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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Missoula, MT

June 4, 2012Idaho County, Idaho

NWS Missoula, MT issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 4, 2012, 6:55 PM PDT for Idaho County, Idaho. It was in force for 50 min. 2 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 4, 2012, 6:55 PM PDT (01:55 UTC)
Expired
Jun 4, 2012, 7:45 PM PDT
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Missoula, MT
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Idaho County, ID

The radar

The Missoula radar (KMSX), 187 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:56 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 4, 7:15 PM PDTHAIL 15 Se Grangeville, ID
Jun 4, 7:45 PM PDTHAIL 1Kooskia, IDSOME WIND AS WELL.

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

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 4, 12:46 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC10 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Spokane, WA (KOTX), launched 00:00Z, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 176 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, Spokane, WA at 00:00Z on 2012-06-05Temperature 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, Spokane, WA at 00:00Z on 2012-06-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -34 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
1397 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
55 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-34 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
211 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.

579 
WUUS55 KMSO 050155
SVRMSO
IDC049-050245-
/O.NEW.KMSO.SV.W.0013.120605T0155Z-120605T0245Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
655 PM PDT MON JUN 4 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 745 PM PDT.

* AT 652 PM PDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
  CAPABLE OF PRODUCING ONE INCH HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS
  OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 11 MILES SOUTH OF GRANGEVILLE...
  AND WAS MOVING NORTH AT 40 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...CLEARWATER...EAST KAMIAH...FENN...
  GLENWOOD...GRANGEVILLE...HARPSTER...KOOSKIA...STITES...SYRINGA AND
  WINONA.

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 4617 11626 4617 11620 4622 11614 4623 11603
      4627 11610 4629 11610 4628 11587 4627 11582
      4628 11566 4562 11598 4568 11627
TIME...MOT...LOC 0155Z 198DEG 35KT 4580 11607

$$

DICKERSON
1 follow-up statement
502 
WWUS55 KMSO 050229
SVSMSO

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
829 PM MDT MON JUN 4 2012

IDC049-050245-
/O.CON.KMSO.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-120605T0245Z/
IDAHO ID-
729 PM PDT MON JUN 4 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM PDT
FOR WESTERN IDAHO COUNTY...

* AT 725 PM PDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM     
PRODUCING HAIL UP TO ONE INCH IN DIAMETER.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 
NEAR WINONA...OR ABOUT NEAR KAMIAH...AND WAS MOVING NORTH AT 60 MPH.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE
IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD
TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT PDT
TUESDAY MORNING FOR NORTHEASTERN IDAHO AND NORTHWESTERN MONTANA.

&&

LAT...LON 4617 11626 4617 11620 4622 11614 4623 11603
      4627 11610 4629 11610 4628 11587 4627 11582
      4628 11566 4562 11598 4568 11627
TIME...MOT...LOC 0229Z 183DEG 51KT 4621 11604

$$

CORBY

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 4, 6:30 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementMSOClearwater45 min
Jun 4, 6:33 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementMSOLewis42 min
Jun 4, 7:40 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMSOIdaho50 min
Jun 4, 7:47 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMSOClearwater, Idaho43 min
Jun 4, 8:29 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMSOClearwater, Idaho46 min
Jun 4, 9:17 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMSOClearwater, Idaho43 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.