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Flash Flood Warning 1, NWS Missoula, MT

August 2, 2014Idaho County, Idaho

NWS Missoula, MT issued this flash flood warning at Aug 2, 2014, 4:18 PM PDT for Idaho County, Idaho. It was in force for 117 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 2, 2014, 4:18 PM PDT (23:18 UTC)
Expired
Aug 2, 2014, 6:15 PM PDT
In force
117 min
Issued by
NWS Missoula, MT
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Idaho County, ID

The radar

The Pendleton radar (KPDT), 204 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:18 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 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 223 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, Boise Airport, ID at 12:00Z on 2014-08-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Boise Airport, ID at 12:00Z on 2014-08-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 9 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2581 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
9 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
48 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

463 
WGUS55 KMSO 022318
FFWMSO
IDC049-030115-
/O.NEW.KMSO.FF.W.0001.140802T2318Z-140803T0115Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
418 PM PDT SAT AUG 2 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  JOHN DAY CREEK IN THE SHEEP BURN IN
  WESTERN IDAHO COUNTY IN CENTRAL IDAHO...

* UNTIL 615 PM PDT.

* AT 410 PM PDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN THAT COULD 
PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED AREA.  THE STORM IS MOVING 
VERY SLOW ALMOST STATIONARY.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...JOHN DAY CREEK IN THE SHEEP 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 4562 11631 4561 11611 4550 11614 4551 11629

$$
1 follow-up statement
659 
WGUS75 KMSO 030051
FFSMSO

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
651 PM MDT SAT AUG 2 2014

IDC049-030102-
/O.CAN.KMSO.FF.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140803T0115Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
IDAHO ID-
551 PM PDT SAT AUG 2 2014

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR WESTERN IDAHO
COUNTY...

LAT...LON 4562 11631 4561 11611 4550 11614 4551 11629

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 2, 3:38 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementMSOIdaho52 min
Aug 2, 4:30 PM PDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMSOIdaho2 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Idaho, 2014Every flash flood warning in 2014

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.