Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Missoula, MT

Issued

Aug 7, 1997, 5:35 PM MDT (23:35 UTC)

Expired

Aug 7, 1997, 6:30 PM MDT

In force

55 min

Issued by

NWS Missoula, MT

Area

Whole counties

County Lake County, MT

The Missoula radar (KMSX), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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TTAA00 KMSO 072332 RRA
SVRMSO
MTC039-047-063-077-080030-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
535 PM MDT THU AUG 7 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  630 PM MDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN WEST CENTRAL MONTANA
 
   ...EASTERN GRANITE COUNTY
   ...SOUTHERN POWELL COUNTY
   ...SOUTHERN LAKE COUNTY
   ...NORTHEAST MISSOULA COUNTY
 
AT 535 PM MDT...MISSOULA RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES
SOUTH OF DRUMMOND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THIS STORM WILL INTO
SOUTHERN POWELL COUNTY...JUST NORTH GARRISON BY 550 PM MDT.
 
ANOTHER SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS 5 MILES SOUTH OF RONAN IN SOUTHERN LAKE
COUNTY MOVING EAST-NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THIS STORM WILL MOVE OVER THE
SOUTHERN MISSION MOUNTAINS AND WILL BE SOUTH OF CONDON IN NORTHEAST
MISSOULA COUNTY BY 545 PM MDT.
 
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A
STRONG BUILDING.  DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...
AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.
STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
 
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, 3 hours 50 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

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.