Alert archive / Montana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2016
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 5, NWS Missoula, MT
NWS Missoula, MT issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 8, 2016, 6:06 PM MDT for Flathead County, Montana. It was in force for 24 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 8, 2016, 6:06 PM MDT (00:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 8, 2016, 6:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Missoula, MT
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Flathead County, MT
The radar
The Missoula radar (KMSX), 136 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:09 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 8, 6:12 PM MDT | HAIL 1.25 | Evergreen, MT | . |
| Jun 8, 6:17 PM MDT | HAIL 1 | 3 Sse Columbia Falls, MT | RECEIVED A REPORT OF 1 INCH OR LARGER HAIL FROM THE PUBLIC ON SOCIAL MEDIA. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 8, 3:07 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Spokane, WA (KOTX), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 180 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
- 2391 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 68 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -60 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 200 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
373 WUUS55 KMSO 090006 SVRMSO MTC029-090030- /O.NEW.KMSO.SV.W.0005.160609T0006Z-160609T0030Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 606 PM MDT WED JUN 8 2016 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... CENTRAL FLATHEAD COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN MONTANA... * UNTIL 630 PM MDT * AT 606 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED OVER EVERGREEN...AND MOVING EAST-NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... KALISPELL...EVERGREEN...LA SALLE...MARTIN CITY...HUNGRY HORSE AND CRESTON. 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. && LAT...LON 4818 11430 4829 11434 4845 11392 4818 11378 TIME...MOT...LOC 0006Z 249DEG 26KT 4823 11425 $$
2 follow-up statements
632 WWUS55 KMSO 090018 SVSMSO SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 618 PM MDT WED JUN 8 2016 MTC029-090030- /O.CON.KMSO.SV.W.0005.000000T0000Z-160609T0030Z/ FLATHEAD MT- 618 PM MDT WED JUN 8 2016 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM MDT FOR CENTRAL FLATHEAD COUNTY... AT 617 PM MDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES EAST OF EVERGREEN...MOVING EAST-NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... LA SALLE...HUNGRY HORSE AND MARTIN CITY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. && LAT...LON 4821 11423 4832 11426 4845 11392 4818 11378 TIME...MOT...LOC 0017Z 249DEG 26KT 4826 11413 $$
826
WWUS55 KMSO 090029
SVSMSO
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
629 PM MDT WED JUN 8 2016
MTC029-090038-
/O.EXP.KMSO.SV.W.0005.000000T0000Z-160609T0030Z/
FLATHEAD MT-
629 PM MDT WED JUN 8 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL FLATHEAD COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 630 PM MDT...
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF
THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
LAT...LON 4821 11423 4832 11426 4845 11392 4818 11378
TIME...MOT...LOC 0027Z 249DEG 26KT 4826 11413
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Missoula, MT issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 8, 6:07 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | MSO | 38 min | |
| Jun 8, 6:11 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | MSO | Lake | 64 min |
| Jun 8, 6:16 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MSO | Flathead | 29 min |
| Jun 8, 6:22 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MSO | Lake, Sanders | 24 min |
| Jun 8, 6:26 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | MSO | Mineral | 34 min |
| Jun 8, 6:31 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | MSO | Flathead | 29 min |
| Jun 8, 6:37 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MSO | Mineral, Missoula, Sanders | 38 min |
| Jun 8, 6:44 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MSO | Lake | 28 min |
| Jun 8, 7:12 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | MSO | Flathead | 33 min |
| Jun 8, 8:41 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | MSO | Granite, Silver Bow | 64 min |
| Jun 8, 9:05 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | MSO | Ravalli | 40 min |
| Jun 8, 9:12 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MSO | Deer Lodge, Granite, Powell, Silver Bow | 33 min |
| Jun 8, 9:39 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | MSO | Missoula | 66 min |
| Jun 8, 9:47 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | MSO | Powell | 43 min |
| Jun 9, 3:20 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | MSO | Deer Lodge | 40 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.