | Owyhee | 41 min |
| Jun 6, 12:47 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BOI | 43 min | |
| Jun 6, 1:33 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOI | Elmore, Gooding, Owyhee, Twin Falls | 32 min |
| Jun 6, 2:01 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOI | Camas, Elmore, Gooding | 44 min |
| Jun 6, 2:27 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOI | Camas, Elmore, Gooding | 33 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.