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Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Missoula, MT
NWS Missoula, MT issued this flash flood warning at Aug 12, 2014, 6:26 PM MDT for Lemhi County, Idaho. It was in force for 4 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, 6:26 PM MDT (00:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 12, 2014, 10:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Missoula, MT
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Lemhi County, ID
The radar
The Missoula radar (KMSX), 181 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:29 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 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 263 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
- 9 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -189 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2219 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 114 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 152 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
590
WGUS55 KMSO 130026
FFWMSO
IDC059-130430-
/O.NEW.KMSO.FF.W.0003.140813T0026Z-140813T0430Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
626 PM MDT TUE AUG 12 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
HWY 93 4TH OF JULY CREEK AND KRILEY GULCH...INDIAN CREEK IN THE
MUSTANG BURN...NORTH FORK...SPRING CREEK IN THE MUSTANG BURN IN
NORTHERN LEMHI COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IDAHO...
* UNTIL 1030 PM MDT.
* AT 624 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER THE
WARNED AREA.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...NORTH FORK...SHOUP...SPRING CREEK IN
THE MUSTANG BURN...INDIAN CREEK IN THE MUSTANG BURN AND HWY 93 4TH
OF JULY CREEK AND KRILEY GULCH.
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 4545 11436 4549 11422 4552 11412 4548 11397
4537 11384 4531 11395 4534 11403 4534 11427
$$1 follow-up statement
364
WGUS75 KMSO 130253
FFSMSO
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
853 PM MDT TUE AUG 12 2014
IDC059-130303-
/O.CAN.KMSO.FF.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140813T0430Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
LEMHI ID-
853 PM MDT TUE AUG 12 2014
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR NORTHERN LEMHI
COUNTY...
LAT...LON 4545 11436 4549 11422 4552 11412 4548 11397
4537 11384 4531 11395 4534 11403 4534 11427
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Missoula, MT issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 13, 12:03 PM MDT | Flash Flood Watch | MSO | Idaho, Lemhi | 6 hr |
| Aug 13, 4:33 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | MSO | Lemhi | 57 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.