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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 47, NWS Missoula, MT

August 7, 1998Powell County, Montana

NWS Missoula, MT issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 7, 1998, 4:31 PM MDT for Powell County, Montana. It was in force for 34 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
Aug 7, 1998, 4:31 PM MDT (22:31 UTC)
Expired
Aug 7, 1998, 5:05 PM MDT
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Missoula, MT
Area
Whole counties

County Powell County, MT

The nearest sounding before it

Great_falls, MT (KTFX), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 189 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Great_falls, MT at 12:00Z on 1998-08-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 70 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Great_falls, MT at 12:00Z on 1998-08-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 90 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
70 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-254 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1445 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
90 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
153 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

570 
WUUS1 KMSO 072235 RRA
SVRMSO
MTC077-072305-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
431 PM MDT FRI AUG 7 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS EXTENDED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN POWELL COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MONTANA

* UNTIL 505 PM MDT

* AT 430 PM MDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INDICATED 5 MILES SOUTHEAST
  OF HELMVILLE...BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR...
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  STATE ROUTE 141...5 MILES EAST OF HELMVILLE AT 445 PM MDT


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 DO NOT DRIVE
INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

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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 Aug 7, 2:30 PM MDT, 2 hours 1 minute earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 7, 2:30 PM MDT, 2 hours 1 minute before
WESTERN MONTANA AND NORTH CENTRAL IDAHO FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
230 PM MDT FRI AUG 7 1998

VORT CENTER CRUISING OVER CENTRAL WASHINGTON IDENTIFIED WELL BY ETA
ALONG WITH SURFACE CONVERGENCE ZONE OVER SOUTHWEST MONTANA WHERE
ACTIVITY STILL GENERATING WHILE SLIPPING SOUTHEASTWARD. CONVECTIVE
INSTABILITIES STILL REMAIN FAVORABLE OVER THE ENTIRE CWA FOR THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING ISOLATED ACTIVITY...MORE SCATTERED SOUTH. BY
SATURDAY MORNING...HEIGHTS START TO RISE REDEFINING AND BUILDING
UPPER RIDGE OVER THE FORECAST AREA. ETA SUGGEST BEST INSTABILITY TO
SHIFT EAST OF THE DIVIDE WITH DRIER AIR ADVECTING OVER CWA.
TEMPERATURES TREND UPWARD FOR SUNDAY AS THERMAL TROF REDEVELOPS OVER
WESTERN IDAHO.

STOLL

LIB .. 047/087 048/088 ... 332000
FCA UU 048/088 049/089 051 332000
POL .. 049/086 050/087 ... 332000
MSO UU 053/088 051/091 053 332000
HMM .. 055/090 054/093 ... 332000
BTM .. 048/088 047/091 ... 332100
S80 .. 053/089 054/090 ... 331000
P69 .. 055/091 054/091 ... 331000
SMN .. 049/089 048/090 ... 331000

The office that day

Everything else NWS Missoula, MT issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 7, 12:15 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMSOMissoula, Ravalli60 min
Aug 7, 2:33 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMSODeer Lodge47 min
Aug 7, 3:43 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMSOPowell47 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Montana, 1998Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1998

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.