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Special Weather Statement, NWS Missoula, MT

August 29, 2013Ravalli County, Montana

NWS Missoula, MT issued this special weather statement at Aug 29, 2013, 7:29 AM MDT for Ravalli County, Montana. It was in force for 46 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
Aug 29, 2013, 7:29 AM MDT (13:29 UTC)
Expired
Aug 29, 2013, 8:15 AM MDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Missoula, MT

County Ravalli County, MT

The radar

The Missoula radar (KMSX), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The text

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

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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 Aug 29, 7:05 AM MDT, 24 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 29, 7:05 AM MDT, 24 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 29, 7:29 AM MDT, 0 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 29, 2:05 PM MDTRed Flag WarningMSOBeaverhead, Deer Lodge, Granite, Jefferson, Madison, Powell and 1 more31 hr
Aug 29, 2:06 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementMSO39 min
Aug 29, 2:41 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementMSOLincoln49 min
Aug 29, 3:39 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementMSOLake81 min
Aug 29, 4:23 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMSOFlathead, Lake, Sanders37 min
Aug 29, 4:49 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementMSOMissoula71 min
Aug 29, 5:05 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementMSOLake55 min
Aug 29, 5:23 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMSOFlathead112 min
Aug 29, 5:37 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMSOMissoula2 hr

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Montana, 2013Every special weather statement in 2013

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.