NWS Boise IDSV.W 0024May 28, 2026
Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Ada, Boise, Canyon and 5 more, ID
The National Weather Service office in Boise issued a severe thunderstorm warning for Ada, Boise, Canyon and 5 more in Idaho, which was in force until 5:15 p.m. local time on May 28. It was the 24th severe thunderstorm warning the NWS office in Boise issued in 2026. Idaho had 44 severe thunderstorm warnings in May 2026, against 12 in an average May of 2008-2025 (Idaho's severe thunderstorm warnings by year).
ExpiredWarning
In force for 1.1 hours; it has expired. The agency may have replaced it with a new notice.
The notice
- Issued by
- National Weather Service, Boise ID
- Area
- Ada, Boise, Canyon and 5 more
- State
- Idaho
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 4:09 p.m. MDT, May 28, 2026
- Expires
- 5:15 p.m. MDT, May 28, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Observed, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KBOI SV.W 0024
- Official source
- National Weather Service: the notice at its source
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Idaho since 2008Every warning type in Idaho
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The notice as issued
SVRBOI The National Weather Service in Boise has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Northern Ada County in southwestern Idaho... Boise County in southwestern Idaho... Southwestern Valley County in southwestern Idaho... Payette County in southwestern Idaho... Northwestern Elmore County in southwestern Idaho... Northeastern Canyon County in southwestern Idaho... Gem County in southwestern Idaho... Southeastern Washington County in southwestern Idaho... * Until 515 PM MDT. * At 409 PM MDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from Greenleaf to near Hidden Springs to near Thorn Creek Summit, moving north at 50 mph. HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect considerable tree damage. Damage is likely to mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings. * Severe thunderstorms will be near... Caldwell, Emmett, Idaho City, and Eagle around 410 PM MDT. Horseshoe Bend, Gardena, Centerville, and Sweet around 420 PM MDT. New Plymouth, Banks, Pioneerville, and French Corner around 430 PM MDT. Ola, Garden Valley, Crouch, and Big Eddy around 440 PM MDT. Smiths Ferry, Hardscrabble Campground, and Bear Creek Summit around 450 PM MDT.
What the agency told people to do
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. Strong wind gusts can produce sudden drops in visibility due to blowing dust. When safe to do so, please relay storm reports to the National Weather Service in Boise via local law enforcement, or National Weather Service Boise Facebook and Twitter accounts.
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The record around this notice
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Idaho since 200892 a year
- Every warning type in Idaho
- Severe Thunderstorm Warning: what it means, and the states that get the most20,005 a year
- NWS notices, May 20262,688 in the month
- The latest from the National Weather Service
- Warning, watch or advisory: the three NWS levels