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Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Missoula, MT

August 12, 2014Lemhi County, Idaho

NWS Missoula, MT issued this flash flood warning at Aug 12, 2014, 5:59 PM MDT for Lemhi County, Idaho. It was in force for 3 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
Aug 12, 2014, 5:59 PM MDT (23:59 UTC)
Expired
Aug 12, 2014, 9:00 PM MDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Missoula, MT
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Lemhi County, ID

The radar

The Missoula radar (KMSX), 189 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:01 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, 12.0 hours before the alert went out and 243 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 2014-08-12Temperature 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 2014-08-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 64 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
2466 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
64 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
143 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.

203 
WGUS55 KMSO 122359
FFWMSO
IDC059-130300-
/O.NEW.KMSO.FF.W.0002.140812T2359Z-140813T0300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
559 PM MDT TUE AUG 12 2014

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 554 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN 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.

FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE
YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME
KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS AND HIKERS SHOULD AVOID STREAMS OR
CREEKS.

&&

LAT...LON 4539 11460 4544 11448 4546 11438 4535 11432
      4533 11443 4528 11456

$$
1 follow-up statement
747 
WGUS75 KMSO 130252
FFSMSO

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
852 PM MDT TUE AUG 12 2014

IDC059-130302-
/O.EXP.KMSO.FF.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140813T0300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
LEMHI ID-
852 PM MDT TUE AUG 12 2014

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 900 PM MDT/800 PM PDT/ FOR
NORTHWESTERN LEMHI COUNTY...

LAT...LON 4539 11460 4544 11448 4546 11438 4535 11432
      4533 11443 4528 11456

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 12, 3:53 AM MDTRed Flag WarningMSOClearwater, Idaho, Latah, Lewis, Nez Perce20 hr
Aug 12, 3:58 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementMSOIdaho47 min
Aug 12, 4:15 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementMSOLewis45 min
Aug 12, 4:40 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementMSOIdaho50 min
Aug 12, 5:13 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementMSOClearwater62 min

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.