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Wind Advisory 4, NWS Missoula, MT

June 8, 2018Lemhi County, Idaho; 4 counties in Montana

NWS Missoula, MT issued this wind advisory at Jun 8, 2018, 2:18 PM MDT for Lemhi County, Idaho; 4 counties in Montana. It took effect at Jun 9, 2018, 12:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 9 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 8, 2018, 2:18 PM MDT (20:18 UTC)
In effect from
Jun 9, 2018, 12:00 PM MDT
Expired
Jun 9, 2018, 9:00 PM MDT
In force
9 hr
Issued by
NWS Missoula, MT

Counties Lemhi County, ID, Deer Lodge County, MT, Granite County, MT, Powell County, MT, Silver Bow County, MT

The radar

The Missoula radar (KMSX), 127 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:18 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

Great_falls, MT (KTFX), launched 12:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 254 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, Great_falls, MT at 12:00Z on 2018-06-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Great_falls, MT at 12:00Z on 2018-06-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 75 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
1820 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
12 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
75 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
91 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

017 
WWUS75 KMSO 082018
NPWMSO

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Missoula MT
218 PM MDT Fri Jun 8 2018

IDZ010-092030-
/O.NEW.KMSO.WI.Y.0004.180609T1800Z-180610T0300Z/
Eastern Lemhi County-
218 PM MDT Fri Jun 8 2018

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 9 PM MDT SATURDAY...

The National Weather Service in Missoula has issued a Wind
Advisory...which is in effect from noon to 9 PM MDT Saturday. 

* Impacts/Timing: South winds will intensify across Lemhi County
  midday Saturday through Saturday evening. Also, outflow winds
  from area thunderstorms will create an erratic nature to the
  gusts. Power outages and difficult crosswinds for motorists, 
  particularly along Highway 28 south of Salmon, will be the main 
  impact.

* Winds: South 25 to 35 mph, gusting to 50 mph.

* Locations impacted include: Bannock Pass, Highway 28 Tendoy to 
  Lone Pine, Highway 93 Lost Trail Pass to Gibbonsville, Lemhi 
  Pass, and Salmon

$$

MTZ007-092030-
/O.NEW.KMSO.WI.Y.0004.180609T1800Z-180610T0300Z/
Butte/Blackfoot Region-
218 PM MDT Fri Jun 8 2018

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 9 PM MDT SATURDAY...

The National Weather Service in Missoula has issued a Wind
Advisory...which is in effect from noon to 9 PM MDT Saturday. 

* Impacts/Timing: Southwest winds will intensify across the
  Butte/Blackfoot region of southwest Montana midday Saturday
  through Saturday evening. Also, outflow winds from area
  thunderstorms will create an erratic nature to the gusts. Power
  outages and hazardous crosswinds for motorists, particularly
  along Interstate 90 and Highway 12, will be the main impact.

* Winds: Southwest 25 to 35 mph, gusting to 50 mph.

* Locations impacted include: Butte, Georgetown Lake, Highway 12 
  Garrison to Elliston, Homestake Pass, and MacDonald Pass

$$
1 follow-up statement
373 
WWUS75 KMSO 091149
NPWMSO

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Missoula MT
549 AM MDT Sat Jun 9 2018

IDZ010-100300-
/O.CON.KMSO.WI.Y.0004.180609T1800Z-180610T0300Z/
Eastern Lemhi County-
549 AM MDT Sat Jun 9 2018

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 9 PM MDT
THIS EVENING...

* Impacts/Timing: South winds will intensify across Lemhi County
  midday today through this evening. Also, outflow winds from 
  area thunderstorms will create an erratic nature to the gusts. 
  Power outages and difficult crosswinds for motorists, 
  particularly along Highway 28 south of Salmon, will be the main 
  impact. 

* Winds: South 25 to 35 mph, gusting to 50 mph.

* Locations impacted include: Bannock Pass, Highway 28 Tendoy to 
  Lone Pine, Highway 93 Lost Trail Pass to Gibbonsville, Lemhi 
  Pass, and Salmon

$$

MTZ007-100300-
/O.CON.KMSO.WI.Y.0004.180609T1800Z-180610T0300Z/
Butte/Blackfoot Region-
549 AM MDT Sat Jun 9 2018

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 9 PM MDT
THIS EVENING...

* Impacts/Timing: Southwest winds will intensify across the
  Butte/Blackfoot region of southwest Montana midday today through
  this evening. Also, outflow winds from area thunderstorms will 
  create an erratic nature to the gusts. Power outages and 
  hazardous crosswinds for motorists, particularly along 
  Interstate 90 and Highway 12, will be the main impact. 

* Winds: Southwest 25 to 35 mph, gusting to 50 mph.

* Locations impacted include: Butte, Georgetown Lake, Highway 12 
  Garrison to Elliston, Homestake Pass, and MacDonald Pass

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 7, 8:45 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementMSOMineral30 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.