1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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NWS Boise, ID wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 27, 1:15 PM MST, 5 hours 25 minutes earlier.
SOUTHWEST IDAHO/SOUTHEAST OREGON AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOISE IDAHO 215 PM MDT THU JUN 27 2002 ...VIGOROUS COOL PACIFIC FRONT FRIDAY EVENING... ...BREEZY SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND BREEZY TO WINDY SUNDAY AFTERNOON... IN THE SHORT TERM, THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING EXPECTED IN THETA-E RIDGE OVER SW IDAHO IN ARC SHAPE ACROSS ERN SW HIGHLANDS AND MAGIC VLY NNWWRD INTO WEST CENTRAL MOUNTAINS AS A KICKER/TRIGGER UPPER VORT (400MB) NEAR IDAHO-NV-UTAH TRI-STATE AREA SHIFTS N THRU SUNSET THEN SHIFTS NE IN RESPONSE TO INCREASING SW FLOW THRU PACNW. CONVECTIVE PARAMETERS THIS EVENING SOMEWHAT LESS IMPRESSIVE THAN LAST EVENING WITH CAPE 2K JOULES/KG AND LI -2 TO-4 BUT STILL ENOUGH TO EXPECT ISOLATED GUSTS AROUND 50 MPH WITH STRONGER/BETTER ORGANIZED CELLS. MID LAYER CAPPING IN SE OREGON-OWHYEE MTNS EXPECTED TO INHIBIT CONVECTION IN SE OREGON AND FAR SW PART OF SW HIGHLANDS, EXCEPT MAYBE EASTERN BAKER CO., THIS EVENING. OTHERWISE TONIGHT AND FRIDAY THE UPPER LOW NEAR 50N 140 W, WHICH HAS A 130+KT JET S OF IT ALONG 45N, SENDS A WELL DEVELOPED TROF AND COOL FRONT INTO WA/ORE FRIDAY. CD FRONT EXPECTED INTO BURNS FRIDAY LATE AFTERNOON WITH THERMAL ENHANCED CDFNT WINDS INTO BREEZY CATEGORY FOR HARNEY COUNTY. FOR FRIDAY EVENING AND NIGHT VERY HIGH PW AIR (.8-1.25) MOVES OVER ERN OREGON AND SW IDAHO IN ADVANCE OF THE FRONT. ALOFT THE UPPER TROF GOES NEGATIVELY TILTED. FORECAST SOUNDINGS INDICATE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE NORTH OF A BURNS-BOISE-ROGERSON ZONE WITH FORECAST CAPE IN THE 500-1000 JOULE/KG RANGE AND LI TO -2C. MUCH STRONGER DYNAMIC SUPPORT FRIDAY NIGHT IS OFFSET BY NOT AS MUCH INSTABILTY YESTERDAY OR TODAY. HI PW AND FORCING BUT FAST MOVING CELLS MEANS ANY TRAINING CELLS NEED TO BE WATCHED FOR FLASH FLOOD POTENTIAL. EXPECT NUMEROUS RAIN SHOWERS AND SCT TS NORTH FRIDAY NIGHT WITH SCT SHOWERS AND TS SOUTHERN AREAS OVERNIGHT. FRIDAY EVENING THE CDFNT SHIFTS EAST INTO SW IDAHO FOR EVENING NW WINDS 10-20 MPH TIL SUNSET. ON SATURDAY THE FRONT SHOULD REACH TWF ABOUT 9Z WITH SE OREGON SHOWERS TAPERING OFF TO ISOLATED IN THE MORNING WEST AS THE TROF HAS YET TO CROSS THE AREA. UPPER TROF DOES CROSS INTO SOUTH CENTRAL ID MIDDAY SATURDAY FOR SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A SLIGHT CHC OF THUNDERSTORMS--BOISE 00Z SUNDAY SOUNDING IN MODERATELY UNSTABLE. SHOULD ALSO DEVELOP BREEZY CONDITIONS SATURDAY AFTERNOON FROM MOUNTAIN HOME THRU TWIN FALLS. A DEVELOPING SHORTWAVE NEAR 45N 150W AT 19Z TODAY ZIPS THROUGH THE AREA SUNDAY WITH BUILDINDG HIGH PRESSURE AND BREEZY TO WINDY WESTERLY FLOW DEVELOPING ACROSS THE REGION. CLOUDS ACROSS THE NORTH WITH ISOLATED SHOWERS IN THE N MOUNTAINS AND PARTLY CLOUDY ACROSS THE SOUTH. AN UPPER LOW APPROACHING THE ALEUTIAN ISLANDS THIS AFTERNOON FOLLOWS THE DEVELOPING SHORTWAVE INTO THE NW PROBABLY FOR TUESDAY BUT PLAN TO BROAD BRUSH MON-WED WITH FAST FLOW...SOME CLOUDS AT TIMES ACROSS THE NORTH BUT MOSTLY CLEAR SOUTH MONDAY-WED...WITH AVERAGE TEMPS. DRY AND MILDER WESTERLY FLOW BY THURSDAY/INDEPENDANCE DAY. .BOI...NONE. MILLS
The Boise radar (KCBX), 66 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:39 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
An area of thunderstorms intensified as it moved northward from northwest Owyhee County into Canyon County. A utility pole was blown down in Parma, taking down power lines.
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