Alert archive / Idaho / Idaho County
Weather alerts in Idaho County, Idaho, 2018
92 weather alerts in 2018, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.
Idaho County and its neighbors
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2018. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 92
- Warnings
- 23
- Watches
- 16
- Advisories
- 36
- Busiest month
- August20 alerts
- Busiest day
- May 25, 20186 alerts
Over time
By month
Warning verification
How often warnings here had a storm report inside them, and how much warning the reports had.
Idaho County, 2018
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado warnings | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Severe thunderstorm warnings | 1 | 0 | 100% | 0 | ||
| Flash flood warnings | 1 | 0 | 100% | 0 |
Each office's whole area, 2018
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NWS Missoula, MT: severe thunderstorm warnings | 11 | 9 | 18% | 17 | 76% | 18 min |
| NWS Missoula, MT: flash flood warnings | 1 | 0 | 100% | 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, Pacific Time. Each opens its own page with the text, the map, the radar and the sounding.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 9, 1:25 PM PST | Winter Storm Watch | MSO | 24 hr |
| Jan 10, 1:16 PM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | MSO | 42 hr |
| Jan 17, 12:59 PM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | MSO | 45 hr |
| Jan 24, 1:06 PM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | MSO | 21 hr |
| Feb 1, 1:04 PM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | MSO | 20 hr |
| Feb 13, 1:18 PM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | MSO | 44 hr |
| Feb 15, 2:18 PM PST | Winter Storm Watch | MSO | 44 hr |
| Feb 15, 2:18 PM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | MSO | 50 hr |
| Feb 16, 1:53 PM PST | Winter Storm Warning | MSO | 57 hr |
| Feb 16, 1:53 PM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | MSO | 69 hr |
| Feb 18, 1:26 PM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | MSO | 21 hr |
| Feb 22, 6:39 AM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | MSO | 15 hr |
| Feb 22, 10:03 PM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | MSO | 10 hr |
| Feb 23, 11:01 AM PST | Winter Storm Warning | MSO | 29 hr |
| Feb 23, 11:01 AM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | MSO | 29 hr |
| Feb 24, 5:50 PM PST | Winter Storm Warning | MSO | 29 hr |
| Feb 24, 5:50 PM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | MSO | 44 hr |
| Feb 25, 10:50 PM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | MSO | 8 hr |
| Mar 1, 2:11 AM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | MSO | 48 hr |
| Mar 5, 2:03 AM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | MSO | 8 hr |
| Mar 16, 2:17 AM PDT | Winter Weather Advisory | MSO | 57 hr |
| Mar 19, 6:20 AM PDT | Dense Fog Advisory | MSO | 4 hr |
| Apr 1, 2:49 AM PDT | Winter Weather Advisory | MSO | 50 hr |
| Apr 6, 12:29 PM PDT | Flood Watch | MSO | 62 hr |
| Apr 11, 11:48 AM PDT | Winter Weather Advisory | MSO | 29 hr |
| Apr 16, 12:46 PM PDT | Winter Weather Advisory | MSO | 22 hr |
| May 4, 7:28 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | MSO | 47 min |
| May 6, 1:50 PM PDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| May 6, 2:55 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | MSO | 80 min |
| May 6, 3:10 PM PDT | Flash Flood Watch | MSO | 4 hr |
| May 6, 6:41 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | MSO | 49 min |
| May 9, 2:22 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | MSO | 38 min |
| May 22, 3:03 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | MSO | 27 min |
| May 22, 5:23 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | MSO | 37 min |
| May 24, 3:21 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | MSO | 39 min |
| May 25, 12:18 PM PDT | Flash Flood Watch | MSO | 11 hr |
| May 25, 2:59 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | MSO | 31 min |
| May 25, 3:38 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | MSO | 52 min |
| May 25, 4:02 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | MSO | 43 min |
