Severe Thunderstorm Warning 45, NWS Missoula, MT

Issued

Aug 7, 1997, 4:30 PM MDT (22:30 UTC)

Expired

Aug 7, 1997, 5:15 PM MDT

In force

45 min

Issued by

NWS Missoula, MT

Area

Whole counties

County Flathead County, MT

000 
TTAA00 KMSO 072232 RRA
SVRMSO
MTC029-072315-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
430 PM MDT THU AUG 7 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  515 PM MDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTHWEST MONTANA
 
   ...SOUTHEASTERN FLATHEAD COUNTY
 
AT 430 PM MDT...MISSOULA RADAR INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EAST OF
THE SWAN VALLEY BETWEEN SWAN LAKE AND CONDON. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING
EAST-NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH INTO THE BOB MARSHALL WILDERNESS. DIME SIZE
HAIL WAS REPORTED WITH THESE STORMS NEAR POLSON AT 4 PM MDT.
 
THIS WARNING REPLACES THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR LAKE COUNTY.
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.  HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO
DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
 
&
BELTZ/CLEMMONS

NWS Missoula, MT wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Aug 7, 1:45 PM MDT, 2 hours 45 minutes earlier.

WESTERN MONTANA AND NORTH CENTRAL IDAHO FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
145 PM MDT THU AUG 7 1997

SFC FRONT STILL EXTENDS FROM EXTREME NORTHWEST MT TO SOUTHEAST WA.
ISOLATED TSTMS IN PANHANDLE AND NORTHWEST MONTANA WITH FIRST WARNING
JUST ISSUED FOR STORM NEAR FCA. BUILDUPS STILL OCCURRING AHEAD OF
FRONT OVER CENTRAL ID/SOUTHWEST MT SO NOT OUT OF WOODS YET IN THESE
AREAS SINCE FRONT/ASSOCIATED SHORTWAVE STILL YET TO PUSH EAST...WHICH
SHOULD TRIGGER SCATTERED TSTMS IN THESE AREAS BY LATE AFTERNOON DUE
TO VERY UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE. BECOMING COOL AND DRY BEHIND FRONT BUT
CHANNELED VORT WITH SOME MOISTURE WORKING THROUGH WEST MONTANA LATER
FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY. DYNAMICS LACKING SO MAY ONLY MENTION ISOLATED
SHOWERS OVER THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS. BELTZ

...FORECASTS BELOW ARE PRELIMINARY AND SUBJECT TO CHANGE...
LIB .. 047/074 045/073 ... 2710-1
FCA BB 049/075 046/073 046 2710-1
POL .. 053/077 051/075 ... 271001
MSO BB 052/080 048/078 048 27200-
HMM .. 049/082 046/080 ... 272000
BTM .. 048/080 045/077 ... 273000
S80 .. 056/081 051/080 ... 271000
P69 .. 058/083 053/082 ... 272000
SMN .. 050/083 047/082 ... 272000

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Montana, 1997Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1997

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