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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 9, NWS Missoula, MT

July 22, 2000Lake County, Sanders County, Montana

NWS Missoula, MT issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 22, 2000, 5:58 PM MDT for Lake County, Sanders County, Montana. It was in force for 32 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline the Iowa Environmental Mesonet reconstructed for it; the warning itself named whole counties.

The facts

Issued
Jul 22, 2000, 5:58 PM MDT (23:58 UTC)
Expired
Jul 22, 2000, 6:30 PM MDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Missoula, MT
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Lake County, MT, Sanders County, MT

The nearest sounding before it

Spokane, WA (KOTX), launched 12:00Z, 12.0 hours before the alert went out and 162 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, Spokane, WA at 12:00Z on 2000-07-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 23 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Spokane, WA at 12:00Z on 2000-07-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 45 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
23 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-579 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
3303 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
45 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
129 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.

000 
WUUS55 KMSO 222358
SVRMSO
MTC047-089-230030-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
558 PM MDT SAT JUL 22 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  LAKE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MONTANA
  EXTREME EASTERN SANDERS COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MONTANA

* UNTIL 630 PM MDT

* AT 558 PM MDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF RAVALLI...OR 24 MILES NORTHWEST OF MISSOULA...MOVING
  NORTH AT 30 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE...
  3 MILES EAST OF DIXON...4 MILES WEST OF RAVALLI AT 610 PM MDT
  6 MILES WEST OF RONAN AT 635 PM MDT
  5 MILES WEST OF PABLO AT 645 PM MDT
  2 MILES WEST OF POLSON AT 655 PM MDT
  5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BIG ARM AT 700 PM MDT

DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH ARE LIKELY WITH THIS SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM. LARGE HAIL IS POSSIBLE ALONG WITH FREQUENT LIGHTNING
AND HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION...GO INDOORS AND STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...MOVE TO A WELL PROTECTED AREA.


LAT...LON 4721 11442 4714 11417 4786 11398 4788 11439

BELTZ

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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.