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Special Weather Statement, NWS Boise, ID
NWS Boise, ID issued this special weather statement at Aug 1, 2014, 6:49 PM PDT for Baker County, Oregon. It was in force for 41 min. 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 1, 2014, 6:49 PM PDT (01:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 1, 2014, 7:30 PM PDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Boise, ID
County Baker County, OR
The radar
The Pendleton radar (KPDT), 163 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Boise Airport, ID (KBOI), launched 00:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 171 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
- 246 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -79 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3442 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 11 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 15 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 4 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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</html>What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Aug 1, 1:43 PM PDT, 5 hours 6 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 1, 1:43 PM PDT, 5 hours 6 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOISE ID 243 PM MDT FRI AUG 1 2014 .SHORT TERM...FEWER THUNDERSTORMS AT 2 PM MDT THAN YESTERDAY... ESPECIALLY IN BAKER COUNTY/OR WHERE STRONG STORMS DEVELOPED YESTERDAY NEAR A PASSING SHORT WAVE TROUGH. TODAY THERE ARE NONE SO FAR. CU ARE BUILDING IN THE CENTRAL IDAHO MOUNTAINS BUT SWLY FLOW ALOFT SHOULD KEEP ANY THUNDERSTORMS FROM DRIFTING BACK INTO THE SNAKE BASIN. A COUPLE NEW STORMS HAVE RECENTLY FORMED IN THE OWYHEES AND IN SRN MALHEUR COUNTY. THE MONSOON FLOW HAS BEEN PUSHED EAST AND MOST OF THE MOISTURE NOW IS COMING FROM THE PACIFIC THROUGH CENTRAL CALIF AND NEVADA. WITHIN THAT FLOW THIS AFTERNOON WE SEE A SHORT WAVE TROUGH IN WRN NEVADA HEADING TOWARD OUR CWA. THE LONG WAVE RIDGE IS STILL ALONG THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE...CLOSE ENOUGH TO LET MONSOON MOISTURE BACK INTO IDAHO ZONES WITH ANY EMBEDDED WAVE THAT CAN TURN THE FLOW MORE SOUTHERLY. LATEST FORECAST HAS SCALED BACK THE QPF IN THE BOISE MOUNTAINS...OTHERWISE ONLY SLIGHT CHANGES FROM PREVIOUS PACKAGE. .LONG TERM...SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY...SUNDAY NIGHT A VERY MOIST LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM FROM SOUTHERN BAJA CALIFORNIA WILL BE APPROACHING SOUTHEAST OREGON AND SOUTHWEST IDAHO...BRINGING SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS. PRECIPITATION WILL BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD ON MONDAY AS THE SYSTEM MOVES FURTHER NORTH OVER OUR AREA. CLOUDS ARE EXPECTED TO KEEP HIGH TEMPERATURES ON MONDAY AT LEAST 10 DEGREES BELOW SUNDAY/S HIGHS. TEMPERATURES SHOULD RETURN TO NEAR NORMAL BY TUESDAY WITH LITTLE CHANGE THROUGH FRIDAY. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS...MAINLY OVER THE MOUNTAINS...WILL CONTINUE IN THE MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR THROUGH FRIDAY. .AVIATION...MAINLY VFR. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE MAINLY OVER THE MOUNTAINS THIS EVENING. EXPECT GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS TO 30 KTS OR MORE IN THE VICINITY OF STORMS. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL REDEVELOP SATURDAY AFTERNOON WITH THE BEST CHANCE OVER THE MOUNTAINS. SURFACE WINDS WILL BE LIGHT AND VARIABLE EXCEPT NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. WINDS ALOFT WILL BE SOUTHWEST AROUND 10 KT UP THROUGH 10K FEET MSL. && .BOI WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... ID...NONE. OR...NONE. && WEATHER.GOV/BOISE SHORT TERM...LC LONG TERM....JT/AB AVIATION.....JT
In the hours before
Local storm report, Aug 1, 2:44 PM PDT, 4 hours 5 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOISE ID
344 PM MDT FRI AUG 01 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0652 PM FLASH FLOOD 2 S ANDERSON DAM 43.32N 115.45W
07/31/2014 ELMORE ID COUNTY OFFICIAL
FLASH FLOODING AND LAND SLIDES ON THE SOUTH END OF THE
ELK COMPLEX BURN SCAR NEAR ANDERSON RANCH DAM. SEVERAL
ROADS COMPROMISED INCLUDING ANDERSON RANCH DAM ROAD AND
HIGHWAY 20 WHICH HAVE BEEN CLOSED.
