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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS Missoula, MT

July 14, 2012Mineral County, Missoula County, Montana

NWS Missoula, MT issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 14, 2012, 8:01 PM MDT for Mineral County, Missoula County, Montana. It was in force for 11 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 14, 2012, 8:01 PM MDT (02:01 UTC)
Expired
Jul 14, 2012, 8:12 PM MDT
In force
11 min
Issued by
NWS Missoula, MT
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Mineral County, MT, Missoula County, MT

The radar

The Missoula radar (KMSX), 36 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:02 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 nearest sounding before it

Spokane, WA (KOTX), launched 00:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 160 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 2012-07-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 155 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, Spokane, WA at 00:00Z on 2012-07-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -29 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
155 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-36 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1941 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-29 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
9 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.

725 
WUUS55 KMSO 150201
SVRMSO
MTC061-063-150230-
/O.NEW.KMSO.SV.W.0039.120715T0201Z-120715T0230Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
801 PM MDT SAT JUL 14 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN MINERAL COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MONTANA...  NORTHWESTERN   
  MISSOULA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MONTANA...

* UNTIL 830 PM MDT.

* AT 754 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
  CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL UP TO ONE INCH IN DIAMETER.  THIS STORM
  WAS LOCATED NEAR STARK...OR ABOUT 17 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SUPERIOR...
  AND WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...CYR...LOZEAU AND STARK.

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.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM MDT
SATURDAY EVENING FOR NORTHEASTERN IDAHO.

&&

LAT...LON 4725 11454 4718 11435 4716 11436 4712 11426
      4713 11423 4712 11424 4695 11462 4710 11483
TIME...MOT...LOC 0201Z 234DEG 9KT 4711 11454

$$

LOEFFELBEIN
1 follow-up statement
987 
WWUS55 KMSO 150212
SVSMSO

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
812 PM MDT SAT JUL 14 2012

MTC061-063-150222-
/O.CAN.KMSO.SV.W.0039.000000T0000Z-120715T0230Z/
MINERAL MT-MISSOULA MT-
812 PM MDT SAT JUL 14 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTH WESTERN MISSOULA AND 
EASTER MINERAL COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM MDT
SATURDAY EVENING FOR NORTHEASTERN IDAHO.

LAT...LON 4725 11454 4718 11435 4716 11436 4712 11426
      4713 11423 4712 11424 4695 11462 4710 11483
TIME...MOT...LOC 0212Z 234DEG 9KT 4713 11451

$$
LOEFFELBEIN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 14, 7:28 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMSOMineral32 min
Jul 14, 8:49 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementMSOMissoula41 min
Jul 15, 12:09 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMSOLake, Missoula3 hr
Jul 15, 12:33 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningMSOLake117 min
Jul 15, 12:35 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementMSOLake25 min
Jul 15, 12:52 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMSOGranite113 min
Jul 15, 1:49 PM MDTAreal Flood WarningMSOLake, Missoula, Sanders4 hr
Jul 15, 2:28 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningMSOLake53 min
Jul 15, 3:01 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementMSOMissoula29 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.