Alert archive / Idaho / Tornado Warnings in 2007
Tornado Warning 1, NWS Missoula, MT
NWS Missoula, MT issued this tornado warning at Jun 29, 2007, 6:23 PM PDT for Clearwater County, Idaho. It was in force for 44 min. 10 reports 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
- Jun 29, 2007, 6:23 PM PDT (01:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 29, 2007, 7:07 PM PDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Missoula, MT
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Clearwater County, ID
The radar
The Missoula radar (KMSX), 165 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:26 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 29, 6:30 PM PDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 10 E Orofino, ID | TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTED ROTATING THUNDERSTORM WITH 0.75 INCH HAIL. |
| Jun 29, 6:30 PM PDT | HAIL 0.75 | 11 E Orofino, ID | 0.75 INCH HAIL WITH NUMEROUS LARGE TREE LIMBS DOWN FROM THUNDERSTORM WINDS. |
| Jun 29, 6:45 PM PDT | TSTM WND DMG | 15 Ene Orofino, ID | SEVERAL LARGE TREE BLOW DOWNS REPORTED IN THE CLEARWATER FOREST ON THE NORTH FORK RANGER DISTRICT. |
| Jun 29, 6:46 PM PDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | Cardiff, ID | FUNNEL CLOUD SPOTTED OVER CARDIFF REPORTED BY MEDIA. |
| Jun 29, 6:46 PM PDT | NON-TSTM WND DMG | 4 Ene Orofino, ID | CLEARWATER COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGER OBSERVED NUMEROUS TREES INTERMITTANTLY BLOWN DOWN BETWEEN MILEPOSTS 13 AND 19 ON GRANGEMONT ROAD. ALL TREES WERE FACING SE SUGGESTING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. |
| Jun 29, 6:49 PM PDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 15 E Orofino, ID | ROTATING THUNDERSTORM WITH FUNNEL CLOUD OBSERVED WITH NICKEL SIZED HAIL. |
| Jun 29, 6:49 PM PDT | HAIL 1.75 | Cardiff, ID | WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTED GOLFBALL SIZED HAIL NEAR CARDIFF. |
| Jun 29, 6:49 PM PDT | TORNADO 0 | 15 E Orofino, ID | TORNADO OBSERVED ON THE GROUND BY WEATHER SPOTTER. NO SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE OBSERVED. |
| Jun 29, 7:00 PM PDT | TSTM WND DMG | Orofino, ID | TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTED NUMEROUS TREES DOWN ACROSS HIGHWAY 11 AND ACROSS GRANGEMONT ROAD...ALSO TREES DOWN ON POWER LINES. POSSIBLE TORNADO DAMAGE. |
| Jun 29, 7:15 PM PDT | TSTM WND DMG | 30 E Headquarters, ID | SEVERAL LARGE TREE BLOW DOWNS REPORTED IN THE CLEARWATER FOREST ON THE NORTH FORK RANGER DISTRICT. |
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 00:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 132 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 972 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -91 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -50 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS55 KMSO 300124 TORMSO IDC035-300230- /O.NEW.KMSO.TO.W.0001.070630T0123Z-070630T0230Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 623 PM PDT FRI JUN 29 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... WESTERN CLEARWATER COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IDAHO... * UNTIL 730 PM PDT. * AT 621 PM PDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR OROFINO...AND WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH. CLEARWATER COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT HAS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD ASSOCIATED WITH THIS STORM. * THE TORNADO IS WILL BE NEAR... PIERCE AROUND 640 PM PDT... HEADQUARTERS AROUND 650 PM PDT. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 4642 11642 4637 11617 4660 11525 4691 11590 $$ HENRY
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS55 KMSO 300141 SVSMSO SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 740 PM MDT FRI JUN 29 2007 IDC035-300230- /O.CON.KMSO.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070630T0230Z/ CLEARWATER ID- 640 PM PDT FRI JUN 29 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM PDT FOR WESTERN CLEARWATER COUNTY... * AT 636 PM PDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 7 MILES WEST OF JAYPE...OR ABOUT 13 MILES EAST OF OROFINO...AND WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH. CLEARWATER COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD 2 SW OF OROFINO AT 623 PM. THE FUNNEL CLOUD HAS SINCE DISSIPATED...BUT THE STORM IS STILL POTENTIALL TORNADIC. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... CARDIFF AND HEADQUARTERS AROUND 645 PM PDT. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 4642 11642 4637 11617 4660 11525 4691 11590 $$ HENRY
000 WWUS55 KMSO 300207 SVSMSO SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 807 PM MDT FRI JUN 29 2007 IDC035-300217- /O.CAN.KMSO.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070630T0230Z/ CLEARWATER ID- 707 PM PDT FRI JUN 29 2007 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WESTERN CLEARWATER COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE ISSUANCE OF THE TORNADO WARNING HAS EXITED THE AREA. LAT...LON 4642 11642 4637 11617 4660 11525 4691 11590 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Missoula, MT issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 29, 6:03 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MSO | Clearwater | 57 min |
| Jun 29, 7:10 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MSO | Clearwater | 50 min |
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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.