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Flash Flood Warning 12, NWS Boise, ID

September 5, 2013Owyhee County, Idaho

NWS Boise, ID issued this flash flood warning at Sep 5, 2013, 3:41 PM MDT for Owyhee County, Idaho. It was in force for 94 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 5, 2013, 3:41 PM MDT (21:41 UTC)
Expired
Sep 5, 2013, 5:15 PM MDT
In force
94 min
Issued by
NWS Boise, ID
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Owyhee County, ID

The radar

The Boise radar (KCBX), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:44 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, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 110 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 2013-09-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 97 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Boise Airport, ID at 12:00Z on 2013-09-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 160 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
97 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-185 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1643 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
160 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
70 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash flood 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 flash flood warning went out at Sep 5, 2:39 PM MDT, 1 hour 2 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 5, 2:39 PM MDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOISE ID
239 PM MDT THU SEP 5 2013

.SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY...SEVERE WEATHER OPERATIONS
SO THIS WILL BE SHORT. UPPER LEVEL JET OVER OREGON BY EARLY
EVENING WILL BRING 60 KNOTS OF BULK LOW LEVEL SHEAR. MDCARS T/TD
SOUNDING NEAR 17Z MODIFIED FOR HIGH TEMPERATURE BROUGHT CAPE TO
1700 J/KG AND LI TO -6C ALONG WITH PW OF 1.3 INCHES. THIS WILL
SUPPORT SUPERCELLS SUCH AS THE ONE THE NWS BOISE WARNED FOR OVER
OWYHEE COUNTY AS OF 236 PM. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN
EFFECT FOR SOUTHWEST IDAHO AND SOUTHEAST OREGON TIL 9 PM MDT/8PM
PDT. WITH THE HIGH PWAT AND ANY TRAINING STORMS THERE IS STILL A
FLASH FLOOD THREAT ESPECIALLY CENTRAL IDAHO SO THERE IS A FLASH
FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT/5 PM PDT. COOLER FRIDAY AND
SATURDAY WITH ISOLATED STORMS MAINLY ACROSS THE HIGHER NORTHERN
TERRAIN.

.LONG TERM...SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY...GOOD MODEL AGREEMENT
WITH LARGE SCALE FEATURES THROUGH THE PERIOD. THE UPPER LOW CENTER
CURRENTLY NEAR THE OREGON COAST IS EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS NORTHERN
IDAHO SUNDAY. DRIER WESTERLY FLOW AND LOWER HEIGHTS WILL KEEP DAYTIME
HIGHS NEAR SEASONAL NORMALS SUNDAY AND MONDAY WITH DRY CONDITIONS
PREVAILING. AS THE LOW MOVES FURTHER EAST MONDAY AND TUESDAY A RIDGE
BUILDS OVER THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST WHICH WILL TREND TEMPERATURES UP
THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK...WITH DAYTIME HIGHS REACHING AROUND
90 DEGREES IN THE LOWER VALLEYS WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. MODELS DO
SHOW A WEAK CUTOFF LOW OVER SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA THE MIDDLE OF NEXT
WEEK WHILE THE RIDGE AXIS SHIFTS OVER THE ROCKIES. SOUTHERLY FLOW
BETWEEN THESE TWO FEATURES MAY BRING SOME MOISTURE BACK INTO THE
AREA BUT FOR NOW WILL KEEP THE FORECAST DRY.

&&

.AVIATION...NUMEROUS RAIN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH 06Z
TONIGHT WITH GRADUAL IMPROVEMENT AFTERWARD FROM SOUTH TO NORTH. MVFR TO
IFR CONDITIONS WITH HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLE HAIL WITH THUNDERSTORMS.
SURFACE WINDS GENERALLY SOUTHEAST 5-10KTS EXCEPT ERRATIC AND GUSTY
UP TO 40KTS IN THE VICINITY OF THUNDERSTORMS. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE
THROUGH OVERNIGHT...AROUND 05Z AT KBKE...AND 08Z AT KBOI...AND 10Z
AT KTWF. SURFACE WINDS WEST 10-20KTS BEHIND THE FRONT. SOUTHWEST
WINDS 20-30KTS AT 10K FT MSL THROUGH TONIGHT DECREASING FRIDAY.

&&

.BOI WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
ID...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING IDZ011>016-028>030-
     033.
OR...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 6 PM MDT /5 PM PDT/ THIS EVENING
     ORZ061>064.
&&

WEATHER.GOV/BOISE

SHORT TERM...VM
LONG TERM....TL/WH
AVIATION.....TL
Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 5, 2:38 PM MDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOISE ID
238 PM MDT THU SEP 5 2013

IDZ011>016-028>030-033-ORZ061>064-062045-
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-
UPPER WEISER RIVER-HARNEY COUNTY-BAKER COUNTY-MALHEUR COUNTY-
LOWER TREASURE VALLEY OR-
238 PM MDT THU SEP 5 2013 /138 PM PDT THU SEP 5 2013/