&&
JSMITHSpecial weather statement, Aug 1, 4:51 PM PDT, 1 hour 58 minutes before
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</html>Special weather statement, Aug 1, 5:30 PM PDT, 1 hour 19 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOISE ID 630 PM MDT FRI AUG 1 2014 ORZ063-020115- MALHEUR COUNTY OR- 630 PM MDT FRI AUG 1 2014 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EAST CENTRAL MALHEUR COUNTY UNTIL 715 PM MDT... AT 629 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 28 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HOMEDALE...OR 35 MILES NORTHEAST OF ROME...MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH. HALF INCH HAIL...WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH AND HEAVY RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... LESLIE GULCH AROUND 630 PM MDT. SLOCUM CREEK CAMPGROUND AROUND 640 PM MDT. PELICAN POINT AROUND 700 PM MDT. BOARD CORRAL MOUNTAIN AND OWYHEE RESERVOIR AROUND 710 PM MDT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS. 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 4321 11716 4321 11741 4358 11748 4359 11711 TIME...MOT...LOC 0029Z 178DEG 16KT 4329 11729 DG
Special weather statement, Aug 1, 6:26 PM PDT, 23 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOISE ID 726 PM MDT FRI AUG 1 2014 IDZ012-029-ORZ063-064-020200- LOWER TREASURE VALLEY ID-OWYHEE MOUNTAINS ID- OREGON LOWER TREASURE VALLEY OR-MALHEUR COUNTY OR- 726 PM MDT FRI AUG 1 2014 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN OWYHEE... SOUTHWESTERN CANYON AND EAST CENTRAL MALHEUR COUNTIES UNTIL 800 PM MDT... AT 725 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 23 MILES SOUTH OF HARPER TO 17 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HOMEDALE...AND MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH. HALF INCH HAIL...WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH AND HEAVY RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR... TWIN SPRINGS CAMPGROUND AND SUCCOR CREEK CAMPGROUND AROUND 740 PM MDT. BOARD CORRAL MOUNTAIN AROUND 750 PM MDT. HOMEDALE...MARSING AND OWYHEE DAM AROUND 800 PM MDT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS...AND MAY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS. 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 4383 11751 4355 11680 4329 11706 4350 11759 TIME...MOT...LOC 0125Z 202DEG 14KT 4354 11747 4339 11711 DG
Special weather statement, Aug 1, 6:31 PM PDT, 18 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOISE ID
631 PM PDT FRI AUG 1 2014
ORZ061-020215-
HARNEY COUNTY OR-
631 PM PDT FRI AUG 1 2014
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN HARNEY COUNTY UNTIL
715 PM PDT...
AT 630 PM PDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 23
MILES EAST OF HAMPTON...OR 35 MILES WEST OF BURNS...MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 40 MPH.
DIME SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.
THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
DRY MOUNTAIN AROUND 640 PM PDT.
BUCK SPRINGS AROUND 650 PM PDT.
DELINTMENT LAKE AROUND 700 PM PDT.
EMIGRANT CAMPGROUND AROUND 710 PM PDT.
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 4370 11986 4370 11978 4384 11978 4396 11971
4396 11931 4349 11971 4356 11989 4363 11990
TIME...MOT...LOC 0130Z 206DEG 33KT 4360 11977
DGSpecial weather statement, Aug 1, 6:49 PM PDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOISE ID 749 PM MDT FRI AUG 1 2014 ORZ062-063-020230- MALHEUR COUNTY OR-BAKER COUNTY OR- 749 PM MDT FRI AUG 1 2014 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN MALHEUR AND SOUTHWESTERN BAKER COUNTIES UNTIL 830 PM MDT/730 PM PDT/... AT 748 PM MDT /648 PM PDT/...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR IRONSIDE...OR 33 MILES SOUTH OF BAKER CITY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. DIME SIZE HAIL...WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH AND HEAVY RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... ELDORADO PASS AROUND 750 PM MDT. UNITY AROUND 800 PM MDT. IRONSIDE AROUND 810 PM MDT. BALDY MOUNTAIN AROUND 830 PM MDT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS. 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 4420 11803 4430 11837 4461 11807 4441 11772 TIME...MOT...LOC 0148Z 218DEG 11KT 4432 11807 DG
The office that day
Everything else NWS Boise, ID issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 1, 6:26 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | BOI | Canyon | 34 min |
| Aug 1, 6:31 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | BOI | 44 min | |
| Aug 1, 7:26 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | BOI | 49 min | |
| Aug 1, 7:48 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | BOI | 42 min | |
| Aug 2, 2:50 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | BOI | 40 min | |
| Aug 1, 5:30 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | BOI | Malheur | 45 min |
| Aug 1, 7:03 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | BOI | Union | 42 min |
| Aug 1, 7:36 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | BOI | Malheur | 3 hr |
| Aug 2, 1:56 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | BOI | Harney | 34 min |
| Aug 2, 3:24 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOI | Harney, Malheur | 51 min |
| Aug 2, 3:48 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | BOI | Malheur | 42 min |
| Aug 2, 4:00 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOI | Malheur | 45 min |
| Aug 2, 4:09 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOI | Harney, Malheur | 51 min |
| Aug 2, 4:20 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | BOI | Baker | 40 min |
| Aug 2, 4:44 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOI | Malheur | 35 min |
| Aug 2, 4:55 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | BOI | Malheur | 50 min |
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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.