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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 22, NWS Boise, ID
NWS Boise, ID issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 12, 2014, 3:27 PM MDT for Elmore County, Gooding County, Idaho. It was in force for 48 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 12, 2014, 3:27 PM MDT (21:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 12, 2014, 4:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Boise, ID
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Elmore County, ID, Gooding County, ID
The radar
The Boise radar (KCBX), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:30 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Boise Airport, ID (KBOI), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 97 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
- 2466 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 64 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 143 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 12, 2:22 PM MDT, 1 hour 5 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 12, 2:22 PM MDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOISE ID
222 PM MDT TUE AUG 12 2014
.SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE OVER
SOUTHEASTERN OREGON AND SOUTHWESTERN IDAHO TROUGH THE EVENING. THE
MAIN FOCUS FOR THIS ACTIVITY MAY SHIFT INTO THE MAGIC VALLEY AS
THE AIR HAS BEEN RAIN COOLED A BIT OVER EASTERN OREGON AND
EXTREME WESTERN IDAHO MAKING THE AIR LESS UNSTABLE THAN IT WAS.
THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD DIMINISH IN ALL AREAS BY MIDNIGHT. TOMORROW
WILL BE ANOTHER ACTIVE WEATHER DAY AS AN 80 KT JET MAX MOVES
AROUND THE BASE OF A CLOSED UPPER LOW OVER OREGON. THE JET MAX
WILL BE RIGHT OVER THE FORECAST AREA TOMORROW AND THERE WILL STILL
BE PLENTY OF MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY IN THE AREA. SO...EXPECT
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS AGAIN IN THE
AFTERNOON WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR VERY GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL
IN THE STRONGER STORMS. THE UPPER LOW WILL DRIFT ONLY A BIT TO THE
NORTHEAST ON THURSDAY...SO WE WILL KEEP A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE FORECAST BAKER COUNTY AND IN THE CENTRAL
MOUNTAINS OF IDAHO ON THURSDAY.
LONG TERM...WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY...UPPER LOW IS EXPECTED
TO TRACK TO THE NORTHEAST THROUGH OREGON AND WASHINGTON... AND THEN
MOVE INTO THE IDAHO PANHANDLE ON FRIDAY. MODELS IN BETTER AGREEMENT
WITH TIMING AND TRACK OF THIS SYSTEM THAN PREVIOUS RUNS. THE LOW
WILL BRING A CONTINUED CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS
THE NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE AREA WITH DRIER AIR WORKING INTO
SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE AREA. DRIER AIR WILL MOVE OVER THE AREA
NEXT WEEKEND AND EARLY NEXT WEEK WITH WEAK HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT.
TEMPERATURES WILL BE SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL THURSDAY THROUGH
SATURDAY...WARMING TO NEAR NORMAL SUNDAY AND MONDAY.
.AVIATION...ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SE OREGON
TONIGHT. NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED
ACROSS THE MAGIC VALLEY AND CENTRAL IDAHO WITH LOCAL MVFR
CONDITIONS. GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS TO 40 KNOTS...HEAVY RAIN...AND SMALL
HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGER STORMS. SURFACE WINDS SOUTH 5-15
KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO 25 KNOTS. WINDS ALOFT WILL BE SOUTHERLY 15-25
KNOTS UP THROUGH 10K FEET MSL.
.BOI WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
ID...RED FLAG WARNING UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT IDZ400>403-420.
OR...RED FLAG WARNING UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT /11 PM PDT/ TONIGHT
ORZ636-637-646.
&&
WEATHER.GOV/BOISE
SHORT TERM...JB
LONG TERM....JS/DD
AVIATION.....JSIn the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 12, 12:41 PM MDT, 2 hours 46 minutes before
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</html>Special weather statement, Aug 12, 2:30 PM MDT, 57 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOISE ID 230 PM MDT TUE AUG 12 2014 IDZ013-014-122115- UPPER TREASURE VALLEY ID-BOISE MOUNTAINS ID- 230 PM MDT TUE AUG 12 2014 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN OWYHEE AND SOUTH CENTRAL ELMORE COUNTIES UNTIL 315 PM MDT... AT 230 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER MOUNTAIN HOME AIR FORCE BASE...OR 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MOUNTAIN HOME...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. DIME SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... MOUNTAIN HOME AROUND 300 PM MDT. TOLLGATE AROUND 310 PM MDT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WHEN SAFE TO DO SO...PLEASE RELAY STORM REPORTS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BOISE IDAHO VIA LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT...OR NWS BOISE FACEBOOK AND TWITTER ACCOUNTS. && LAT...LON 4292 11580 4301 11601 4339 11575 4325 11544 TIME...MOT...LOC 2030Z 212DEG 20KT 4303 11585 JDS
Special weather statement, Aug 12, 2:35 PM MDT, 52 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOISE ID 235 PM MDT TUE AUG 12 2014 IDZ016-030-122115- SOUTHERN TWIN FALLS COUNTY ID-WESTERN MAGIC VALLEY ID- 235 PM MDT TUE AUG 12 2014 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN GOODING...WEST CENTRAL JEROME AND WEST CENTRAL TWIN FALLS COUNTIES UNTIL 315 PM MDT... AT 235 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FILER...OR 16 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TWIN FALLS... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH...SMALL HAIL AND BREIF HEAVY RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... BUHL AROUND 300 PM MDT. TWIN FALLS...JEROME...FILER AND WENDELL AROUND 310 PM MDT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WHEN SAFE TO DO SO...PLEASE RELAY STORM REPORTS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BOISE IDAHO VIA LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT...OR NWS BOISE FACEBOOK AND TWITTER ACCOUNTS. && LAT...LON 4233 11466 4241 11488 4281 11469 4268 11435 TIME...MOT...LOC 2035Z 207DEG 20KT 4244 11473 JS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Boise, ID issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 12, 12:41 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BOI | Ada, Canyon | 49 min |
| Aug 12, 2:30 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BOI | Elmore | 45 min |
| Aug 12, 2:35 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BOI | Twin Falls | 40 min |
| Aug 12, 3:00 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOI | Elmore | 45 min |
| Aug 12, 3:36 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOI | Gooding, Jerome, Owyhee, Twin Falls | 39 min |
| Aug 12, 4:09 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BOI | Camas | 51 min |
| Aug 12, 4:11 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOI | Camas, Gooding | 49 min |
| Aug 12, 4:42 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BOI | Twin Falls | 48 min |
| Aug 12, 4:59 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BOI | Camas | 46 min |
| Aug 12, 5:28 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BOI | Jerome, Twin Falls | 62 min |
| Aug 12, 5:37 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOI | Gooding, Jerome, Twin Falls | 25 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.