Alert archive / Oregon / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Boise, ID
NWS Boise, ID issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 14, 2012, 2:40 PM PDT for Baker County, Malheur County, Oregon. It was in force for 50 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
- Jul 14, 2012, 2:40 PM PDT (21:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 14, 2012, 3:30 PM PDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Boise, ID
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Baker County, OR, Malheur County, OR
The radar
The Pendleton radar (KPDT), 155 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 14, 1:27 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Boise Airport, ID (KBOI), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 173 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
- 92 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -326 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1845 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 75 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 71 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
649 WUUS55 KBOI 142140 SVRBOI ORC001-045-142230- /O.NEW.KBOI.SV.W.0013.120714T2140Z-120714T2230Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOISE ID 240 PM PDT SAT JUL 14 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BOISE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHWESTERN BAKER COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OREGON... AND NORTHWESTERN MALHEUR COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OREGON... * UNTIL 330 PM PDT/430 PM MDT/. * AT 236 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES WEST OF IRONSIDE...OR 34 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BAKER...AND WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... IRONSIDE MOUNTAIN AROUND 340 PM MDT... ELDORADO PASS AROUND 345 PM MDT... ELDORADO PASS AROUND 350 PM MDT... IRONSIDE AROUND 415 PM MDT... BALDY MOUNTAIN AROUND 430 PM MDT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THE STORM...TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. SEEK SHELTER INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM PDT SATURDAY EVENING/1100 PM MDT SATURDAY EVENING/ FOR SOUTHWESTERN IDAHO AND EASTERN OREGON. && LAT...LON 4459 11792 4439 11772 4421 11816 4436 11830 TIME...MOT...LOC 2140Z 234DEG 12KT 4433 11813 $$ BB
The office that day
Everything else NWS Boise, ID issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 14, 10:18 AM PDT | Special Weather Statement | BOI | Baker | 42 min |
| Jul 14, 1:55 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOI | Baker, Malheur | 50 min |
| Jul 14, 2:50 PM PDT | Tornado Warning | BOI | Baker, Malheur | 25 min |
| Jul 14, 3:28 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOI | Baker, Malheur | 47 min |
| Jul 14, 3:51 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOI | Baker | 39 min |
| Jul 14, 4:15 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOI | Baker, Malheur | 36 min |
| Jul 14, 4:47 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOI | Baker | 43 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.