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Special Weather Statement, NWS Boise, ID

August 1, 2013Jerome County, Twin Falls County, Idaho

NWS Boise, ID issued this special weather statement at Aug 1, 2013, 8:49 PM MDT for Jerome County, Twin Falls County, Idaho. It was in force for 56 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Aug 1, 2013, 8:49 PM MDT (02:49 UTC)
Expired
Aug 1, 2013, 9:45 PM MDT
In force
56 min
Issued by
NWS Boise, ID

Counties Jerome County, ID, Twin Falls County, ID

The radar

The Pocatello radar (KSFX), 140 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 1, 9:34 PM MDTTSTM WND GST 471 Se Magic Valley Regio, IDTHUNDERSTORM OUTFLOW WIND

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 00:00Z, 2.8 hours before the alert went out and 185 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 00:00Z on 2013-08-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 86 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Boise Airport, ID at 00:00Z on 2013-08-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 32 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
86 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-28 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
3551 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
32 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
102 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

190 
WWUS85 KBOI 020249
SPSBOI

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOISE ID
849 PM MDT THU AUG 1 2013

IDZ014>016-030-020345-
GOODING ID-JEROME ID-OWYHEE ID-TWIN FALLS ID-
849 PM MDT THU AUG 1 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BOISE HAS ISSUED A

SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN GOODING COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IDAHO...
  JEROME COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IDAHO...
  NORTHERN TWIN FALLS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IDAHO...
  AND EAST CENTRAL OWYHEE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IDAHO...

UNTIL 945 PM MDT.

AT 847 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 
LINE OF STRONG WINDS 5 MILES SOUTH OF HAGERMAN...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 
45 MPH.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

THE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  FILER AROUND 915 PM MDT...
  TWIN FALLS AROUND 920 PM MDT...
  MAGIC VALLEY REGIONAL AIRPORT AROUND 925 PM MDT...
  ROCK CREEK AROUND 935 PM MDT.

LAT...LON 4250 11405 4241 11407 4241 11428 4220 11428
      4247 11538 4299 11476 4297 11459 4286 11458
      4286 11438 4281 11434 4281 11405 4278 11404
      4277 11394 4274 11392 4253 11393
TIME...MOT...LOC 0248Z 302DEG 40KT 4273 11491

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 1, 6:37 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBOIPayette38 min
Aug 1, 6:55 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBOIAda35 min
Aug 1, 7:09 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBOIGem36 min
Aug 1, 7:21 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBOIElmore39 min
Aug 1, 8:02 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBOIGooding43 min
Aug 1, 8:09 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBOIGooding36 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.