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL
IDAHO...SOUTHWEST IDAHO...WEST CENTRAL IDAHO...NORTHEAST OREGON
AND SOUTHEAST OREGON.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. SEE
THE LATEST FLASH FLOOD WATCH PRODUCT...BOIFFABOI...FOR DETAILS. IN
ADDITION TO THE FLASH FLOOD THREAT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT/ 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ARE ASKED TO REPORT ANY SIGNIFICANT WEATHER THROUGH
ESTABLISHED PROCEDURES.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Sep 5, 9:48 AM MDT, 5 hours 53 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOISE ID
948 AM MDT THU SEP 05 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0925 AM     HEAVY RAIN       8 W MIDDLETON           43.71N 116.78W
09/05/2013  U0.00 INCH       CANYON             ID   TRAINED SPOTTER

            HEAVY RAIN AT INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 44 AND OLD HIGHWAY
            30.

0912 AM     HEAVY RAIN       3 NNE MCCHORD BUTTE     44.57N 117.05W
09/05/2013  M47.00 INCH      WASHINGTON         ID   MESONET

            THUNDERSTORM WIND GUST 41 MPH ON DENNETT CREEK RAWS ALONG
            WITH BRIEF HEAVY RAIN IN THE HOUR ENDING AT 912 AM. RAIN
            SINCE MIDNIGHT...0.81 INCHES.

&&

VMILLS
Local storm report, Sep 5, 11:51 AM MDT, 3 hours 50 minutes before
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Local storm report, Sep 5, 12:10 PM MDT, 3 hours 31 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOISE ID
1210 PM MDT THU SEP 05 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0912 AM     HEAVY RAIN       3 NNE MCCHORD BUTTE     44.57N 117.05W
09/05/2013  M0.47 INCH       WASHINGTON         ID   MESONET

            THUNDERSTORM WIND GUST 41 MPH ON DENNETT CREEK RAWS ALONG
            WITH BRIEF HEAVY RAIN IN THE HOUR ENDING AT 912 AM. RAIN
            SINCE MIDNIGHT...0.81 INCHES.

&&

VMILLS
Special weather statement, Sep 5, 1:07 PM MDT, 2 hours 34 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOISE ID
107 PM MDT THU SEP 5 2013

ORZ063-052000-
MALHEUR OR-
107 PM MDT THU SEP 5 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BOISE HAS ISSUED A

SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
  EAST CENTRAL MALHEUR COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OREGON...

UNTIL 200 PM MDT/100 PM PDT/.

AT 1203 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 32 MILES NORTHEAST OF MCDERMITT...MOVING NORTH AT
30 MPH.

HAIL UP TO ONE-HALF INCH IN DIAMETER AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

THE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  FIVE POINTS AROUND 115 PM MDT...
  MOUSE TRAP BUTTE AROUND 130 PM MDT...
  GRASSY MOUNTAIN AROUND 135 PM MDT.

LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS. TAKE SHELTER INSIDE A
BUILDING OR VEHICLE WHEN THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH. LIGHTNING CAN OCCUR
15 MILES OR MORE AWAY FROM THE CENTER OF A STORM. IF YOU CAN HEAR
THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

LAT...LON 4296 11747 4292 11702 4225 11724 4231 11757
TIME...MOT...LOC 1907Z 195DEG 27KT 4242 11739

VM

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 4, 6:05 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningBOIGooding, Jerome, Twin Falls85 min
Sep 4, 6:17 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBOIAda43 min
Sep 4, 6:18 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOIGooding, Jerome, Twin Falls57 min
Sep 4, 7:03 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningBOIAda, Canyon, Owyhee117 min
Sep 4, 9:38 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningBOICamas112 min
Sep 5, 1:08 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBOIAdams, Gem, Payette, Washington52 min
Sep 5, 6:12 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBOI63 min
Sep 5, 8:08 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBOIWashington52 min
Sep 5, 1:07 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBOI53 min
Sep 5, 2:02 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOICanyon, Owyhee43 min
Sep 5, 2:45 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOIAda, Canyon, Owyhee60 min
Sep 5, 3:12 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningBOICamas2 hr
Sep 5, 3:43 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOIAda, Canyon, Owyhee62 min
Sep 5, 3:59 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBOIAda, Canyon3 hr
Sep 5, 4:11 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOIBoise, Gem, Payette, Valley, Washington64 min
Sep 5, 4:44 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOIJerome, Twin Falls46 min
Sep 5, 4:52 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOIAdams, Gem, Valley, Washington38 min
Sep 5, 4:55 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningBOIAdams, Boise, Gem, Valley, Washington50 min
Sep 5, 5:05 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOIElmore, Gooding, Owyhee, Twin Falls40 min
Sep 5, 5:10 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOIBoise, Valley35 min
Sep 5, 5:23 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOIJerome, Twin Falls37 min
Sep 5, 5:27 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOIAdams, Valley48 min
Sep 5, 5:55 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOIJerome, Twin Falls50 min
Sep 5, 5:59 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBOIJerome, Twin Falls3 hr
Sep 4, 11:06 PM MDTAreal Flood WarningBOIHarney, Malheur6 hr

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.