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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 16, NWS Boise, ID

August 3, 2014Owyhee County, Idaho; Malheur County, Oregon

NWS Boise, ID issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 3, 2014, 6:44 PM MDT for Owyhee County, Idaho; Malheur County, Oregon. It was in force for 27 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: Aug 3, 2014, 6:44 PM MDT (00:44 UTC)
Expired: Aug 3, 2014, 7:11 PM MDT
In force: 27 min
Issued by: NWS Boise, ID
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Owyhee County, ID, Malheur County, OR

The radar

The Boise radar (KCBX), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:45 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 severe thunderstorm 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out at Aug 3, 2:44 PM MDT, 4 hours earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 3, 2:44 PM MDT, 4 hours before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 3, 6:24 PM MDT, 20 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 3, 6:07 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	BOI	Camas, Elmore	3 hr
Aug 4, 3:58 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	BOI	Boise, Elmore	6 hr
Aug 4, 5:14 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	BOI	Boise, Elmore	4 hr
Aug 3, 6:24 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BOI	Malheur	51 min
Aug 4, 4:29 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	BOI	Baker	4 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Idaho, 2014 Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Oregon, 2014 Every severe thunderstorm 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.