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Wind Advisory 13, NWS Boise, ID

October 2, 2016Gooding County, Jerome County, Twin Falls County, Idaho

NWS Boise, ID issued this wind advisory at Oct 2, 2016, 3:25 AM MDT for Gooding County, Jerome County, Twin Falls County, Idaho. It took effect at Oct 3, 2016, 12:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 2, 2016, 3:25 AM MDT (09:25 UTC)
In effect from
Oct 3, 2016, 12:00 PM MDT
Expired
Oct 3, 2016, 6:28 PM MDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Boise, ID

Counties Gooding County, ID, Jerome County, ID, Twin Falls County, ID

The radar

The Pocatello radar (KSFX), 162 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:28 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 00:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 165 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Boise Airport, ID at 00:00Z on 2016-10-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Boise Airport, ID at 00:00Z on 2016-10-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -58 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2932 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
55 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-58 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
184 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

338 
WWUS75 KBOI 020925
NPWBOI

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOISE ID
325 AM MDT SUN OCT 2 2016

...VERY WINDY IN SOUTH-CENTRAL IDAHO MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...

.A PACIFIC STORM WILL PASS THROUGH NORTHERN NEVADA TONIGHT AND
THEN EASTERN IDAHO MONDAY. THIS WILL CAUSE WINDS TO INCREASE IN
SOUTHERN IDAHO MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

IDZ016-030-022130-
/O.NEW.KBOI.WI.Y.0013.161003T1800Z-161004T0200Z/
WESTERN MAGIC VALLEY-SOUTHERN TWIN FALLS COUNTY-
325 AM MDT SUN OCT 2 2016

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM MDT MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BOISE HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM MDT MONDAY. 

* WINDS...WESTERLY INCREASING TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH.

* TIMING...MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

* IMPACTS...TRAVEL HAZARD DUE TO CROSS WINDS ON NORTH-SOUTH
  ROADWAYS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH ARE
EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...
ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

&&

$$
4 follow-up statements
011 
WWUS75 KBOI 022010
NPWBOI

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOISE ID
210 PM MDT SUN OCT 2 2016

...VERY WINDY IN SOUTH-CENTRAL IDAHO MONDAY AFTERNOON AND
EVENING...

.A PACIFIC STORM WILL PASS THROUGH THE REGION TONIGHT AND MONDAY.
THIS WILL CAUSE WINDS TO INCREASE IN SOUTH-CENTRAL IDAHO MONDAY
AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

IDZ016-030-031100-
/O.CON.KBOI.WI.Y.0013.161003T1800Z-161004T0200Z/
WESTERN MAGIC VALLEY-SOUTHERN TWIN FALLS COUNTY-
210 PM MDT SUN OCT 2 2016

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM MDT MONDAY...

* WINDS...WESTERLY AROUND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH.

* IMPACTS...TRAVEL HAZARD DUE TO CROSS WINDS ON NORTH-SOUTH 
  ROADWAYS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH ARE
EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...
ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

&&

$$
583 
WWUS75 KBOI 030919
NPWBOI

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOISE ID
319 AM MDT MON OCT 3 2016

...VERY WINDY IN SOUTH-CENTRAL IDAHO THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING...

.A PACIFIC STORM PASSING THROUGH THE REGION WILL CAUSE WEST WINDS
TO INCREASE IN SOUTH-CENTRAL IDAHO THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

IDZ016-030-032130-
/O.CON.KBOI.WI.Y.0013.161003T1800Z-161004T0200Z/
WESTERN MAGIC VALLEY-SOUTHERN TWIN FALLS COUNTY-
319 AM MDT MON OCT 3 2016

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM MDT
THIS EVENING...

* WINDS...WESTERLY AROUND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH.

* IMPACTS...TRAVEL HAZARD DUE TO CROSS WINDS ON NORTH-SOUTH 
  ROADWAYS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH ARE
EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...
ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

&&

$$
676 
WWUS75 KBOI 031949
NPWBOI

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOISE ID
149 PM MDT MON OCT 3 2016

IDZ016-030-040200-
/O.CON.KBOI.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-161004T0200Z/
WESTERN MAGIC VALLEY-SOUTHERN TWIN FALLS COUNTY-
149 PM MDT MON OCT 3 2016

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING...

* WINDS...WESTERLY AROUND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH.

* IMPACTS...TRAVEL HAZARD DUE TO CROSS WINDS ON NORTH-SOUTH 
  ROADWAYS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH ARE
EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...
ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

&&

$$
063 
WWUS75 KBOI 040028
NPWBOI

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOISE ID
628 PM MDT MON OCT 3 2016

IDZ016-030-040130-
/O.CAN.KBOI.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-161004T0200Z/
WESTERN MAGIC VALLEY-SOUTHERN TWIN FALLS COUNTY-
628 PM MDT MON OCT 3 2016

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BOISE HAS CANCELLED THE WIND
ADVISORY. 

WIND HAVE DROPPED BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA IN THE WESTERN MAGIC
VALLEY SO THE ADVISORY WAS CANCELLED. WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WITH 
GUSTS TO 30 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SUNSET THIS EVENING.  

$$

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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.