Alert archive / Montana / Winter Storm Warnings in 2016
Winter Storm Warning 2, NWS Missoula, MT
NWS Missoula, MT issued this winter storm warning at Jan 14, 2016, 10:19 AM MST for Flathead County, Lake County, Sanders County, Montana. It was in force for 7 hr. 1 report 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
- Jan 14, 2016, 10:19 AM MST (17:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 14, 2016, 5:00 PM MST
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Missoula, MT
Counties Flathead County, MT, Lake County, MT, Sanders County, MT
The radar
The Missoula radar (KMSX), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:25 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 14, 4:20 PM MST | HEAVY SNOW 10 | 4 Sse Creston, MT | 3.5 INCHES BY 10 AM. ADDITIONS 6.5 INCHES SINCE 10 AM |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Spokane, WA (KOTX), launched 12:00Z, 5.3 hours before the alert went out and 149 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
- 1224 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 11 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -14 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 18 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
705 WWUS45 KMSO 141719 WSWMSO URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 1019 AM MST THU JAN 14 2016 IDZ005-006-009-010-MTZ004>006-141830- /O.CAN.KMSO.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-160114T1800Z/ 1019 AM MST THU JAN 14 2016 /919 AM PST THU JAN 14 2016/ ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. $$ MTZ003-150000- /O.UPG.KMSO.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-160114T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KMSO.WS.W.0002.160114T1719Z-160115T0000Z/ 1019 AM MST THU JAN 14 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR WET HEAVY SNOW AND HAZARDOUS WINTER TRAVEL...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * IMPACTS/TIMING: PROLONGED WET, HEAVY SNOW HAS BEEN INTENSIFYING ACROSS MAINLY THE FLATHEAD VALLEY, AND IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE AT A HEAVY RATE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. POWER LINES MAY BE DIRECTLY AFFECTED BY WET HEAVY SNOWFALL, WITH POWER OUTAGES A HIGH PROBABILITY. ROAD CONDITIONS WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS DURING THIS TIME. SNOWFALL ALONG THE SOUTH END OF FLATHEAD LAKE THROUGH THE MISSION VALLEY MAY ONLY SEE PERIODS OF INTENSE SNOWFALL, WITH LESS EXTREME ACCUMULATIONS THAN THOSE IN THE FLATHEAD VALLEY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 7 INCHES IN VALLEYS... WITH HIGHER TERRAIN RECEIVING OVER ONE FOOT OF SNOW THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...FLATHEAD LAKE...FLATHEAD VALLEY... MISSION VALLEY...POLSON $$ MTZ002-150000- /O.UPG.KMSO.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-160115T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMSO.WS.W.0002.160114T1719Z-160115T0000Z/ 1019 AM MST THU JAN 14 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR WET HEAVY SNOW AND HAZARDOUS WINTER TRAVEL...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * IMPACTS/TIMING: PROLONGED WET, HEAVY SNOW HAS BEEN INTENSIFYING AND IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE AT A HEAVY RATE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. POWER LINES MAY BE DIRECTLY AFFECTED BY WET HEAVY SNOWFALL, WITH POWER OUTAGES A HIGH PROBABILITY. ROAD CONDITIONS WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS DURING THIS TIME. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 7 INCHES FOR VALLEYS. HIGHER AMOUNTS OF OVER ONE FOOT OF SNOW IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BAD ROCK CANYON...ESSEX...HIGHWAY 83 BIGFORK TO SWAN LAKE...MARIAS PASS...POLEBRIDGE $$ MTZ001-150000- /O.EXT.KMSO.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-160115T0000Z/ 1019 AM MST THU JAN 14 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... * IMPACTS/TIMING: THE COMBINATION FOR FREEZING RAIN... FREEZING FOG... AND SNOW WILL CONTINUE THE THREAT OF ICY CONDITIONS. THESE CHANGEABLE ROAD CONDITIONS WILL MAKE FOR POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL THROUGH THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: VALLEYS COULD SEE UP TO 3 INCHES... WITH HIGHER TERRAIN RECEIVING 6 TO 10 INCHES. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...HIGHWAY 2 KALISPELL TO LIBBY... HIGHWAY 37 EUREKA TO LIBBY...HIGHWAY 56 BULL LAKE ROAD... HIGHWAY 93 EUREKA TO WHITEFISH $$ MTZ043-150000- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-160115T0000Z/ 1019 AM MST THU JAN 14 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... * IMPACTS/TIMING: WET HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE THE THREAT OF SNOWY, ICY TRAVEL. CHANGEABLE ROAD CONDITIONS WILL MAKE FOR POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL THROUGH LATER THIS AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 3 TO 5 INCHES. HIGHER AMOUNTS LIKELY NORTH OF CONDON ALONG HIGHWAY 83. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...HIGHWAY 200 BONNER TO GREENOUGH... HIGHWAY 83 SEELEY LAKE TO CONDON...I-90 EAST MISSOULA TO BEARMOUTH $$
1 follow-up statement
798 WWUS45 KMSO 150001 WSWMSO URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 501 PM MST THU JAN 14 2016 MTZ002-003-151600- /O.EXP.KMSO.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160115T0000Z/ /O.EXB.KMSO.WW.Y.0004.160115T0001Z-160115T1600Z/ 501 PM MST THU JAN 14 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM MST FRIDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND SLICK ROADS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM MST FRIDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: WIDESPREAD SNOW WILL STEADILY DECREASE OVER NIGHT, BUT TEMPERATURES IN THE TWENTIES WILL CAUSE REFREEZE OF WET AND SLUSHY ROADS CREATING HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: UP TO AN INCH OF NEW SNOW WITH BIGFORK AND CRESTON AREA GETTING AN ADDITION 1 TO 3 INCHES. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BAD ROCK CANYON...ESSEX...HIGHWAY 83 BIGFORK TO SWAN LAKE...MARIAS PASS...POLEBRIDGE...FLATHEAD LAKE...FLATHEAD VALLEY...MISSION VALLEY...POLSON $$ MTZ001-150115- /O.EXP.KMSO.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-160115T0000Z/ 501 PM MST THU JAN 14 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE OUT OF THE AREA THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...HIGHWAY 2 KALISPELL TO LIBBY... HIGHWAY 37 EUREKA TO LIBBY...HIGHWAY 56 BULL LAKE ROAD... HIGHWAY 93 EUREKA TO WHITEFISH $$ MTZ043-150115- /O.EXP.KMSO.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-160115T0000Z/ 501 PM MST THU JAN 14 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE OUT OF THE AREA THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...HIGHWAY 200 BONNER TO GREENOUGH... HIGHWAY 83 SEELEY LAKE TO CONDON...I-90 EAST MISSOULA TO BEARMOUTH $$
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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.