Severe Thunderstorm Warning 20, NWS Missoula, MT

Issued

Jul 16, 2001, 1:59 PM MDT (19:59 UTC)

Expired

Jul 16, 2001, 2:45 PM MDT

In force

46 min

Issued by

NWS Missoula, MT

Area

Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Powell County, MT

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WUUS55 KMSO 162003
SVRMSO

MTC077-162045-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
159 PM MDT MON JUL 16 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 245 PM MDT

* AT 159 PM MDT...RADAR INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS 10 MILES
  WEST OF DEER LODGE AND 10 MILES EAST OF DEER LODGE...MOVING 
  NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN OVER RURAL SOUTHEAST POWELL
  COUNTY.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL...ALONG WITH
FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION...GO INDO^ORS
AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...MOVE TO A
WELL PROTECTED AREA.


LAT...LON 4640 11304 4626 11262 4652 11233 4675 11266

NWS Missoula, MT wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jul 16, 8:51 AM MDT, 5 hours 8 minutes earlier.

WESTERN MONTANA AND NORTH CENTRAL IDAHO FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
851 AM MDT MON JUL 16 2001

.SHORT TERM...UNSEASONABLY COLD UPPER TROF CONTINUES TO DIG INTO WA
STATE. NICE BAROCLINIC ZONE WITH WIDESPREAD PRECIP IS CONTINUING TO
DEVELOP ALONG EAST SIDE OF TROF FROM EXTREME NW MT TO ERN OR. A FEW
LIGHTNING STRIKES REPORTED IN CENTRAL ID IN WARM SECTOR AHEAD OF
FRONT. EXPECT THE FRONTAL BAND TO EDGE SLOWLY EASTWARD TODAY WITH
LIKELY POPS EVERYWHERE. DAYTIME HEATING IN THE WARM SECTOR WILL
DESTABILIZE ATMOSPHERE OVER SRN CWA THIS AFTERNOON FOR THUNDERSTORM
DEVELOPMENT. THE POTENTIAL FOR LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WITH ANY
THUNDERSTORM EXISTS SO WILL CONTINUE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR THE BURN
AREAS. INSTABILITY IS ONLY MARGINAL...BUT CAN NOT RULE A SEVERE CELL
OR TWO SE CWA.  FRONTAL BAND STALLS AND WEAKENS OVER ERN CWA
OVERNIGHT FOR A CONTINUED SHOWER THREAT AS A VORT LOBE ROUNDS THE
BASE OF THE TROF EARLY TUESDAY. THE AIRMASS BECOMES SOMEWHAT DRIER
AND MORE STABLE ON TUESDAY...BUT WITH COLD AIR ALOFT THE THREAT OF
WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE. MINOR UPDATES
PLANNED. PETRESCU

.MSO...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR THE BURN AREAS OF RAVALLI COUNTY TODAY.

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Montana, 2001Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2001

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