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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS Boise, ID

August 26, 2023Harney County, Oregon

NWS Boise, ID issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 26, 2023, 7:11 PM PDT for Harney County, Oregon. It was in force for 37 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 26, 2023, 7:11 PM PDT (02:11 UTC)
Expired: Aug 26, 2023, 7:48 PM PDT
In force: 37 min
Issued by: NWS Boise, ID
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Harney County, OR

The radar

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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 26, 1:16 PM PDT, 5 hours 55 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 26, 1:16 PM PDT, 5 hours 55 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 26, 3:22 PM PDT, 3 hours 49 minutes before

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Local storm report, Aug 26, 3:30 PM PDT, 3 hours 41 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 26, 4:03 PM PDT, 3 hours 8 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 26, 4:18 PM PDT, 2 hours 53 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 26, 4:32 PM PDT, 2 hours 39 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 26, 4:55 PM PDT, 2 hours 16 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 26, 5:09 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	BOI		51 min
Aug 26, 5:31 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	BOI		44 min
Aug 26, 6:10 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	BOI		50 min
Aug 26, 6:39 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	BOI		21 min
Aug 26, 7:02 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	BOI		43 min
Aug 26, 7:04 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	BOI	Canyon	41 min
Aug 26, 7:06 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	BOI		39 min
Aug 26, 7:29 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	BOI	Canyon	46 min
Aug 26, 7:50 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	BOI	Canyon	40 min
Aug 26, 8:03 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	BOI	Canyon	27 min
Aug 26, 8:34 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	BOI	Gem, Payette	41 min
Aug 26, 9:14 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	BOI	Gem	46 min
Aug 26, 9:20 PM PDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BOI	Gem	3 hr
Aug 26, 9:34 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	BOI	Ada	41 min
Aug 26, 10:20 PM PDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BOI	Ada, Boise, Canyon, Elmore, Owyhee	3 hr
Aug 26, 5:10 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	BOI	Harney	50 min
Aug 26, 5:45 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOI	Harney	45 min
Aug 26, 5:56 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	BOI	Harney	49 min
Aug 26, 6:26 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOI	Harney	49 min
Aug 26, 6:36 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	BOI	Malheur	39 min
Aug 26, 7:44 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	BOI	Malheur	46 min
Aug 26, 8:17 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	BOI	Malheur	43 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.