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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 40, NWS Missoula, MT

July 16, 2012Idaho County, Idaho

NWS Missoula, MT issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 16, 2012, 1:27 PM PDT for Idaho County, Idaho. It was in force for 33 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 16, 2012, 1:27 PM PDT (20:27 UTC)
Expired
Jul 16, 2012, 2:00 PM PDT
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Missoula, MT
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Idaho County, ID

The radar

The Missoula radar (KMSX), 185 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:29 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

Spokane, WA (KOTX), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 234 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 12:00Z on 2012-07-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 136 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 12:00Z on 2012-07-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 72 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
136 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-116 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
888 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
72 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
295 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

336 
WUUS55 KMSO 162027
SVRMSO
IDC049-162115-
/O.NEW.KMSO.SV.W.0040.120716T2027Z-120716T2115Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
127 PM PDT MON JUL 16 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 215 PM PDT.

* AT 115 PM PDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE
  OF PRODUCING HAIL UP TO ONE INCH IN DIAMETER.  THIS STORM WAS
  LOCATED NEAR RED RIVER HOT SPRINGS...OR ABOUT 43 MILES EAST OF     
  GRANGEVILLE...AND WAS SLOWLY DRIFTING WEST AT 10 MPH.

  THIS STORM WAS ALSO PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND COULD          
  RESULT IN LOCAL FLASH FLOOD IMPACTS.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...ELK CITY...FALL CREEK...GOLDEN...
  OROGRANDE...RED RIVER HOT SPRINGS AND DIXIE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL...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 4550 11561 4579 11582 4609 11512 4564 11492
TIME...MOT...LOC 2024Z 072DEG 17KT 4577 11531

$$

DICKERSON
1 follow-up statement
716 
WWUS55 KMSO 162100
SVSMSO

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
300 PM MDT MON JUL 16 2012

IDC049-162109-
/O.CAN.KMSO.SV.W.0040.000000T0000Z-120716T2115Z/
IDAHO ID-
200 PM PDT MON JUL 16 2012

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

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BUT HEAVY RAINFALL 
REMAINS POSSIBLE WITH THE WEAKER STORM.

LAT...LON 4550 11561 4579 11582 4609 11512 4564 11492
TIME...MOT...LOC 2059Z 072DEG 17KT 4572 11554

$$

DICKERSON

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 16, 2:04 PM PDTFlash Flood WatchMSOClearwater, Idaho5 hr
Jul 16, 3:29 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementMSOClearwater46 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Idaho, 2012Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2012

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.