Severe Thunderstorm Warning 35, NWS Missoula, MT

A FEW THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE NORTH CENTRAL
MOUNTAINS AND EAST CENTRAL MOUNTAINS OF ID THIS AFTERNOON AND MOVE
NORTH NORTHEAST INTO PORTION OF SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL MOUNTAIN
THIS EVENING. THESE THUNDERSTORM ARE DEVELOPING OUT IN FRONT OF A
WEAK S/WV MOVING INTO SOUTHWEST IDAHO COUNTY IN ID. MAIN PUSH OF
UPPER LEVEL S/WV AND ASSOCIATED PVA IS FCST BY FRIDAY NIGHT INTO
SATURDAY MORNING...HOWEVER FAIRLY STRONG 700 TO 300H DIV/CON COUPLET
EXPECTED TO MOVE FIRST INTO NORTHERN ID PANHANDLE AND NORTHWEST
MONTANA FRIDAY AND INTO WEST CENTRAL DURING THE AFTERNOON. AN
ASSOCIATED SFC TROUGH WILL DRAG THROUGH FCST AREA ROUGHLY THE SAME
TIME. WOULD LIKE TO TAKE MENTION OF WINDS OUT OF THE FCST UNTIL
SATURDAY.
SATURDAY
ONE S/WV DEPARTING TO THE EAST A WEAK HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE BUILD INTO
THE AREA...HOWEVER WITH 5H LOW PRESSURE TROUGH OVER THE AREA WILL GO
WITH UNSETTLED WEATHER SATURDAY.
TC

FCA 2565 047/073/045/068
LIB 3665 048/072/046/065
POL 2565 050/074/048/067
MSO 3565 052/075/050/069
HMM 3455 053/077/051/070
FN/29

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
 310 PM MDT ( 210 PM PDT) THU SEP 12 1996

...THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED OVER SOUTHERN IDAHO COUNTY AND
NORTHWEST LEMHI COUNTY IN IDAHO...

RADAR AND LIGHTING DETECTION SYSTEMS INDICATE THAT SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED OVER SOUTHERN IDAHO AND NORTHWEST LEMHI
COUNTY. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE 20 TO 30 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SALMON.
OTHER STRONG ACTIVITY WAS DEVELOPING ALONG THE SALMON RIVER IN
SOUTHERN IDAHO COUNTY 15 MILES SOUTH OF DIXIE IDAHO AND 10 WEST OF
DIXIE IDAHO. THESE STORM ARE MOVING TO THE NORTH NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

VISIBLE SATELLITE IMAGERY WAS SHOWING OTHER ACTIVITY DEVELOPING
SOUTHWEST OF LEMHI COUNTY THAT WILL MOVE INTO THE SOUTHWEST PORTION
OF THE COUNTY WITHIN THE HOUR. ALSO ACTIVITY WAS DEVELOPING ALONG THE
BEAVERHEAD MOUNTAINS AND WILL BE MOVING INTO BEAVERHEAD COUNTY NEAR
BANNOCK PASS WITHIN THE HOUR. EXPECT THUNDERSTORMS TO CONTINUE TO
DEVELOP AND DRIFT NORTHWARD ACROSS THE REGION LATE THIS AFTERNOON.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
400 PM MDT (300 PM PDT) THU SEP 12 1996

...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO WORK NORTH THROUGH NORTH AND EAST
   CENTRAL IDAHO...

AT 400 PM MDT...MISSOULA DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF
THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM NORTHWEST OF GRANGEVILLE IN IDAHO COUNTY
SOUTHEAST INTO LEMHI COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IDAHO. THIS LINE OF
STORMS IS MOVING TO THE NORTH AT 25 MPH AND WILL MOVE INTO CLEARWATER
COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IDAHO AND BEAVERHEAD COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST
MONTANA OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS.

THE STRONGEST STORM IS 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ELK CITY IN CENTRAL IDAHO
COUNTY. THIS STORM IS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH AND WILL MOVE
INTO THE SELWAY/BITTERROOT WILDERNESS OVER THE NEXT HOUR.

BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH
THESE STORMS. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA MOVE
INDOORS UNTIL THE STORMS HAVE PASSEDb. REMEMBER LIGHTNING CAN KILL.

BELTZ

MTZ004-IDZ009-010-011-130030-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
520 PM MDT (420 PM PDT) THU SEP 12 1996

...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER NORTHERN IDAHO AND SOUTHWEST MONTANA..

AT 520 PM MDT (420 PM PDT)...MISSOULA DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE
OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM THE IDAHO PANHANDLE NEAR PIERCE IN CLEARWATER
COUNTY EXTENDING SOUTHEAST INTO SOUTHERN BEAVERHEAD COUNTY IN
SOUTHWEST MONTANA. THIS LINE OF STORMS IS MOVING TO THE NORTH AT
25 MPH.

A STRONG STORM SOUTHWEST OF POWELL IN NORTHEAST IDAHO COUNTY IDAHO IS
MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH AND WILL MOVE THE POWELL AREA BY
JUST AFTER 6 PM MDT (5 PM PDT). ANOTHER STRONG STORM IS NORTHWEST OF
GRANT IN CENTRAL BEAVERHEAD COUNTY MONTANA. THIS STORM IS MOVING TO
THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH AND WILL MOVE JUST NORTH OF DILLON BY 630 PM
MDT.

BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH
THESE STORMS. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUjR AREA MOVE
INDOORS UNTIL THE STORMS HAVE PASSED. REMEMBER LIGHTNING CAN KILL.

BELTZ

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
630 PM MDT (525 PM PDT) THU SEP 12 1996

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN NORTH CENTRAL IDAHO COUNTY...

AT 630 PM MDT (530 PM PDT)...MISSOULA DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM JUST NORTH OF KOOSKIA IN NORTH CENTRAL IDAHO
COUNTY. THIS STORM IS MOVING TO THE NORTH AT 20 MPH AND WILL MOVE
INTO SOUTHWEST CLEARWATER COUNTY BY 6 PM PDT. HAIL UP TO ONE HALF
INCH IN DIAMETER AND VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS REPORTED AT 615 PM PDT IN
KOOSKIA.

THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE ELSEWHERE OVER EASTERN CLEARWATER AND EXTREME
EASTERN IDAHO COUNTY WITH FURTHER DEVELOPMENT IN CENTRAL IDAHO
COUNTY. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

STRONG GUSTY WINDS...HAIL AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN ARE POSSIBLE WITH
THESE STORMS. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA MOVE
INDOORS UNTIL THE STORMS HAVE PASSED. REMEMBER LIGHTNING CAN KILL.

&
BELTZ