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Special Weather Statement, NWS Missoula, MT

June 23, 2012Granite County, Montana

NWS Missoula, MT issued this special weather statement at Jun 23, 2012, 2:43 PM MDT for Granite County, Montana. It was in force for 47 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: Jun 23, 2012, 2:43 PM MDT (20:43 UTC)
Expired: Jun 23, 2012, 3:30 PM MDT
In force: 47 min
Issued by: NWS Missoula, MT

County Granite County, MT

The radar

The Missoula radar (KMSX), 38 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The text

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Jun 23, 10:09 AM MDT, 4 hours 34 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 23, 10:09 AM MDT, 4 hours 34 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 23, 2:43 PM MDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
243 PM MDT SAT JUN 23 2012

MTZ006-043-232130-
BITTERROOT/SAPPHIRE MOUNTAINS-BLACKFOOT REGION-
243 PM MDT SAT JUN 23 2012

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN GRANITE AND
SOUTHEASTERN MISSOULA COUNTIES UNTIL 330 PM MDT...

AT 242 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 14 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BONNER...OR 20 MILES EAST
OF MISSOULA...MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH.

HAIL UP TO ONE-HALF INCH IN DIAMETER IS EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...
ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN.

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...POTOMAC...
GREENOUGH...TWIN CREEKS AND CLEARWATER.

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.

IN ADDITION...THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR
LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE.

&&

LAT...LON 4703 11375 4702 11331 4646 11352 4646 11380
TIME...MOT...LOC 2043Z 189DEG 9KT 4678 11360

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 23, 2:55 PM MDT	Red Flag Warning	MSO	Beaverhead, Deer Lodge, Granite, Jefferson, Madison, Powell and 1 more	30 hr
Jun 23, 2:56 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MSO	Granite, Missoula, Ravalli	64 min
Jun 23, 3:56 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	MSO	Lincoln	49 min
Jun 23, 4:21 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	MSO		54 min
Jun 23, 4:25 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MSO	Lincoln	31 min
Jun 23, 5:51 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	MSO	Missoula	39 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Montana, 2012 Every special weather statement 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.