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Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Missoula, MT
NWS Missoula, MT issued this flash flood warning at Jun 29, 2013, 7:48 PM MDT for Lemhi County, Idaho. It was in force for 87 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 29, 2013, 7:48 PM MDT (01:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 29, 2013, 9:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 87 min
- Issued by
- NWS Missoula, MT
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Lemhi County, ID
The radar
The Missoula radar (KMSX), 179 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:51 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
Boise Airport, ID (KBOI), launched 00:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 260 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.
104 WGUS55 KMSO 300148 FFWMSO IDC059-300315- /O.NEW.KMSO.FF.W.0003.130630T0148Z-130630T0315Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 748 PM MDT SAT JUN 29 2013 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... INDIAN CREEK IN THE MUSTANG BURN...SPRING CREEK IN THE MUSTANG BURN IN NORTHERN LEMHI COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IDAHO... * UNTIL 915 PM MDT. * AT 742 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED INTENSE RAIN AND POSSIBLE FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED AREA. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...SHOUP...SPRING CREEK IN THE MUSTANG BURN AND INDIAN 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 4545 11436 4553 11411 4542 11407 4537 11430 $$
1 follow-up statement
758 WGUS75 KMSO 300310 FFSMSO FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 910 PM MDT SAT JUN 29 2013 IDC059-300320- /O.EXP.KMSO.FF.W.0003.000000T0000Z-130630T0315Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ LEMHI ID- 910 PM MDT SAT JUN 29 2013 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 915 PM MDT/815 PM PDT/ FOR NORTHERN LEMHI COUNTY... LAT...LON 4545 11436 4553 11411 4542 11407 4537 11430 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Missoula, MT issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 29, 6:59 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | MSO | Lemhi | 2 hr |
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.