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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Missoula, MT

July 19, 2004Idaho County, Idaho

NWS Missoula, MT issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 19, 2004, 1:40 PM PDT for Idaho County, Idaho. It was in force for 65 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jul 19, 2004, 1:40 PM PDT (20:40 UTC)
Expired
Jul 19, 2004, 2:45 PM PDT
In force
65 min
Issued by
NWS Missoula, MT
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Idaho County, ID

The radar

The Missoula radar (KMSX), 161 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 19, 1:43 PM PDTHAIL 1Elk City, IDQUARTER SIZED HAIL.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Spokane, WA (KOTX), launched 12:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 211 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 2004-07-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 291 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 2004-07-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 68 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
291 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-134 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1292 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
68 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
83 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

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

000 
WUUS55 KMSO 192040
SVRMSO
IDC049-192145-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
140 PM PDT MON JUL 19 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL IDAHO COUNTY IN CENTRAL IDAHO

* UNTIL 245 PM PDT(345 PM MDT)

* AT 130 PM PDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 25
  MILES SOUTH OF LOWELL...OR ABOUT 30 MILES EAST OF GRANGEVILLE...
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  ELK CITY BY 145 PM PDT
  6 MILES NORTHWEST OF RED RIVER HOT SPRINGS BY 210 PM PDT

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL...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 4609 11576 4550 11541 4570 11470 4631 11514

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 19, 12:10 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMSOIdaho50 min
Jul 19, 3:43 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMSOIdaho62 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Idaho, 2004Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2004

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.