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Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Missoula, MT
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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 12, 3:53 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | MSO | Clearwater, Idaho, Latah, Lewis, Nez Perce | 20 hr |
| Aug 12, 3:58 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | MSO | Idaho | 47 min |
| Aug 12, 4:15 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | MSO | Lewis | 45 min |
| Aug 12, 4:40 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | MSO | Idaho | 50 min |
| Aug 12, 5:13 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | MSO | Clearwater | 62 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.