Alert archive / Idaho / Wind Advisories in 2012
Wind Advisory 13, NWS Boise, ID
NWS Boise, ID issued this wind advisory at Apr 13, 2012, 2:12 PM MDT for 4 counties in Idaho. It took effect at Apr 14, 2012, 2:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 13, 2012, 2:12 PM MDT (20:12 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 14, 2012, 2:00 PM MDT
- Expired
- Apr 14, 2012, 8:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Boise, ID
Counties Ada County, ID, Elmore County, ID, Owyhee County, ID, Twin Falls County, ID
The radar
The Boise radar (KCBX), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:13 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, 8.2 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1441 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 107 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 140 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
749 WWUS75 KBOI 132012 NPWBOI URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOISE ID 212 PM MDT FRI APR 13 2012 ...VERY WINDY SATURDAY AFTERNOON... .GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP SATURDAY AFTERNOON IN SOUTH- CENTRAL IDAHO AS A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES ACROSS THE SOUTHERN GREAT BASIN. IDZ014-015-030-140500- /O.NEW.KBOI.WI.Y.0013.120414T2000Z-120415T0200Z/ UPPER TREASURE VALLEY-SOUTHWEST HIGHLANDS- SOUTHERN TWIN FALLS COUNTY- 212 PM MDT FRI APR 13 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TO 8 PM MDT SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BOISE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY FOR THE UPPER TREASURE VALLEY EAST OF BOISE...THE NORTHERN HALF OF OWYHEE COUNTY...AND SOUTHERN TWIN FALLS COUNTY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TO 8 PM MDT SATURDAY. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * TIMING...SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING * IMPACTS...TRAVEL HAZARD ON NORTH-SOUTH ROADS DUE TO CROSS WINDS. REDUCED VISIBILITY IN LOCAL BLOWING DUST,| 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. && $$
4 follow-up statements
187 WWUS75 KBOI 140441 NPWBOI URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOISE ID 1041 PM MDT FRI APR 13 2012 ...VERY WINDY SATURDAY AFTERNOON... .GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP SATURDAY AFTERNOON IN SOUTH- CENTRAL IDAHO AS A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES ACROSS THE SOUTHERN GREAT BASIN. IDZ014-015-030-141200- /O.CON.KBOI.WI.Y.0013.120414T2000Z-120415T0200Z/ UPPER TREASURE VALLEY-SOUTHWEST HIGHLANDS- SOUTHERN TWIN FALLS COUNTY- 1041 PM MDT FRI APR 13 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TO 8 PM MDT SATURDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TO 8 PM MDT SATURDAY. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * TIMING...SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING * IMPACTS...TRAVEL HAZARD ON NORTH-SOUTH ROADS DUE TO CROSS WINDS. REDUCED VISIBILITY IN LOCAL BLOWING DUST...| PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 30 MPH... OR GUSTS OF AT LEAST 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
228 WWUS75 KBOI 140900 NPWBOI URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOISE ID 300 AM MDT SAT APR 14 2012 ...VERY WINDY THIS AFTERNOON... .GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON FROM NEAR MOUNTAIN HOME TO AROUND JACKPOT AS A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES ACROSS THE SOUTHERN GREAT BASIN. IDZ014-015-030-142315- /O.CON.KBOI.WI.Y.0013.120414T2000Z-120415T0200Z/ UPPER TREASURE VALLEY-SOUTHWEST HIGHLANDS- SOUTHERN TWIN FALLS COUNTY- 300 AM MDT SAT APR 14 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR THE AREA BETWEEN MOUNTAIN HOME AND JACKPOT. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * TIMING...MID AFTERNOON INTO EARLY EVENING. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL HAZARDS INCLUDE CROSS WINDS...BLOWING DEBRIS AND LOCAL REDUCED VISIBILITY BLOWING DUST. 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. && $$
347 WWUS75 KBOI 142310 NPWBOI URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOISE ID 510 PM MDT SAT APR 14 2012 ...VERY WINDY THIS AFTERNOON... .GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON FROM NEAR MOUNTAIN HOME TO AROUND JACKPOT AS A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES ACROSS THE SOUTHERN GREAT BASIN. IDZ014-015-030-150200- /O.CON.KBOI.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-120415T0200Z/ UPPER TREASURE VALLEY-SOUTHWEST HIGHLANDS- SOUTHERN TWIN FALLS COUNTY- 510 PM MDT SAT APR 14 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * TIMING...MID AFTERNOON INTO EARLY EVENING. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL HAZARDS INCLUDE CROSS WINDS...BLOWING DEBRIS AND LOCAL REDUCED VISIBILITY BLOWING DUST. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 30 MPH... OR GUSTS OF AT LEAST 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
547 WWUS75 KBOI 150148 NPWBOI URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOISE ID 748 PM MDT SAT APR 14 2012 ...WINDS SLOWLY DIMINISHING OVER THE ADVISORY AREA... IDZ014-015-030-150300- /O.EXP.KBOI.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-120415T0200Z/ UPPER TREASURE VALLEY-SOUTHWEST HIGHLANDS- SOUTHERN TWIN FALLS COUNTY- 748 PM MDT SAT APR 14 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING... THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR THE UPPER TREASURE VALLEY...SOUTHWEST HIGHLANDS...AND SOUTHERN TWIN FALLS COUNTY. .ALTHOUGH IT REMAINS WINDY OVER THE AREA THIS EVENING...SPEEDS ARE DROPPING BELOW WIND ADVISORY THRESHOLDS. THEREFORE...THE WIND ADVISORY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE ON TIME AT 8PM MDT. $$
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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.