Alert archive / Idaho / Flash Flood Warnings in 2013
Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Missoula, MT
NWS Missoula, MT issued this flash flood warning at Jun 29, 2013, 6:59 PM MDT for Lemhi County, Idaho. It was in force for 2 hr. 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 29, 2013, 6:59 PM MDT (00:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 29, 2013, 9:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Missoula, MT
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Lemhi County, ID
The radar
The Missoula radar (KMSX), 195 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:02 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
Boise Airport, ID (KBOI), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 235 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 32 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -274 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3821 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 7 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 52 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
966
WGUS55 KMSO 300059
FFWMSO
IDC059-300300-
/O.NEW.KMSO.FF.W.0002.130630T0059Z-130630T0300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
659 PM MDT SAT JUN 29 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
COLSON CREEK IN THE MUSTANG BURN...OWL CREEK IN THE MUSTANG BURN IN
NORTHWESTERN LEMHI COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IDAHO...
* UNTIL 900 PM MDT.
* AT 648 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED POSSIBLE FLASH FLOODING
OVER THE WARNED AREA.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...COLSON CREEK IN THE MUSTANG BURN AND
OWL CREEK IN THE MUSTANG BURN.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING...MUD AND DEBRIS FLOWS ARE
IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER
GROUND IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD
TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY.
&&
LAT...LON 4530 11459 4534 11468 4540 11473 4542 11473
4543 11437 4529 11433 4525 11465
$$1 follow-up statement
597
WGUS75 KMSO 300255
FFSMSO
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
855 PM MDT SAT JUN 29 2013
IDC059-300305-
/O.EXP.KMSO.FF.W.0002.000000T0000Z-130630T0300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
LEMHI ID-
855 PM MDT SAT JUN 29 2013
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 900 PM MDT/800 PM PDT/ FOR
NORTHWESTERN LEMHI COUNTY...
LAT...LON 4530 11459 4534 11468 4540 11473 4542 11473
4543 11437 4529 11433 4525 11465
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Missoula, MT issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 29, 7:48 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | MSO | Lemhi | 87 min |
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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.