1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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The local office's own words before the first event, 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 the first event at Jul 25, 8:05 AM MST, 7 hours 10 minutes earlier.
SOUTHWEST IDAHO/SOUTHEAST OREGON AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOISE IDAHO 905 AM MDT THU JUL 25 2002 NO UPDATES. MORNING THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE SOUTHWEST HIGHLANDS, MAGIC VALLEY AND CAMAS PRAIRIE WILL DECREASE THROUGHOUT THE DAY TODAY THEN REGENERATE THIS EVENING. THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE BAKER CO AND WEST CENTRAL MOUNTAINS WILL CONTINUE TODAY AS AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH SWINGS THROUGH THE CWFA THEN DECREASE THIS EVENING BEHIND THE TROUGH. BOISE SOUNDING THIS MORNING IS DRIER THAN YESTERDAY AT 0.60 PRECIP WATER...LI -3 WITH A CONVECTIVE TEMP OF 98 F ON A FORECAST HIGH OF 94 F. CAPE OF 550 J/KG AND SHEAR 40 KTS FOR ISOLATED PULSE STORMS. D.HUSTON .BOI...FIRE WEATHER WATCH FAR SOUTHEAST OREGON AND SOUTHWEST IDAHO FOR DRY LIGHTNING AND LOW RH THURSDAY. SEE RFWBOI/WWUS85 KBOI FOR DETAILS. AREA MAY NEED TO BE RE-ASSESSED FOR THE POTENTIAL OF SIG RAIN WITH SOME OF THESE STORMS. NOT ALL DRY
The Boise radar (KCBX), 84 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:14 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A local street was closed in Ontario when thunderstorm winds blew apart a shed and deposited the debris onto the roadway. Construction materials from a building site were also blown onto the road, blocking traffic.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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