Alert archive / Idaho / Red Flag Warnings in 2013
Red Flag Warning 21, NWS Boise, ID
NWS Boise, ID issued this red flag warning at Aug 27, 2013, 8:00 AM MDT for 11 counties in Idaho. It took effect at Aug 27, 2013, 12:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 33 hr. 5 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 27, 2013, 8:00 AM MDT (14:00 UTC)
- In effect from
- Aug 27, 2013, 12:00 PM MDT
- Expired
- Aug 28, 2013, 9:05 PM MDT
- In force
- 33 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Boise, ID
Counties Boise County, ID, Camas County, ID, Elmore County, ID, Gem County, ID, Gooding County, ID, Idaho County, ID, Jerome County, ID, Lincoln County, ID, Owyhee County, ID, Twin Falls County, ID, Valley County, ID
The radar
The Boise radar (KCBX), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:03 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 27, 5:00 PM MDT | HAIL 0.25 | 1 Ene Mountain Home, ID | SPOTTERS REPORTED PEAS-SIZED HAIL AND LOTS OF IT...STRONG WINDS WITH BLOWING DUST...HEAVY RAIN AT TIMES WITH SIX ONE-HUNDREDTH OF AN INCH ACCUMULATION. |
| Aug 27, 5:00 PM MDT | HAIL 0.25 | Mountain Home, ID | PEA SIZE OR SLIGHTLY LARGER HAIL ALONG I-84 NEAR MOUNTAIN HOME. VISIBILITY DOWN TO 1/4 MILE IN BLOWING DUST. |
| Aug 27, 5:00 PM MDT | HAIL 0.5 | 2 Nne Mountain Home, ID | SPOTTER REPORTED MABLE-SIZE HAIL...HEAVY RAIN...5 MPH WINDS WITH A MIX OF BLOWING DUST AND BURN SCARE RESIDUE. |
| Aug 27, 5:00 PM MDT | HAIL 0.5 | Mountain Home, ID | REPORT RELAYED FROM MOUNTAIN HOME AFB. |
| Aug 27, 5:00 PM MDT | HAIL 0.75 | 2 S Mountain Home, ID | SPOTTER REPORTED 3/4 INCH HAIL...45 MPH WINDS REDUCING VIS TO 1/4 MILE AT TIMES. DAMAGE TO A LOCAL BUSINESS AND POWER OUTAGES ALSO REPORTED. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Boise Airport, ID (KBOI), launched 12:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 79 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
- 2733 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 22 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 111 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
595 WWUS85 KBOI 271400 RFWBOI URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOISE ID 800 AM MDT TUE AUG 27 2013 ...A RED FLAG WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING FROM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR THE EASTERN PAYETTE NATIONAL FOREST...NORTHERN BOISE NATIONAL FOREST ... SOUTHERN BOISE NATIONAL FOREST/WESTERN SAWTOOTH NATIONAL FOREST... OWYHEE MOUNTAINS...WESTERN TWIN FALLS BLM...AND SOUTHERN HIGHLANDS... .DEEP MONSOON MOISTURE WILL RETURN TO THE AREA TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY AIDING THE DEVELOPMENT OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL IDAHO. IDZ402-403-421-423-424-426-272200- /O.UPG.KBOI.FW.A.0006.130827T1800Z-130829T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KBOI.FW.W.0021.130827T1800Z-130829T0600Z/ EASTERN PAYETTE NATIONAL FOREST-NORTHERN BOISE NATIONAL FOREST- SOUTHERN BOISE NATIONAL FOREST/WESTERN SAWTOOTH NATIONAL FOREST- OWYHEE MOUNTAINS-WESTERN TWIN FALLS BLM-SOUTHERN HIGHLANDS- 800 AM MDT TUE AUG 27 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT MDT WEDNESDAY NIGHT FOR LIGHTNING FOR EASTERN PAYETTE NATIONAL FOREST...NORTHERN BOISE NATIONAL FOREST...SOUTHERN BOISE NATIONAL FOREST/WESTERN SAWTOOTH NATIONAL FOREST...OWYHEE MOUNTAINS... WESTERN TWIN FALLS BLM AND SOUTHERN HIGHLANDS...WHICH ARE FIRE WEATHER ZONES 402...403...421...423...424 AND 426... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BOISE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR LIGHTNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT MDT WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * THUNDERSTORMS...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS..DECREASING OVERNIGHT BUT BECOMING SCATTERED AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY. * OUTFLOW WINDS...GUSTS 40 TO 50 MPH POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. && $$ L
4 follow-up statements
645 WWUS85 KBOI 271926 RFWBOI URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOISE ID 126 PM MDT TUE AUG 27 2013 ...A RED FLAG WARNING CONTINUES FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR THE EASTERN PAYETTE NATIONAL FOREST...NORTHERN BOISE NATIONAL FOREST ... SOUTHERN BOISE NATIONAL FOREST/WESTERN SAWTOOTH NATIONAL FOREST... OWYHEE MOUNTAINS...WESTERN TWIN FALLS BLM...AND SOUTHERN HIGHLANDS... IDZ402-403-421-423-424-426-281500- /O.CON.KBOI.FW.W.0021.000000T0000Z-130829T0600Z/ EASTERN PAYETTE NATIONAL FOREST-NORTHERN BOISE NATIONAL FOREST- SOUTHERN BOISE NATIONAL FOREST/WESTERN SAWTOOTH NATIONAL FOREST- OWYHEE MOUNTAINS-WESTERN TWIN FALLS BLM-SOUTHERN HIGHLANDS- 126 PM MDT TUE AUG 27 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT WEDNESDAY NIGHT FOR LIGHTNING FOR EASTERN PAYETTE NATIONAL FOREST...NORTHERN BOISE NATIONAL FOREST...SOUTHERN BOISE NATIONAL FOREST/WESTERN SAWTOOTH NATIONAL FOREST...OWYHEE MOUNTAINS... WESTERN TWIN FALLS BLM AND SOUTHERN HIGHLANDS...WHICH ARE FIRE WEATHER ZONES 402...403...421...423...424 AND 426... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * THUNDERSTORMS...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS..DECREASING OVERNIGHT BUT BECOMING SCATTERED AGAIN WEDNESDAY. * OUTFLOW WINDS...GUSTS 40 TO 50 MPH POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. && $$ L
991 WWUS85 KBOI 281406 RFWBOI URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOISE ID 806 AM MDT WED AUG 28 2013 ...A RED FLAG WARNING CONTINUES FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING THROUGH THIS EVENING FOR THE EASTERN PAYETTE NATIONAL FOREST... NORTHERN BOISE NATIONAL FOREST ... SOUTHERN BOISE NATIONAL FOREST/WESTERN SAWTOOTH NATIONAL FOREST... OWYHEE MOUNTAINS... WESTERN TWIN FALLS BLM...AND SOUTHERN HIGHLANDS... IDZ402-403-421-423-424-426-282300- /O.CON.KBOI.FW.W.0021.000000T0000Z-130829T0600Z/ EASTERN PAYETTE NATIONAL FOREST-NORTHERN BOISE NATIONAL FOREST- SOUTHERN BOISE NATIONAL FOREST/WESTERN SAWTOOTH NATIONAL FOREST- OWYHEE MOUNTAINS-WESTERN TWIN FALLS BLM-SOUTHERN HIGHLANDS- 806 AM MDT WED AUG 28 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT FOR LIGHTNING FOR EASTERN PAYETTE NATIONAL FOREST...NORTHERN BOISE NATIONAL FOREST...SOUTHERN BOISE NATIONAL FOREST/WESTERN SAWTOOTH NATIONAL FOREST...OWYHEE MOUNTAINS... WESTERN TWIN FALLS BLM AND SOUTHERN HIGHLANDS...WHICH ARE FIRE WEATHER ZONES 402... 403...421...423...424 AND 426... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT. * THUNDERSTORMS...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS. * OUTFLOW WINDS...GUSTS 40 TO 50 MPH POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. && $$ L
