Alert archive / Idaho / Ada County
Weather alerts in Ada County, Idaho, 2024
99 weather alerts in 2024, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.
Ada County and its neighbors
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2024. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 99
- Warnings
- 18
- Watches
- 10
- Advisories
- 32
- Busiest month
- September16 alerts
- Busiest day
- September 11, 20244 alerts
Over time
By month
Warning verification
How often warnings here had a storm report inside them, and how much warning the reports had.
Ada County, 2024
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado warnings | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Severe thunderstorm warnings | 5 | 3 | 40% | 11 | 27% | 9 min |
| Flash flood warnings | 0 | 0 |
Each office's whole area, 2024
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NWS Boise, ID: severe thunderstorm warnings | 45 | 9 | 80% | 46 | 39% | 24 min |
| NWS Boise, ID: flash flood warnings | 7 | 0 | 100% | 3 | 0% |
An office's figures cover every county it serves, including across state lines.
Verified by the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow, which matches each storm-based warning with the local storm reports inside its polygon while it was in force, within 15 km of its edge: a tornado warning counts as verified on a tornado report, a severe thunderstorm warning on hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more, or wind damage, a flash flood warning on a flash flood report. The false alarm ratio is the share of warnings with no such report; "inside a warning" is the probability of detection, the share of reports that fell inside one; lead time runs from the warning's issue to each report inside it, counting zero for a report that came first. A warning with no report is not proof nothing happened: reports come from spotters, the public and damage surveys, and are thin where few people live.
The alerts
Every alert, in the order issued. Times are local, Mountain Time. Each opens its own page with the text, the map, the radar and the sounding.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 1, 2:07 PM MST | Dense Fog Advisory | BOI | 21 hr |
| Jan 6, 4:01 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | BOI | 119 min |
| Jan 6, 6:13 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | BOI | 2 hr |
| Jan 7, 6:17 PM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | BOI | 65 hr |
| Jan 8, 1:46 AM MST | Dense Fog Advisory | BOI | 4 hr |
| Jan 9, 1:25 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | BOI | 35 min |
| Jan 10, 2:37 PM MST | Winter Storm Watch | BOI | 15 hr |
| Jan 10, 2:37 PM MST | Winter Storm Warning | BOI | 4 days |
| Jan 15, 1:50 PM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | BOI | 4 days |
| Jan 16, 3:41 AM MST | Winter Storm Warning | BOI | 43 hr |
| Jan 23, 6:36 AM MST | Dense Fog Advisory | BOI | 6 hr |
| Jan 23, 4:34 PM MST | Dense Fog Advisory | BOI | 15 hr |
| Jan 24, 8:21 AM MST | Dense Fog Advisory | BOI | 3 hr |
| Feb 3, 1:41 PM MST | Wind Advisory | BOI | 45 hr |
| Feb 23, 2:05 PM MST | Wind Advisory | BOI | 24 hr |
| Feb 28, 2:53 AM MST | Wind Advisory | BOI | 41 hr |
| Feb 29, 5:20 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | BOI | 40 min |
| Mar 2, 4:18 AM MST | Special Weather Statement | BOI | 42 min |
| Mar 2, 5:02 AM MST | Special Weather Statement | BOI | 43 min |
| Mar 4, 3:07 AM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | BOI | 44 hr |
| Mar 5, 4:54 PM MST | Dense Fog Advisory | BOI | 15 hr |
| Mar 7, 4:18 AM MST | Dense Fog Advisory | BOI | 5 hr |
| Apr 3, 3:31 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 89 min |
| Apr 3, 4:59 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BOI | 31 min |
| Apr 3, 5:24 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOI | 36 min |
| Apr 4, 3:22 AM MDT | Winter Weather Advisory | BOI | 54 hr |
| Apr 12, 3:42 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Apr 14, 1:28 PM MDT | Wind Advisory | BOI | 32 hr |
| Apr 28, 2:53 AM MDT | Wind Advisory | BOI | 40 hr |
| Apr 29, 4:09 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BOI | 36 min |
| Apr 29, 4:39 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BOI | 36 min |
| May 3, 1:48 PM MDT | Wind Advisory | BOI | 28 hr |
| May 16, 1:33 PM MDT | Wind Advisory | BOI | 31 hr |
| May 28, 1:13 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| May 28, 5:23 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BOI | 37 min |
| May 28, 5:59 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BOI | 46 min |
| May 28, 6:11 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOI | 49 min |
| Jun 9, 12:03 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BOI | 42 min |
| Jun 9, 5:28 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jun 26, 1:47 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Jun 26, 3:46 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| Jul 3, 2:34 PM MDT | Excessive Heat Watch | BOI | 8 days |
| Jul 7, 2:09 PM MDT | Excessive Heat Warning | BOI | 7 days |
| Jul 11, 1:21 PM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | BOI | 49 hr |
| Jul 15, 1:28 PM MDT | Excessive Heat Watch | BOI | 3 days |
| Jul 17, 2:06 PM MDT | Excessive Heat Warning | BOI | 7 days |
