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Special Weather Statement, NWS Missoula, MT
NWS Missoula, MT issued this special weather statement at Jul 23, 2015, 2:09 PM MDT for Missoula County, Montana. It was in force for 51 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
- Jul 23, 2015, 2:09 PM MDT (20:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 23, 2015, 3:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Missoula, MT
County Missoula County, MT
The radar
The Missoula radar (KMSX), 42 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The text
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</html>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 Jul 23, 3:55 AM MDT, 10 hours 14 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 23, 3:55 AM MDT, 10 hours 14 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 23, 1:12 PM MDT, 57 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 112 PM MDT THU JUL 23 2015 MTZ004>006-043-232000- MISSOULA/BITTERROOT VALLEYS MT-POTOMAC/SEELEY LAKE REGION MT- LOWER CLARK FORK REGION MT-BITTERROOT/SAPPHIRE MOUNTAINS MT- 112 PM MDT THU JUL 23 2015 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN MISSOULA COUNTY UNTIL 200 PM MDT... AT 110 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR WYE...OR NEAR MISSOULA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. BRIEF HEAVY RAIN, FREQUENT LIGHTNING, AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... MISSOULA...LOLO...WYE...EAST MISSOULA...BONNER-WEST RIVERSIDE... EVARO...POTOMAC...TURAH AND TWIN CREEKS. LAT...LON 4678 11415 4697 11421 4718 11369 4684 11349 TIME...MOT...LOC 1910Z 242DEG 20KT 4693 11405
Special weather statement, Jul 23, 1:49 PM MDT, 20 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 1249 PM PDT THU JUL 23 2015 IDZ006>008-232030- OROFINO/GRANGEVILLE REGION ID-SOUTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS ID- LOWER HELLS CANYON/SALMON RIVER REGION ID- 1249 PM PDT THU JUL 23 2015 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WEST CENTRAL IDAHO COUNTY UNTIL 130 PM PDT... AT 1248 PM PDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER GRANGEVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. PEA SIZE HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... GRANGEVILLE AND FENN. TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. MUD AND ROCK SLIDES OVER ROADWAYS ARE POSSIBLE DUE TO EXTREME RUNOFF. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. && LAT...LON 4580 11619 4583 11637 4610 11626 4596 11596 TIME...MOT...LOC 1948Z 219DEG 29KT 4593 11617
Special weather statement, Jul 23, 2:09 PM MDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 209 PM MDT THU JUL 23 2015 MTZ007-043-232100- POTOMAC/SEELEY LAKE REGION MT-BUTTE/BLACKFOOT REGION MT- 209 PM MDT THU JUL 23 2015 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WEST CENTRAL POWELL... SOUTHEASTERN MISSOULA AND NORTH CENTRAL GRANITE COUNTIES UNTIL 300 PM MDT... AT 208 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 12 MILES EAST OF BONNER-WEST RIVERSIDE...OR 17 MILES EAST OF MISSOULA... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND NICKEL SIZE HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... OVANDO...POTOMAC...CLEARWATER...GREENOUGH...TWIN CREEKS...WOODWORTH AND GARNET. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... HEAVY RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS. && LAT...LON 4676 11367 4693 11378 4715 11321 4687 11304 TIME...MOT...LOC 2008Z 246DEG 22KT 4688 11362
The office that day
Everything else NWS Missoula, MT issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Jul 23, 1:12 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | MSO | Missoula | 48 min |
| Jul 23, 1:29 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MSO | Missoula | 3 hr |
| Jul 23, 3:45 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | MSO | Silver Bow | 45 min |
| Jul 23, 3:59 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MSO | Silver Bow | 17 min |
| Jul 23, 4:05 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MSO | Silver Bow | 3 hr |
| Jul 23, 1:33 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MSO | Idaho | 3 hr |
| Jul 23, 1:49 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | MSO | Lewis | 41 min |
| Jul 23, 4:51 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | MSO | Lewis | 39 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.