A severe thunderstorm moved through Baker County north of Baker City near Haines.
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A severe thunderstorm moved through Baker County north of Baker City near Haines.
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 12, 12:52 PM PST, 2 hours 53 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Boise ID 252 PM MDT TUE JUL 12 2016 .SHORT TERM...Tonight through Thursday...Moisture and instability associated with an upper level short wave were initiating scattered showers and thunderstorms across far northern Malhuer County and Baker County in Oregon, along with the West Central Mountains in Idaho. Latest radar parameters suggest the stronger storms were producing heavy rain and small hail. Gusty winds will also accompany the thunderstorms. The activity will continue across the north through this evening, and end late tonight as the short wave exits to the east. A weak cold front will move through this evening, accompanied by wind gusts to around 30 mph. A dry and stable zonal flow will set up over the region for dry conditions and light winds Wednesday and Thursday. Temperatures will be below normal on Wednesday and near normal on Thursday. .LONG TERM...Thursday night through Tuesday...The upper low in southern British Columbia Thursday night tracks slowly east and sits in northern Idaho by Saturday night. Models continue to show any moisture associated with this low to remain well north of our area. By Sunday night the next upper level trough is seen off the PacNW coastline. We may see some gusty winds out ahead of this trough, but things look to stay dry through Tuesday. Temperatures remain below normal for the entire period. && .AVIATION...VFR with increasing cloud cover through the rest of today. Skies look to start clearing out by early Wednesday morning. Scattered thunderstorms/showers this afternoon, north of a KGCD-KONO-KSNT line. Surface winds southwest-northwest 5-10kts with afternoon winds increasing to 15-25kts. Gusts in and around thunderstorms up to 35kts. Winds aloft to 10 kft MSL, west 15-25kts. && .BOI WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... ID...None. OR...None. && www.weather.gov/Boise www.facebook.com/NWSBoise www.twitter.com/NWSBoise SHORT TERM...BW LONG TERM....JC/WH AVIATION.....JC
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOISE ID 254 PM MDT TUE JUL 12 2016 IDZ011-012-ORZ062>064-122130- WEST CENTRAL MOUNTAINS ID-LOWER TREASURE VALLEY ID-MALHEUR COUNTY OR- OREGON LOWER TREASURE VALLEY OR-BAKER COUNTY OR- 254 PM MDT TUE JUL 12 2016 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY UNTIL 330 PM MDT/230 PM PDT/... AT 252 PM MDT/152 PM PDT/...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER BROGAN...OR 26 MILES WEST OF WEISER...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. HALF INCH HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... JAMIESON AROUND 310 PM MDT. BROSMAN MOUNTAIN AND HUNTINGTON AROUND 320 PM MDT. FAREWELL BEND STATE PARK...INDIAN HEAD MOUNTAIN AND MOORES HOLLOW AROUND 330 PM MDT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WHEN SAFE TO DO SO...PLEASE RELAY STORM REPORTS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BOISE IDAHO VIA LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT...OR NWS BOISE FACEBOOK AND TWITTER ACCOUNTS. && LAT...LON 4427 11763 4442 11749 4432 11700 4406 11720 TIME...MOT...LOC 2052Z 288DEG 17KT 4428 11751 JC
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOISE ID 444 PM MDT TUE JUL 12 2016 IDZ012-122315- LOWER TREASURE VALLEY ID- 444 PM MDT TUE JUL 12 2016 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN GEM AND NORTHERN PAYETTE COUNTIES UNTIL 515 PM MDT... AT 444 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER NEW PLYMOUTH...OR 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PAYETTE...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. DIME SIZE HAIL AND WINDS TO 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... FRENCH CORNER AROUND 500 PM MDT. SWEET AND MONTOUR AROUND 510 PM MDT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WHEN SAFE TO DO SO...PLEASE RELAY STORM REPORTS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BOISE IDAHO VIA LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT...OR NWS BOISE FACEBOOK AND TWITTER ACCOUNTS. && LAT...LON 4393 11689 4408 11691 4415 11630 4388 11628 TIME...MOT...LOC 2244Z 266DEG 33KT 4400 11680
The Pendleton radar (KPDT), 117 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:46 UTC.
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
A trained spotter reported occasional one inch hail. Most of the hail was from an quarter of an inch to three quarters of an inch.
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