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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Missoula, MT

May 25, 2018Idaho County, Idaho

NWS Missoula, MT issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 25, 2018, 4:23 PM PDT for Idaho County, Idaho. It was in force for 37 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
May 25, 2018, 4:23 PM PDT (23:23 UTC)
Expired
May 25, 2018, 5:00 PM PDT
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS Missoula, MT
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Idaho County, ID

The radar

The Missoula radar (KMSX), 160 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:25 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Spokane, WA (KOTX), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 194 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Spokane, WA at 12:00Z on 2018-05-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Spokane, WA at 12:00Z on 2018-05-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 49 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1681 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
49 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
88 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

054 
WUUS55 KMSO 252323
SVRMSO
IDC049-260000-
/O.NEW.KMSO.SV.W.0002.180525T2323Z-180526T0000Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Missoula MT
423 PM PDT FRI MAY 25 2018

The National Weather Service in Missoula has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Central Idaho County in central Idaho...

* Until 500 PM PDT

* At 422 PM PDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 10 miles south of
  Lowell, or 28 miles southeast of Kamiah, moving north at 15 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. 

  SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

  IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. 

* Locations impacted include...
  Lowell and Syringa. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 4595 11537 4590 11562 4623 11581 4629 11543
TIME...MOT...LOC 2322Z 165DEG 14KT 4600 11552 

HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$
1 follow-up statement
179 
WWUS55 KMSO 252358
SVSMSO

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Missoula MT
458 PM PDT FRI MAY 25 2018

IDC049-260007-
/O.EXP.KMSO.SV.W.0002.000000T0000Z-180526T0000Z/
Idaho ID-
458 PM PDT FRI MAY 25 2018

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL IDAHO COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 500 PM PDT...
                
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 will be allowed to expire.

LAT...LON 4595 11537 4590 11562 4623 11581 4629 11543
TIME...MOT...LOC 2357Z 165DEG 14KT 4612 11557 

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Missoula, MT issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 25, 12:18 PM PDTFlash Flood WatchMSOClearwater, Idaho11 hr
May 25, 2:59 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementMSOIdaho31 min
May 25, 3:38 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementMSOIdaho52 min
May 25, 3:50 PM PDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMSOLemhi3 hr
May 25, 4:02 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementMSOIdaho43 min
May 25, 4:09 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementMSOIdaho51 min

Nearby

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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.