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Flash Flood Watch 2, NWS Boise, ID

May 6, 2016Owyhee County, Twin Falls County, Idaho; Harney County, Malheur County, Oregon

NWS Boise, ID issued this flash flood watch at May 6, 2016, 9:53 AM MDT for Owyhee County, Twin Falls County, Idaho; Harney County, Malheur County, Oregon. It took effect at May 6, 2016, 12:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 15 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 6, 2016, 9:53 AM MDT (15:53 UTC)
In effect from
May 6, 2016, 12:00 PM MDT
Expired
May 7, 2016, 2:39 AM MDT
In force
15 hr
Issued by
NWS Boise, ID
Flood severity
None

Counties Owyhee County, ID, Twin Falls County, ID, Harney County, OR, Malheur County, OR

The radar

The Boise radar (KCBX), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:55 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 May 5, 3:06 PM MDT, 18 hours 47 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 5, 3:06 PM MDT, 18 hours 47 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 5, 7:03 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBOIAdams42 min
May 5, 7:19 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBOIAdams26 min
May 5, 7:29 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOIAdams31 min
May 6, 3:24 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBOIOwyhee24 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Watches in Idaho, 2016Flash Flood Watches in Oregon, 2016Every flash flood watch in 2016

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.