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Flash Flood Watch 2, NWS Boise, ID

August 3, 20148 counties in Idaho

NWS Boise, ID issued this flash flood watch at Aug 3, 2014, 4:14 AM MDT for 8 counties in Idaho. It took effect at Aug 4, 2014, 12:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 57 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Aug 3, 2014, 4:14 AM MDT (10:14 UTC)
In effect from: Aug 4, 2014, 12:00 PM MDT
Expired: Aug 6, 2014, 9:00 PM MDT
In force: 57 hr
Issued by: NWS Boise, ID
Flood severity: None

Counties Ada County, ID, Boise County, ID, Camas County, ID, Elmore County, ID, Gooding County, ID, Jerome County, ID, Owyhee County, ID, Twin Falls County, ID

The radar

The Boise radar (KCBX), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash flood watch 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 watch went out at Aug 3, 4:05 AM MDT, 9 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 3, 4:05 AM MDT, 9 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 2, 6:32 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BOI	Baker	43 min
Aug 2, 6:39 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOI	Baker	20 min
Aug 2, 7:09 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BOI	Baker	3 hr
Aug 3, 10:47 AM MDT	Red Flag Warning	BOI		10 hr
Aug 3, 2:47 PM MDT	Fire Weather Watch	BOI		18 hr
Aug 3, 5:14 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOI	Baker, Malheur	46 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Watches in Idaho, 2014 Every flash flood watch 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.