Alert archive / Montana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2016
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 8, NWS Missoula, MT
NWS Missoula, MT issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 8, 2016, 6:37 PM MDT for Mineral County, Missoula County, Sanders County, Montana. It was in force for 38 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
- Jun 8, 2016, 6:37 PM MDT (00:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 8, 2016, 7:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Missoula, MT
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Mineral County, MT, Missoula County, MT, Sanders County, MT
The radar
The Missoula radar (KMSX), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 121 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.
288 WUUS55 KMSO 090037 SVRMSO MTC061-063-089-090115- /O.NEW.KMSO.SV.W.0008.160609T0037Z-160609T0115Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 637 PM MDT WED JUN 8 2016 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTH CENTRAL MINERAL COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MONTANA... NORTHWESTERN MISSOULA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MONTANA... SOUTH CENTRAL SANDERS COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN MONTANA... * UNTIL 715 PM MDT * AT 637 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 SUPERIOR...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... SUPERIOR...PLAINS...PARADISE...RIVERBEND AND KEYSTONE. 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 4708 11501 4718 11520 4750 11490 4735 11460 TIME...MOT...LOC 0037Z 215DEG 35KT 4726 11497 $$
2 follow-up statements
461 WWUS55 KMSO 090056 SVSMSO SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 656 PM MDT WED JUN 8 2016 MTC061-063-089-090115- /O.CON.KMSO.SV.W.0008.000000T0000Z-160609T0115Z/ MINERAL MT-MISSOULA MT-SANDERS MT- 656 PM MDT WED JUN 8 2016 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM MDT FOR NORTHERN MINERAL...NORTHWESTERN MISSOULA AND SOUTH CENTRAL SANDERS COUNTIES... AT 655 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED OVER PARADISE...OR 15 MILES NORTH OF SUPERIOR...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... PLAINS AND PARADISE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. && LAT...LON 4725 11475 4738 11501 4750 11490 4735 11460 TIME...MOT...LOC 0055Z 215DEG 35KT 4741 11481 $$
706
WWUS55 KMSO 090106
SVSMSO
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
706 PM MDT WED JUN 8 2016
MTC061-063-089-090115-
/O.EXP.KMSO.SV.W.0008.000000T0000Z-160609T0115Z/
MINERAL MT-MISSOULA MT-SANDERS MT-
706 PM MDT WED JUN 8 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN MINERAL...
NORTHWESTERN MISSOULA AND SOUTH CENTRAL SANDERS COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE
AT 715 PM MDT...
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED
MOVED OUT OF THE AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO
EXPIRE.
LAT...LON 4725 11475 4738 11501 4750 11490 4735 11460
TIME...MOT...LOC 0100Z 215DEG 35KT 4741 11481
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Missoula, MT issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 8, 6:06 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MSO | Flathead | 24 min |
| 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, 6:44 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.