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Wind Advisory 9, NWS Boise, ID

April 12, 2021Gooding County, Jerome County, Twin Falls County, Idaho

NWS Boise, ID issued this wind advisory at Apr 12, 2021, 2:05 AM MDT for Gooding County, Jerome County, Twin Falls County, Idaho. It took effect at Apr 13, 2021, 12:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 11 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 12, 2021, 2:05 AM MDT (08:05 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 13, 2021, 12:00 PM MDT
Expired
Apr 13, 2021, 10:43 PM MDT
In force
11 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 08:07 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, 8.1 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 2021-04-12Temperature 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 2021-04-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -25 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
2783 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-25 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
13 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

614 
WWUS75 KBOI 120805
NPWBOI

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Boise ID
205 AM MDT Mon Apr 12 2021

IDZ016-122030-
/O.NEW.KBOI.WI.Y.0009.210413T1800Z-210414T0300Z/
Western Magic Valley-
205 AM MDT Mon Apr 12 2021

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 9 PM MDT TUESDAY...

* WHAT...Sustained east or northeast winds near 30 mph with gusts
  to 45 mph expected.

* WHERE...Western Magic Valley.

* WHEN...From noon to 9 PM MDT Tuesday.

* IMPACTS...Gusty winds could blow unsecured objects around. Tree
  limbs could be blown down.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Use extra caution when driving, especially if operating a high
profile vehicle. Secure outdoor objects.

&&

$$
4 follow-up statements
927 
WWUS75 KBOI 121935
NPWBOI

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Boise ID
135 PM MDT Mon Apr 12 2021

IDZ016-131200-
/O.CON.KBOI.WI.Y.0009.210413T1800Z-210414T0300Z/
Western Magic Valley-
135 PM MDT Mon Apr 12 2021

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 9 PM MDT
TUESDAY...

* WHAT...East winds 25 to 35 mph with gusts up to 45 mph 
  expected.

* WHERE...Western Magic Valley.

* WHEN...From noon to 9 PM MDT Tuesday.

* IMPACTS...Gusty winds could blow around unsecured objects. Tree
  limbs could be blown down.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Use extra caution when driving, especially if operating a high
profile vehicle. Secure outdoor objects.

&&

$$
481 
WWUS75 KBOI 130807
NPWBOI

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Boise ID
207 AM MDT Tue Apr 13 2021

IDZ016-132030-
/O.EXT.KBOI.WI.Y.0009.210413T1800Z-210414T0600Z/
Western Magic Valley-
207 AM MDT Tue Apr 13 2021

...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT MDT
TONIGHT...

* WHAT...East or northeast winds around 30 mph with gusts 40 to 45 mph.

* WHERE...Western Magic Valley.

* WHEN...From noon today to midnight MDT tonight.

* IMPACTS...Gusty winds could blow unsecured objects around. Tree
  limbs could be blown down.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Use extra caution when driving, especially if operating a high
profile vehicle. Secure outdoor objects.

&&

$$
304 
WWUS75 KBOI 132056
NPWBOI

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Boise ID
256 PM MDT Tue Apr 13 2021

IDZ016-140600-
/O.CON.KBOI.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-210414T0600Z/
Western Magic Valley-
256 PM MDT Tue Apr 13 2021

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT...

* WHAT...East or northeast winds around 30 mph with gusts 40 to 
  45 mph.

* WHERE...Western Magic Valley.

* WHEN...From noon today to midnight MDT tonight.

* IMPACTS...Gusty winds could blow unsecured objects around. 
  Tree limbs could be blown down.


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Use extra caution when driving, especially if operating a high
profile vehicle. Secure outdoor objects.

&&

$$
046 
WWUS75 KBOI 140443
NPWBOI

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Boise ID
1043 PM MDT Tue Apr 13 2021

IDZ016-140545-
/O.CAN.KBOI.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-210414T0600Z/
Western Magic Valley-
1043 PM MDT Tue Apr 13 2021

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

Wind across the impacted area has diminished this evening. While
a few isolated stronger gusts remain possible tonight, the 
widespread threat for strong wind has ended. Therefore, the Wind 
Advisory has been cancelled.

$$

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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.