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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 8, NWS Missoula, MT

May 25, 2003Flathead County, Montana

NWS Missoula, MT issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 25, 2003, 4:17 PM MDT for Flathead County, Montana. It was in force for 43 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, 4:17 PM MDT (22:17 UTC)
Expired
May 25, 2003, 5:00 PM MDT
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Missoula, MT
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Flathead 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, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 166 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.

596 
WUUS55 KMSO 252217
SVRMSO
MTC029-252300-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN FLATHEAD COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MONTANA

* UNTIL 500 PM MDT

* AT 416 PM MDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES
  WEST OF RADNOR...OR 28 MILES NORTHWEST OF WHITEFISH...MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER REMOTE AREAS.

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 4874 11458 4865 11428 4851 11478 4858 11489
          4865 11484

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, 4:10 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMSOMissoula35 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.