| Jul 21, 6:25 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BOI | 50 min |
| Jul 23, 8:29 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | BOI | 40 hr |
| Jul 24, 5:03 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BOI | 42 min |
| Jul 24, 5:20 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOI | 40 min |
| Jul 24, 5:23 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOI | 38 min |
| Jul 25, 3:15 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BOI | 45 min |
| Jul 30, 2:16 AM MDT | Excessive Heat Watch | BOI | 36 hr |
| Jul 31, 1:47 PM MDT | Excessive Heat Warning | BOI | 58 hr |
| Jul 31, 1:47 PM MDT | Heat Advisory | BOI | 3 days |
| Aug 1, 1:58 PM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | BOI | 24 hr |
| Aug 2, 1:44 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | BOI | 42 hr |
| Aug 4, 2:10 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | BOI | 31 hr |
| Aug 5, 2:35 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 115 min |
| Aug 5, 3:35 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BOI | 40 min |
| Aug 5, 4:16 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BOI | 44 min |
| Aug 23, 8:14 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | BOI | 13 hr |
| Aug 23, 3:30 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BOI | 45 min |
| Aug 23, 3:31 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BOI | 44 min |
| Aug 26, 7:44 PM MDT | Wind Advisory | BOI | 32 hr |
| Aug 31, 1:59 PM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | BOI | 24 hr |
| Sep 1, 2:06 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | BOI | 34 hr |
| Sep 2, 2:56 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 94 min |
| Sep 2, 5:42 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BOI | 33 min |
| Sep 2, 6:14 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BOI | 46 min |
| Sep 2, 8:02 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BOI | 28 min |
| Sep 8, 4:39 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BOI | 36 min |
| Sep 9, 2:34 PM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | BOI | 24 hr |
| Sep 10, 2:18 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | BOI | 31 hr |
| Sep 11, 1:59 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BOI | 46 min |
| Sep 11, 2:26 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Sep 11, 2:47 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BOI | 13 min |
| Sep 11, 3:16 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BOI | 44 min |
| Sep 11, 9:45 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BOI | 45 min |
| Sep 11, 10:12 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BOI | 48 min |
| Sep 16, 8:11 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BOI | 64 min |
| Sep 16, 8:19 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOI | 56 min |
| Oct 16, 1:45 PM MDT | Freeze Watch | BOI | 20 hr |
| Oct 17, 9:53 AM MDT | Freeze Warning | BOI | 23 hr |
| Oct 18, 8:41 AM MDT | Freeze Warning | BOI | 25 hr |
| Oct 23, 10:21 AM MDT | Wind Advisory | BOI | 14 hr |
| Oct 27, 5:22 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BOI | 23 min |
| Oct 27, 5:50 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BOI | 25 min |
| Nov 7, 2:06 PM MST | Air Stagnation Advisory | BOI | 4 days |
| Nov 27, 2:39 AM MST | Dense Fog Advisory | BOI | 3 hr |
| Nov 28, 2:15 PM MST | Air Stagnation Advisory | BOI | 9 days |
| Dec 2, 4:53 PM MST | Dense Fog Advisory | BOI | 5 days |
| Dec 6, 2:10 PM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | BOI | 34 hr |
| Dec 8, 3:34 AM MST | Dense Fog Advisory | BOI | 10 hr |
| Dec 8, 8:50 PM MST | Dense Fog Advisory | BOI | 14 hr |
| Dec 9, 3:14 AM MST | Air Stagnation Advisory | BOI | 4 days |
| Dec 9, 5:24 PM MST | Dense Fog Advisory | BOI | 19 hr |
| Dec 10, 6:17 PM MST | Dense Fog Advisory | BOI | 18 hr |
| Dec 25, 1:30 PM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | BOI | 49 hr |
By product
Every kind of product issued here, grouped by hazard. Each opens the same place narrowed to that product.
| Product | Alerts |
|---|---|
| Severe storms | |
| Severe Thunderstorm Warning | 5 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 1 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 8 |
| Special Weather Statement | 31 |
| Winter | |
| Winter Storm Warning | 2 |
| Winter Storm Watch | 1 |
| Winter Weather Advisory | 6 |
| Heat | |
| Excessive Heat Warning | 3 |
| Excessive Heat Watch | 3 |
| Heat Advisory | 1 |
| Cold | |
| Freeze Warning | 2 |
| Freeze Watch | 1 |
| Wind and dust | |
| Wind Advisory | 9 |
| Fire | |
| Red Flag Warning | 6 |
| Fire Weather Watch | 4 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Air Stagnation Advisory | 3 |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 13 |
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
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Sources
National Weather Service watches, warnings, advisories and statements from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's VTEC archive, which reconstructs tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings back to 1986 from the NWS text archive. Storm Prediction Center watches and mesoscale discussions from SPC's archive through the Mesonet. County centers from the US Census Bureau. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.