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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Missoula, MT

July 27, 2010Idaho County, Idaho

NWS Missoula, MT issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 27, 2010, 5:18 PM PDT for Idaho County, Idaho. It was in force for 13 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
Jul 27, 2010, 5:18 PM PDT (00:18 UTC)
Expired
Jul 27, 2010, 5:31 PM PDT
In force
13 min
Issued by
NWS Missoula, MT
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Idaho County, ID

The radar

The Missoula radar (KMSX), 184 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:18 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Boise Airport, ID (KBOI), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 242 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, Boise Airport, ID at 00:00Z on 2010-07-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 13 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, Boise Airport, ID at 00:00Z on 2010-07-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 6 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
13 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-145 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
3317 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
6 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
55 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.

877 
WUUS55 KMSO 280018
SVRMSO
IDC049-280045-
/O.NEW.KMSO.SV.W.0021.100728T0018Z-100728T0045Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
518 PM PDT TUE JUL 27 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 545 PM PDT/645 PM MDT/.

* AT 512 PM PDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
  CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL UP TO ONE INCH IN DIAMETER.  THIS STORM
  WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF CHINA BAR AND LEHMI CREEK IN 
2007   BURN AREA...OR NEAR THE DIXIE AREA...AND WAS MOVING EAST AT 
25 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...CHINA BAR AND LEHMI CREEK IN 2007 BURN
  AREA AND DIXIE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

LARGE HAIL IS LIKELY WITH THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. DAMAGING WINDS
ARE 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 4577 11507 4556 11495 4544 11549 4561 11558
TIME...MOT...LOC 0018Z 249DEG 23KT 4556 11541

$$
1 follow-up statement
863 
WWUS55 KMSO 280031
SVSMSO

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
631 PM MDT TUE JUL 27 2010

IDC049-280041-
/O.CAN.KMSO.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-100728T0045Z/
IDAHO ID-
531 PM PDT TUE JUL 27 2010

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL IDAHO COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

LAT...LON 4577 11507 4556 11495 4544 11549 4561 11558
TIME...MOT...LOC 0031Z 249DEG 23KT 4559 11530

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 28, 12:36 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementMSOLemhi39 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Idaho, 2010Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2010

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.