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Flash Flood Warning 21, NWS Boise, ID

August 9, 2014Boise County, Camas County, Elmore County, Idaho

NWS Boise, ID issued this flash flood warning at Aug 9, 2014, 1:42 PM MDT for Boise County, Camas County, Elmore County, Idaho. It was in force for 3 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Aug 9, 2014, 1:42 PM MDT (19:42 UTC)
Expired
Aug 9, 2014, 4:45 PM MDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Boise, ID
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Boise County, ID, Camas County, ID, Elmore County, ID

The radar

The Boise radar (KCBX), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 101 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 2014-08-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1 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 12:00Z on 2014-08-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -9 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2066 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
9 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-9 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
38 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.

261 
WGUS55 KBOI 091942
FFWBOI
IDC015-025-039-092245-
/O.NEW.KBOI.FF.W.0021.140809T1942Z-140809T2245Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOISE ID
142 PM MDT SAT AUG 9 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BOISE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  EAST CENTRAL BOISE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IDAHO...
  NORTHEASTERN ELMORE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IDAHO...
  NORTHWESTERN CAMAS COUNTY IN CENTRAL IDAHO...

* UNTIL 445 PM MDT
    
* AT 141 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING
  HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO
  BEGIN SHORTLY. 

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  ATLANTA...JAMES CREEK SUMMIT...GUNSIGHT PEAK...DUTCH CREEK GUARD
  STATION...ROCKY BAR AND PARADISE PEAK.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE.

&&

LAT...LON 4369 11472 4364 11536 4378 11551 4402 11509
      4392 11498 4391 11499 4388 11497 4386 11498
      4382 11487 4379 11485 4380 11484

$$

DG
2 follow-up statements
372 
WGUS75 KBOI 092236
FFSBOI

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOISE ID
436 PM MDT SAT AUG 9 2014

IDC015-025-039-092245-
/O.CON.KBOI.FF.W.0021.000000T0000Z-140809T2245Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BOISE ID-ELMORE ID-CAMAS ID-
436 PM MDT SAT AUG 9 2014

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM MDT FOR
EAST CENTRAL BOISE...NORTHEASTERN ELMORE AND NORTHWESTERN CAMAS
COUNTIES...

AT 435 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING 
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS NORTHEAST ELMORE COUNTY.  FLASH FLOODING IS LIKELY 
ACROSS NORTHEAST ELMORE COUNTY. 

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE QUARTER INCH TO ONE HALF AN 
INCH IS POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

STAY AWAY OR BE SWEPT AWAY. RIVER BANKS AND CULVERTS CAN BECOME
UNSTABLE AND UNSAFE.

&&

LAT...LON 4369 11472 4364 11536 4378 11551 4402 11509
      4392 11498 4391 11499 4388 11497 4386 11498
      4382 11487 4379 11485 4380 11484

$$

VM
701 
WGUS75 KBOI 092246
FFSBOI

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOISE ID
446 PM MDT SAT AUG 9 2014

IDC015-025-039-092256-
/O.EXP.KBOI.FF.W.0021.000000T0000Z-140809T2245Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BOISE ID-ELMORE ID-CAMAS ID-
446 PM MDT SAT AUG 9 2014

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL BOISE...NORTHEASTERN
ELMORE AND NORTHWESTERN CAMAS COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...

THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED FOR NOW. WATER MAY CONTINUE TO FLOW AT OR 
ABOVE BANK FULL THROUGH 545 PM. 

LAT...LON 4369 11472 4364 11536 4378 11551 4402 11509
      4392 11498 4391 11499 4388 11497 4386 11498
      4382 11487 4379 11485 4380 11484

$$

VM

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 8, 7:43 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBOIElmore47 min
Aug 9, 2:53 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningBOIBoise3 hr
Aug 9, 4:24 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBOIBoise81 min
Aug 9, 5:09 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBOIBoise66 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Idaho, 2014Every flash flood warning in 2014

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.