Alert archive / Montana / Red Flag Warnings in 2016
Red Flag Warning 5, NWS Missoula, MT
NWS Missoula, MT issued this red flag warning at Aug 6, 2016, 11:01 AM MDT for 7 counties in Montana. It took effect at Aug 6, 2016, 3:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 6 hr. 7 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 6, 2016, 11:01 AM MDT (17:01 UTC)
- In effect from
- Aug 6, 2016, 3:00 PM MDT
- Expired
- Aug 6, 2016, 9:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Missoula, MT
Counties Beaverhead County, MT, Deer Lodge County, MT, Granite County, MT, Jefferson County, MT, Madison County, MT, Powell County, MT, Silver Bow County, MT
The radar
The Missoula radar (KMSX), 154 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:00 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 3:23 PM MDT | TSTM WND GST 55 | 2 Se Wickes, MT | 55 MPH WIND GUST AT THE DOT SENSOR ON BOULDER HILL. |
| Aug 6, 3:50 PM MDT | HAIL 0.25 | 3 W Clancy, MT | TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTS 2 INCHES OF RAIN IN ABOUT 30 MINUTES. LOTS OF PEA-SIZED HAIL PILED UP IN DRIFTS |
| Aug 6, 3:50 PM MDT | HEAVY RAIN 2 | 3 W Clancy, MT | TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTS 2 INCHES OF RAIN IN ABOUT 30 MINUTES. LOTS OF PEA-SIZED HAIL PILED UP IN DRIFTS |
| Aug 6, 4:32 PM MDT | TSTM WND GST 58 | 5 Ne Dillon, MT | 58 MPH WIND GUST AT THE DILLON AIRPORT. |
| Aug 6, 4:42 PM MDT | TSTM WND GST 58 | 7 Se Glen, MT | 58 MPH THUNDERSTORM WIND GUST. |
| Aug 6, 5:35 PM MDT | TSTM WND GST 48 | 5 Se Ennis, MT | 48 MPH WIND GUST AT THE ENNIS AIRPORT. |
| Aug 6, 5:38 PM MDT | TSTM WND GST 62 | Ennis, MT | 62 MPH WIND GUST IN ENNIS. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Great_falls, MT (KTFX), launched 12:00Z, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 231 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
- 2513 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 5 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 2 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
032 WWUS85 KMSO 061701 RFWMSO URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 1101 AM MDT SAT AUG 6 2016 MTZ110-111-070300- /O.UPG.KMSO.FW.A.0003.160806T2100Z-160807T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KMSO.FW.W.0005.160806T2100Z-160807T0300Z/ DEERLODGE/WEST BEAVERHEAD-EAST BEAVERHEAD- 1101 AM MDT SAT AUG 6 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING... THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE ZONE 110 (DEERLODGE/WEST BEAVERHEAD). FIRE ZONE 111 (EAST BEAVERHEAD). * THUNDERSTORMS: THUNDERSTORMS WILL BEGIN FORMING AROUND 1500 LT OVER HIGH TERRAIN ALONG IDAHO/MONTANA BORDER. THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE EASTWARD THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING...PRODUCING POCKETS OF MULTIPLE DOWNSTRIKES...LITTLE RAINFALL...AND BRIEF ERRATIC OUTFLOW WINDS TO 40 MPH. THE DILLON AND MADISON DISTRICTS ARE THE MOST LIKELY AREAS FOR DRY THUNDERSTORMS. THE THUNDERSTORM THREAT WILL DIMINISH BY 2100 LT. && $$
1 follow-up statement
006 WWUS85 KMSO 070258 RFWMSO URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 858 PM MDT SAT AUG 6 2016 MTZ110-111-070400- /O.EXP.KMSO.FW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-160807T0300Z/ DEERLODGE/WEST BEAVERHEAD-EAST BEAVERHEAD- 858 PM MDT SAT AUG 6 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING... * AFFECTED AREA: FIRE ZONE 110 (DEERLODGE/WEST BEAVERHEAD). FIRE ZONE 111 (EAST BEAVERHEAD). * THUNDERSTORMS: ACTIVITY HAS DIMINISHED ACROSS THE AREA. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Missoula, MT issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 7:01 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | MSO | Sanders | 29 min |
| Aug 5, 7:31 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | MSO | Lake | 29 min |
| Aug 6, 2:01 PM MDT | Flash Flood Watch | MSO | Flathead, Lake | 30 hr |
| Aug 6, 2:11 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | MSO | Ravalli | 49 min |
| Aug 6, 2:52 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | MSO | Deer Lodge | 38 min |
| Aug 6, 3:18 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | MSO | Beaverhead | 27 min |
| Aug 6, 3:21 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | MSO | Ravalli | 39 min |
| Aug 6, 3:25 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | MSO | Deer Lodge | 35 min |
| Aug 6, 3:31 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | MSO | Powell | 44 min |
| Aug 6, 3:45 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | MSO | 45 min | |
| Aug 6, 3:52 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | MSO | Missoula | 53 min |
| Aug 6, 4:18 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MSO | Missoula, Ravalli | 42 min |
| Aug 6, 4:37 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | MSO | Powell | 38 min |
| Aug 6, 4:53 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | MSO | Flathead | 52 min |
| Aug 6, 5:11 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | MSO | Flathead | 34 min |
| Aug 6, 5:18 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | MSO | Lake | 42 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.