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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 4, NWS Missoula, MT

June 29, 2010Missoula County, Ravalli County, Montana

NWS Missoula, MT issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 29, 2010, 2:38 PM MDT for Missoula County, Ravalli County, Montana. It was in force for 44 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 29, 2010, 2:38 PM MDT (20:38 UTC)
Expired: Jun 29, 2010, 3:22 PM MDT
In force: 44 min
Issued by: NWS Missoula, MT
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Missoula County, MT, Ravalli County, MT

The radar

The Missoula radar (KMSX), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:41 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.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jun 29, 2:31 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	10 hr

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Missoula, MT wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 29, 4:27 AM MDT, 10 hours 11 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 29, 4:27 AM MDT, 10 hours 11 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 29, 9:39 AM MDT, 4 hours 59 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
939 AM MDT TUE JUN 29 2010

IDZ005>008-MTZ002>006-043-291800-
NORTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS-SOUTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS-
OROFINO/GRANGEVILLE REGION-LOWER HELLS CANYON/SALMON RIVER REGION-
WEST GLACIER REGION-FLATHEAD/MISSION VALLEYS-
LOWER CLARK FORK REGION-MISSOULA/BITTERROOT VALLEYS-
BITTERROOT/SAPPHIRE MOUNTAINS-POTOMAC/SEELEY LAKE REGION-
939 AM MDT TUE JUN 29 2010 /839 AM PDT TUE JUN 29 2010/

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL
IDAHO...NORTHWEST MONTANA AND WEST CENTRAL MONTANA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

STRONG SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW ALOFT AND A SURGE OF PACIFIC MOISTURE
WILL COMBINE WITH AN UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE TO INCREASE THE THREAT OF
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

THE PROBABILITY OF WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.

IDZ009-010-MTZ007-291800-
WESTERN LEMHI COUNTY-EASTERN LEMHI COUNTY-BUTTE/BLACKFOOT REGION-
939 AM MDT TUE JUN 29 2010

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL
IDAHO AND WEST CENTRAL MONTANA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

STRONG SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW ALOFT AND A SURGE OF PACIFIC MOISTURE
WILL COMBINE WITH AN UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE TO INCREASE THE THREAT OF
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS DURING THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

ANOTHER ROUND OF POTENTIALLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE
ACROSS THE AREA WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 29, 2:26 PM MDT, 12 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
226 PM MDT TUE JUN 29 2010

MTZ007-292115-
BUTTE/BLACKFOOT REGION-
226 PM MDT TUE JUN 29 2010

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL POWELL COUNTY UNTIL 315
PM MDT...

AT 219 PM MDT DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTROM...11
MILES NORTHEAST OF DRUMMOND...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

HAIL UP TO ONE-HALF INCH IN DIAMETER AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF INCLUDE...HELMVILLE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...GO INDOORS AND STAY
AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...MOVE TO A WELL
PROTECTED AREA.

&&

LAT...LON 4672 11299 4685 11326 4718 11288 4718 11286
      4717 11283 4713 11278 4684 11278
TIME...MOT...LOC 2025Z 221DEG 27KT 4685 11301

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 29, 2:26 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	MSO	Powell	49 min
Jun 29, 3:34 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MSO	Missoula, Powell	26 min
Jun 29, 3:37 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MSO	Flathead, Missoula, Powell	27 min
Jun 29, 5:24 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	MSO	Missoula	36 min
Jun 29, 5:59 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MSO	Missoula, Powell	43 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.