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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Missoula, MT

August 8, 2005Granite County, Montana

NWS Missoula, MT issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 8, 2005, 5:53 PM MDT for Granite County, Montana. It was in force for 52 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
Aug 8, 2005, 5:53 PM MDT (23:53 UTC)
Expired
Aug 8, 2005, 6:45 PM MDT
In force
52 min
Issued by
NWS Missoula, MT
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Granite County, MT

The radar

The Missoula radar (KMSX), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:55 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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
Aug 8, 6:25 PM MDTHAIL 1.2520 Sw Philipsburg, MTTHEY RECEIVED THE HAIL AT THE FROG POND FIRE

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

The nearest sounding before it

Great_falls, MT (KTFX), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 271 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, Great_falls, MT at 12:00Z on 2005-08-08Temperature 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°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Great_falls, MT at 12:00Z on 2005-08-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 56 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
1450 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
56 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
48 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 082353
SVRMSO
MTC039-090045-
/O.NEW.KMSO.SV.W.0013.050808T2353Z-050809T0045Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
553 PM MDT MON AUG 8 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN GRANITE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MONTANA

* UNTIL 645 PM MDT

* AT 550 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER
  EASTERN RAVALLI COUNTY...OR ABOUT 25 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HAMILTON...
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  RURAL SOUTHERN GRANITE COUNTY AT 610 PM MDT

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 4610 11375 4598 11363 4610 11329 4635 11345

$$
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS55 KMSO 090044
SVSMSO

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
644 PM MDT MON AUG 8 2005

MTC039-090054-
/O.EXP.KMSO.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-050809T0045Z/
GRANITE-
644 PM MDT MON AUG 8 2005

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN GRANITE COUNTY
EXPIRES AT 645 PM MDT...

LAT...LON 4610 11375 4598 11363 4610 11329 4635 11345

$$

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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.