| May 25, 4:09 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | MSO | 51 min |
| May 25, 4:23 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MSO | 37 min |
| May 25, 7:59 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | MSO | 46 min |
| May 25, 9:25 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | MSO | 3 hr |
| May 31, 10:47 AM PDT | Special Weather Statement | MSO | 43 min |
| May 31, 11:33 AM PDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 117 min |
| Jun 3, 3:14 PM PDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jun 9, 10:54 AM PDT | Winter Weather Advisory | MSO | 48 hr |
| Jun 11, 12:15 PM PDT | Frost Advisory | MSO | 19 hr |
| Jul 28, 1:33 PM PDT | Excessive Heat Watch | MSO | 22 hr |
| Jul 29, 11:50 AM PDT | Heat Advisory | MSO | 56 hr |
| Jul 31, 1:51 PM PDT | Red Flag Warning | PIH | 30 hr |
| Aug 1, 8:19 PM PDT | Red Flag Warning | PIH | 24 hr |
| Aug 2, 7:00 AM PDT | Red Flag Warning | BOI | 13 hr |
| Aug 2, 8:41 PM PDT | Red Flag Warning | PIH | 24 hr |
| Aug 7, 1:46 PM PDT | Heat Advisory | MSO | 3 days |
| Aug 8, 12:30 PM PDT | Fire Weather Watch | BOI | 24 hr |
| Aug 8, 12:55 PM PDT | Fire Weather Watch | PIH | 24 hr |
| Aug 8, 1:13 PM PDT | Fire Weather Watch | MSO | 24 hr |
| Aug 9, 2:32 AM PDT | Excessive Heat Warning | MSO | 41 hr |
| Aug 9, 12:28 PM PDT | Red Flag Warning | BOI | 35 hr |
| Aug 9, 1:14 PM PDT | Red Flag Warning | PIH | 3 days |
| Aug 9, 1:23 PM PDT | Red Flag Warning | MSO | 3 days |
| Aug 15, 1:03 PM PDT | Fire Weather Watch | BOI | 24 hr |
| Aug 15, 1:03 PM PDT | Fire Weather Watch | PIH | 24 hr |
| Aug 15, 1:14 PM PDT | Fire Weather Watch | MSO | 24 hr |
| Aug 16, 2:39 AM PDT | Red Flag Warning | PIH | 48 hr |
| Aug 16, 7:08 AM PDT | Red Flag Warning | BOI | 40 hr |
| Aug 16, 1:26 PM PDT | Red Flag Warning | MSO | 37 hr |
| Aug 17, 12:41 PM PDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Aug 19, 12:40 PM PDT | Red Flag Warning | BOI | 30 hr |
| Aug 19, 12:52 PM PDT | Red Flag Warning | PIH | 30 hr |
| Sep 6, 1:58 AM PDT | Red Flag Warning | PIH | 16 hr |
| Sep 9, 12:37 PM PDT | Red Flag Warning | PIH | 31 hr |
| Oct 9, 2:48 AM PDT | Winter Weather Advisory | MSO | 29 hr |
| Nov 5, 1:53 AM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | MSO | 33 hr |
| Nov 9, 5:06 PM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | MSO | 16 hr |
| Nov 21, 1:47 PM PST | Winter Storm Watch | MSO | 23 hr |
| Nov 21, 1:47 PM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | MSO | 69 hr |
| Nov 22, 12:53 PM PST | Winter Storm Warning | MSO | 46 hr |
| Dec 1, 12:03 PM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | MSO | 23 hr |
| Dec 10, 2:20 AM PST | Winter Storm Watch | MSO | 11 hr |
| Dec 10, 1:42 PM PST | Winter Storm Warning | MSO | 42 hr |
| Dec 10, 1:42 PM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | MSO | 50 hr |
| Dec 17, 2:39 AM PST | Winter Storm Watch | MSO | 11 hr |
| Dec 17, 1:37 PM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | MSO | 44 hr |
| Dec 20, 1:39 PM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | MSO | 20 hr |
| Dec 22, 2:34 AM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | MSO | 64 hr |
| Dec 26, 1:25 PM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | MSO | 24 hr |
| Dec 27, 1:39 PM PST | Winter Storm Watch | MSO | 48 hr |
| Dec 28, 1:40 PM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | MSO | 24 hr |
| Dec 29, 1:11 PM PST | Winter Storm Warning | MSO | 30 hr |
| Dec 29, 1:11 PM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | MSO | 39 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 | 1 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 4 |
| Special Weather Statement | 13 |
| Flooding | |
| Flash Flood Warning | 1 |
| Flash Flood Watch | 2 |
| Flood Watch | 1 |
| Winter | |
| Winter Storm Warning | 6 |
| Winter Storm Watch | 6 |
| Winter Weather Advisory | 32 |
| Heat | |
| Excessive Heat Warning | 1 |
| Excessive Heat Watch | 1 |
| Heat Advisory | 2 |
| Cold | |
| Frost Advisory | 1 |
| Fire | |
| Red Flag Warning | 14 |
| Fire Weather Watch | 6 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 1 |
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.