827 WWUS85 KBOI 282037 RFWBOI URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOISE ID 237 PM MDT WED AUG 28 2013 ...A RED FLAG WARNING CONTINUES FOR ABUNDANT LIGHTNING THROUGH THIS EVENING FOR THE EASTERN PAYETTE NATIONAL FOREST... NORTHERN BOISE NATIONAL FOREST ... SOUTHERN BOISE NATIONAL FOREST/WESTERN SAWTOOTH NATIONAL FOREST... OWYHEE MOUNTAINS... WESTERN TWIN FALLS BLM...AND SOUTHERN HIGHLANDS... .A MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS REMAINS ACROSS THE AREA. STORMS HAVE BEEN SLOW TO DEVELOP BUT STILL EXPECTED THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING. IDZ402-403-421-423-424-426-290600- /O.CON.KBOI.FW.W.0021.000000T0000Z-130829T0600Z/ EASTERN PAYETTE NATIONAL FOREST-NORTHERN BOISE NATIONAL FOREST- SOUTHERN BOISE NATIONAL FOREST/WESTERN SAWTOOTH NATIONAL FOREST- OWYHEE MOUNTAINS-WESTERN TWIN FALLS BLM-SOUTHERN HIGHLANDS- 237 PM MDT WED AUG 28 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT FOR LIGHTNING FOR EASTERN PAYETTE NATIONAL FOREST...NORTHERN BOISE NATIONAL FOREST...SOUTHERN BOISE NATIONAL FOREST/WESTERN SAWTOOTH NATIONAL FOREST...OWYHEE MOUNTAINS... WESTERN TWIN FALLS BLM AND SOUTHERN HIGHLANDS...WHICH ARE FIRE WEATHER ZONES 402... 403...421...423...424 AND 426... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT. * THUNDERSTORMS...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS. * OUTFLOW WINDS...GUSTS 40 TO 50 MPH POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. && $$ L
617 WWUS85 KBOI 290305 RFWBOI URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOISE ID 905 PM MDT WED AUG 28 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR LIGHTNING FOR EASTERN PAYETTE NATIONAL FOREST...NORTHERN BOISE NATIONAL FOREST... SOUTHERN BOISE NATIONAL FOREST/WESTERN SAWTOOTH NATIONAL FOREST... OWYHEE MOUNTAINS... WESTERN TWIN FALLS BLM AND SOUTHERN HIGHLANDS...WHICH ARE FIRE WEATHER ZONES 402... 403...421...423... 424 AND 426... IDZ402-403-421-423-424-426-290415- /O.CAN.KBOI.FW.W.0021.000000T0000Z-130829T0600Z/ EASTERN PAYETTE NATIONAL FOREST-NORTHERN BOISE NATIONAL FOREST- SOUTHERN BOISE NATIONAL FOREST/WESTERN SAWTOOTH NATIONAL FOREST- OWYHEE MOUNTAINS-WESTERN TWIN FALLS BLM-SOUTHERN HIGHLANDS- 905 PM MDT WED AUG 28 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR LIGHTNING FOR EASTERN PAYETTE NATIONAL FOREST...NORTHERN BOISE NATIONAL FOREST... SOUTHERN BOISE NATIONAL FOREST/WESTERN SAWTOOTH NATIONAL FOREST... OWYHEE MOUNTAINS... WESTERN TWIN FALLS BLM AND SOUTHERN HIGHLANDS...WHICH ARE FIRE WEATHER ZONES 402... 403...421...423... 424 AND 426... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BOISE HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED THROUGH MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. $$ L
The office that day
Everything else NWS Boise, ID issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 27, 4:30 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BOI | Elmore | 30 min |
| Aug 27, 4:57 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BOI | Elmore | 48 min |
| Aug 27, 5:19 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOI | Elmore | 26 min |
Nearby
Red Flag Warnings in Idaho, 2013Every red flag warning in 2013
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.