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Flash Flood Warning 12, NWS Boise, ID
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.
- 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
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.....TLHazardous 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.
&&
VMILLSLocal storm report, Sep 5, 11:51 AM MDT, 3 hours 50 minutes before
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</html>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.
&&
VMILLSSpecial 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 4, 6:05 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | BOI | Gooding, Jerome, Twin Falls | 85 min |
| Sep 4, 6:17 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BOI | Ada | 43 min |
| Sep 4, 6:18 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOI | Gooding, Jerome, Twin Falls | 57 min |
| Sep 4, 7:03 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | BOI | Ada, Canyon, Owyhee | 117 min |
| Sep 4, 9:38 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | BOI | Camas | 112 min |
| Sep 5, 1:08 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BOI | Adams, Gem, Payette, Washington | 52 min |
| Sep 5, 6:12 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BOI | 63 min | |
| Sep 5, 8:08 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BOI | Washington | 52 min |
| Sep 5, 1:07 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BOI | 53 min | |
| Sep 5, 2:02 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOI | Canyon, Owyhee | 43 min |
| Sep 5, 2:45 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOI | Ada, Canyon, Owyhee | 60 min |
| Sep 5, 3:12 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | BOI | Camas | 2 hr |
| Sep 5, 3:43 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOI | Ada, Canyon, Owyhee | 62 min |
| Sep 5, 3:59 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOI | Ada, Canyon | 3 hr |
| Sep 5, 4:11 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOI | Boise, Gem, Payette, Valley, Washington | 64 min |
| Sep 5, 4:44 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOI | Jerome, Twin Falls | 46 min |
| Sep 5, 4:52 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOI | Adams, Gem, Valley, Washington | 38 min |
| Sep 5, 4:55 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | BOI | Adams, Boise, Gem, Valley, Washington | 50 min |
| Sep 5, 5:05 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOI | Elmore, Gooding, Owyhee, Twin Falls | 40 min |
| Sep 5, 5:10 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOI | Boise, Valley | 35 min |
| Sep 5, 5:23 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOI | Jerome, Twin Falls | 37 min |
| Sep 5, 5:27 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOI | Adams, Valley | 48 min |
| Sep 5, 5:55 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOI | Jerome, Twin Falls | 50 min |
| Sep 5, 5:59 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOI | Jerome, Twin Falls | 3 hr |
| Sep 4, 11:06 PM MDT | Areal Flood Warning | BOI | Harney, Malheur | 6 hr |
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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.