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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 7, NWS Missoula, MT

May 25, 2003Missoula County, Montana

NWS Missoula, MT issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 25, 2003, 4:10 PM MDT for Missoula County, Montana. It was in force for 35 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 25, 2003, 4:10 PM MDT (22:10 UTC)
Expired
May 25, 2003, 4:45 PM MDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Missoula, MT
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Missoula County, MT

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 25, 3:00 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Spokane, WA (KOTX), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 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, Spokane, WA at 12:00Z on 2003-05-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Spokane, WA at 12:00Z on 2003-05-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -17 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1058 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-17 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
91 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 252210
SVRMSO
MTC063-252245-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
409 PM MDT SUN MAY 25 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL MISSOULA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MONTANA

* UNTIL 445 PM MDT

* AT 409 PM MDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES SOUTH
  OF FRENCHTOWN...OR 9 MILES WEST OF MISSOULA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
  25 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE...
  4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF EVARO AT 425 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 4692 11436 4679 11417 4702 11365 4712 11421

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 25, 3:11 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMSOPowell34 min
May 25, 4:06 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMSOMissoula24 min
May 25, 4:17 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMSOFlathead43 min
May 25, 4:29 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMSOLake31 min

Nearby

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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.