A persistent trough of low pressure situated over northern Nevada coupled with warm, moist air aided in severe thunderstorm development, including a tornado, over parts of Southeast Oregon.
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The episode as NWS BOI wrote it up.
A persistent trough of low pressure situated over northern Nevada coupled with warm, moist air aided in severe thunderstorm development, including a tornado, over parts of Southeast Oregon.
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 Jun 1, 7:20 AM PST, 3 hours 57 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Boise ID 920 AM MDT Sat Jun 1 2019 .DISCUSSION...Most of the area is sunny this morning, but a band of scattered clouds was running from southern Malheur County northeast across the Treasure Valley and on into the Boise and West-Central Mountains of Idaho. Scattered showers and thunderstorms are expected again this afternoon and evening across the area...mostly in the higher terrain. No changes will be made to the forecast at this time. && .AVIATION...Mostly VFR. Another round of scattered showers and thunderstorms expected this afternoon and into the early evening. Heavy rain associated with activity may produce periods of MVFR conditions at impacted terminals. Surface winds: North to northeast 5 to 10 kts except in thunderstorms where gusts to 25 kts will be possible. Winds aloft at 10kft MSL: East to northeast 5 to 10 kts. && .PREV DISCUSSION... SHORT TERM...Today through Tuesday...Air mass will continue moist and unstable with afternoon showers and thunderstorms through Monday due to persistent upper trough over southern California and Nevada. On Tuesday drier westerly flow aloft will come into our CWA with mostly sunny skies. Max temperatures will be 2 to 5 degrees above normal through Tuesday. Light winds expect near thunderstorms. LONG TERM...Tuesday night through Saturday...Dry zonal flow on Wednesday will turn southwesterly by Thursday as an upper low approaches, ushering in more unsettled conditions. Isolated showers and thunderstorms Thursday afternoon/evening ahead of a trough that will drop temperatures nearly 10 degrees below normal. This strong system will cause snow levels to fall to around 5500-6500 ft MSL on Friday. The threat of showers and thunderstorms will persist into the weekend with most coverage expected over the West Central Idaho Mountains. && .BOI WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... ID...None. OR...None. && www.weather.gov/Boise www.facebook.com/NWSBoise www.twitter.com/NWSBoise DISCUSSION...SP AVIATION.....KB PREV SHORT TERM...LC PREV LONG TERM....AL
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
A tornado was observed and reported just South of French Glen. No damage was reported.
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