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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 9, NWS Missoula, MT
NWS Missoula, MT issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 8, 2016, 6:44 PM MDT for Lake County, Montana. It was in force for 28 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, 6:44 PM MDT (00:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 8, 2016, 7:12 PM MDT
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Missoula, MT
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Lake County, MT
The radar
The Missoula radar (KMSX), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:42 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, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 172 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.
867
WUUS55 KMSO 090044
SVRMSO
MTC047-090130-
/O.NEW.KMSO.SV.W.0009.160609T0044Z-160609T0130Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
644 PM MDT WED JUN 8 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL LAKE COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN MONTANA...
* UNTIL 730 PM MDT
* AT 643 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED
NEAR OLD AGENCY...OR 20 MILES SOUTH OF POLSON. THIS STORM WAS
MOVING NORTH - NORTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
POLSON...RONAN...JETTE...PABLO...KERR...TURTLE LAKE...
FINLEY POINT...FORT CONNAH...ALLENTOWN...KICKING HORSE...
CHARLO AND ROUND BUTTE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING
AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE
INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
&&
LAT...LON 4738 11400 4740 11430 4750 11426 4762 11428
4771 11425 4779 11388 4747 11397
TIME...MOT...LOC 0043Z 180DEG 0KT 4739 11422
$$2 follow-up statements
695
WWUS55 KMSO 090110
SVSMSO
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
710 PM MDT WED JUN 8 2016
MTC047-090130-
/O.CON.KMSO.SV.W.0009.000000T0000Z-160609T0130Z/
LAKE MT-
710 PM MDT WED JUN 8 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM MDT
FOR CENTRAL LAKE COUNTY...
AT 709 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG WINDS TO 45 MPH AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR OLD AGENCY...OR 21 MILES SOUTH OF
POLSON. THIS STORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
POLSON...RONAN...JETTE...PABLO...KERR...TURTLE LAKE...FINLEY POINT...
FORT CONNAH...ALLENTOWN...KICKING HORSE...CHARLO AND ROUND BUTTE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE
HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION
MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR
BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS
WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
&&
LAT...LON 4738 11400 4740 11430 4750 11426 4762 11428
4771 11425 4779 11388 4747 11397
TIME...MOT...LOC 0109Z 180DEG 0KT 4739 11422
$$692
WWUS55 KMSO 090112
SVSMSO
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
712 PM MDT WED JUN 8 2016
MTC047-090121-
/O.CAN.KMSO.SV.W.0009.000000T0000Z-160609T0130Z/
LAKE MT-
712 PM MDT WED JUN 8 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL LAKE COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
LAT...LON 4738 11400 4740 11430 4750 11426 4762 11428
4771 11425 4779 11388 4747 11397
TIME...MOT...LOC 0106Z 180DEG 0KT 4739 11422
$$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, 6:37 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MSO | Mineral, Missoula, Sanders | 38 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.