Alert archive / Montana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 19, NWS Missoula, MT
NWS Missoula, MT issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 16, 1996, 8:46 PM MDT for Lake County, Montana. It was in force for 59 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 16, 1996, 8:46 PM MDT (02:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 16, 1996, 9:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 59 min
- Issued by
- NWS Missoula, MT
- Area
- Whole counties
County Lake County, MT
The radar
The Missoula radar (KMSX), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Spokane, WA (KOTX), launched 00:00Z, 2.8 hours before the alert went out and 173 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3295 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 30 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 144 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMSO 170248 SVRMSO MTC047-170345- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 846 PM MDT SUN JUN 16 1996 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 945 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... ... IN WEST CENTRAL MONTANA ...WESTERN LAKE COUNTY A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES WEST OF RONAN IS MOVING TO THE NORTH AT 30 MPH. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF LARGE HAIL. THIS STORM IS EXPECTED TO MOVE WEST OF POLSON AND MOVE PASS THE BIG ARM AREA IN THE NEXT HALF HOUR. WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS. DON'T USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS. FELSCH
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Missoula, MT wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 16, 8:04 PM MDT, 42 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 16, 8:04 PM MDT, 42 minutes before
LARGE ARE OF CONVECTION CONTINUING THIS EVENING FROM CENTRAL IDAHO INTO MT ZONE 2 AND EASTERN PORTIONS OF ZONE 1 WITH SEVERE WEATHER... MAINLY IN THE FORM OF LARGE HAIL. WEAK SHORT WAVE AS SEEN ON WATER VAPOR IMAGERY MOVING THROUGH NORTHERN NEVADA...CENTRAL IDAHO INTO WESTERN MONTANA IS TRIGGERING THUNDERSTORMS...AND SHOULD PASS WESTERN MONTANA LATE TONIGHT. THIS SHOULD KEEP SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS GOING INTO TONIGHT FOR BOTH ZONES UNDER MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES. STRONGER MID LEVEL SHORTWAVE MOVING INTO PACIFIC NORTHWEST AT THIS TIME EXPECTED TO REACH WESTERN MONTANA LATE MONDAY INTO MONDAY NIGHT. SURFACE TROF OVER WESTERN MONTANA THROUGH THIS EVENING...THEN MOVES EASTWARD BY 12Z MONDAY. COOLER MORE STABLE AIRMASS IS FORECAST TO MOVE INTO AREA WITH THIS NEXT SHORTWAVE...SO WILL ONLY MENTION A FEW THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. FELSCH FCA 2365 050/074/048/065 LIB 2365 049/074/045/060 POL 5365 050/075/044/057 MSO 5355 052/077/048/065 HMM 5355 053/080/046/065 FN/05
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 16, 2:46 PM MDT, 6 hours before
MTZ004-IDZ010-162230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 240 PM MDT SUN JUN 16 1996 ...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER LEMHI COUNTY IN IDAHO AND BEAVERHEAD...DEER LODGE AND SILVER BOW COUNTIES IN MONTANA... AT 230 PM MDT (130 PM PDT) WEATHER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING OVER NORTHERN LEMHI COUNTY...IDAHO. A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM GIBBONSVILLE TO COBALT. THIS ACTIVITY WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO DEVELOPING OVER NORTHERN BEAVERHEAD COUNTY AND ALONG THE DEER LODGE AND SILVER BOW COUNTY LINE. RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM FORMING IN THE VICINITY OF THE TOWN OF WISE RIVER. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A THUNDERSTORM...SEEK SHELTER UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. REMEMBER THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DEADLY LIGHTNING. STAY TUNED TO YOUR LOCAL MEDIA OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES. FOSS
Special weather statement, Jun 16, 3:44 PM MDT, 5 hours 2 minutes before
MTZ004-IDZ010-162230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 345 PM MDT SUN JUN 16 1996 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS STORMS OVER LEMHI COUNTY IN IDAHO AND NORTHERN BEAVERHEAD...DEER LODGE AND SILVER BOW COUNTIES IN MONTANA... AT 330 PM MDT (230 PM PDT) WEATHER RADAR A STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHERN LEMHI COUNTY 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GIBBONSVILLE...AND WILL BE IN THE GIBBONSVILLE AREA IN THE NEXT 20 TO 30 MINUTES. OTHER STRONG STORMS WERE OVER DEER LODGE AND SILVER BOW COUNTIES IN MONTANA. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FREQUENT LIGHTING...SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATHp OF A THUNDERSTORM...SEEK SHELTER UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. REMEMBER THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DEADLY LIGHTNING. STAY TUNED TO YOUR LOCAL MEDIA OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES. TC
Special weather statement, Jun 16, 4:57 PM MDT, 3 hours 49 minutes before
MTZ004-IDZ010-162230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 445 PM MDT SUN JUN 16 1996 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS STORMS OVER NORTHERN BEAVERHEAD...DEER LODGE AND SILVER BOW COUNTIES IN MONTANA... AT 430 PM MDT DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHERN BEAVERHEAD COUNTY JUST EAST OF WISDOM...AND OTHER STORMS 5 MILES SOUTH OF ANACONDA AND NORTHWEST OF BUTTE ALONG THE DEER LODGE AND SILVER BOW COUNTY BORDERS. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FREQUENT LIGHTING...POSSIBLE LARGE HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A THUNDERSTORM...SEEK SHELTER UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. REMEMBER THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DEADLY LIGHTNING. STAY TUNED TO YOUR LOCAL MEDIA OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES. FELSCH
Special weather statement, Jun 16, 7:21 PM MDT, 1 hour 25 minutes before
IDZ011-170415- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 715 PM MDT ( 615 PM PDT) SUN JUN 16 1996 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER EASTERN IDAHO COUNTY... AT 715 PM MDT (615 PM PDT)...MISSOULA DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM EXTREME NORTHERN LEMHI COUNTY ACROSS EASTERN IDAHO COUNTY. THE STORMS ARE MOVING TO THE NORTH- NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED 20 MILES SOUTH OF POWELL...AND 20 MILES EAST OF RED RIVER. LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN ARE ALL POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. RESIDENTS OF EASTERN IDAHO COUNTY SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE POSSIBILITY OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS. STAY T@UNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER UPDATES. SULLIVAN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Missoula, MT issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 16, 6:00 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MSO | Missoula | 60 min |
| Jun 16, 7:01 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MSO | Missoula | 44 min |
| Jun 16, 7:39 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MSO | Lake | 51 min |
| Jun 16, 8:00 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MSO | Missoula, Sanders | 45 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Montana, 1996Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1996
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.