Severe Thunderstorm Warning 3, NWS Missoula, MT

Issued

Jun 8, 2016, 4:52 PM MDT (22:52 UTC)

Expired

Jun 8, 2016, 5:15 PM MDT

In force

23 min

Issued by

NWS Missoula, MT

Area

Storm-based polygon

Counties Mineral County, MT, Sanders County, MT

The Missoula radar (KMSX), 124 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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620 
WUUS55 KMSO 082252
SVRMSO
MTC061-089-082315-
/O.NEW.KMSO.SV.W.0003.160608T2252Z-160608T2315Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
452 PM MDT WED JUN 8 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN MINERAL COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MONTANA...
  CENTRAL SANDERS COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN MONTANA...

* UNTIL 515 PM MDT

* AT 451 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
  CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS
  OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR LOOKOUT PASS...OR 13 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF THOMPSON FALLS...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  I-90...THOMPSON FALLS...PLAINS...ST. REGIS...HAUGAN...DE BORGIA...
  PARADISE...SALTESE...EDDY...WEEKSVILLE...SNIDER...TAFT...
  EAST PORTAL AND BELKNAP.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE
HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR
PROTECTION...MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR
HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE
INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE
HAIL AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE
TO A SHELTER...PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AND AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.

THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION DANGEROUS WIND SPEEDS
EXPECTED. MOBILE HOMES AND HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ARE ESPECIALLY
SUSCEPTIBLE TO WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE AND MAY BE OVERTURNED. FOR
YOUR PROTECTION MOVE IMMEDIATELY TO A SAFE SHELTER OR TO AN INTERIOR
ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.
THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO CAUSE SERIOUS INJURY AND SIGNIFICANT
PROPERTY DAMAGE.

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.

&&

LAT...LON 4742 11576 4745 11571 4746 11564 4748 11563
      4748 11569 4752 11571 4753 11570 4755 11575
      4791 11507 4735 11465 4725 11532 4726 11534
      4726 11541 4728 11542 4730 11552 4735 11555
      4738 11561 4738 11564 4743 11573
TIME...MOT...LOC 2251Z 230DEG 85KT 4746 11557 

$$

374 
WWUS55 KMSO 082311
SVSMSO

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
511 PM MDT WED JUN 8 2016

MTC061-089-082320-
/O.EXP.KMSO.SV.W.0003.000000T0000Z-160608T2315Z/
MINERAL MT-SANDERS MT-
511 PM MDT WED JUN 8 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN MINERAL AND
CENTRAL SANDERS COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 515 PM MDT...
    
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

LAT...LON 4742 11576 4745 11571 4746 11564 4748 11563
      4748 11569 4752 11571 4753 11570 4755 11575
      4791 11507 4735 11465 4725 11532 4726 11534
      4726 11541 4728 11542 4730 11552 4735 11555
      4738 11561 4738 11564 4743 11573
TIME...MOT...LOC 2300Z 230DEG 85KT 4746 11557 

$$

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