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Wind Advisory 18, NWS Missoula, MT

July 19, 2011Lemhi County, Idaho; 4 counties in Montana

NWS Missoula, MT issued this wind advisory at Jul 19, 2011, 3:38 PM MDT for Lemhi County, Idaho; 4 counties in Montana. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 19, 2011, 3:38 PM MDT (21:38 UTC)
Expired
Jul 19, 2011, 9:00 PM MDT
In force
5 hr
Issued by
NWS Missoula, MT

Counties Lemhi County, ID, Deer Lodge County, MT, Granite County, MT, Powell County, MT, Silver Bow County, MT

The radar

The Missoula radar (KMSX), 127 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:41 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

Great_falls, MT (KTFX), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 254 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 2011-07-19Temperature 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 2011-07-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 46 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
3005 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
46 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
197 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.

042 
WWUS75 KMSO 192138
NPWMSO

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
338 PM MDT TUE JUL 19 2011


IDZ009-010-MTZ007-200300-
/O.NEW.KMSO.WI.Y.0018.110719T2138Z-110720T0300Z/
WESTERN LEMHI COUNTY-EASTERN LEMHI COUNTY-BUTTE/BLACKFOOT REGION-
338 PM MDT TUE JUL 19 2011

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING. 

* IMPACTS/TIMING: STRONG SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED
  THROUGH 9 PM MDT.

* WINDS: SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 20-25 MPH GUSTING TO 40-45 MPH.


* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...SHOUP...BANNOCK PASS...HIGHWAY 28 
  TENDOY TO LONE PINE...HIGHWAY 93 LOST TRAIL PASS TO 
  GIBBONSVILLE...LEMHI PASS...SALMON...BUTTE...GEORGETOWN LAKE...
   HIGHWAY 12 GARRISON TO ELLISTON...MACDONALD PASS

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS
THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

&&

$$
1 follow-up statement
581 
WWUS75 KMSO 200243
NPWMSO

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
843 PM MDT TUE JUL 19 2011



IDZ009-010-MTZ007-200345-
/O.EXP.KMSO.WI.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-110720T0300Z/
WESTERN LEMHI COUNTY-EASTERN LEMHI COUNTY-BUTTE/BLACKFOOT REGION-
843 PM MDT TUE JUL 19 2011

...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING...

THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING. 

WINDS WILL BE DECREASING IN THE NEXT HOUR AS THE UPPER TROUGH
PULLS OFF TO THE NORTHEAST AND SUNSET ALLOWS MORE STABLE
CONDITIONS TO MOVE INTO THE REGION. THEREFORE THE WIND ADVISORY
WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 9 PM MDT.



$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 19, 2:57 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementMSOClearwater48 min
Jul 19, 4:17 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMSOIdaho3 hr
Jul 19, 4:24 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMSOIdaho37 min
Jul 19, 3:56 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementMSOFlathead, Lake49 min
Jul 19, 4:19 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningMSOFlathead74 min
Jul 19, 4:54 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementMSOMissoula36 min
Jul 19, 5:14 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMSOMissoula31 min
Jul 19, 5:30 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMSOLake, Missoula, Sanders30 min
Jul 19, 5:54 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMSOFlathead, Missoula, Powell51 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.