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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Missoula, MT

July 7, 2021Lemhi County, Idaho

NWS Missoula, MT issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 7, 2021, 1:30 PM MDT for Lemhi County, Idaho. It was in force for 30 min. 4 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jul 7, 2021, 1:30 PM MDT (19:30 UTC)
Expired
Jul 7, 2021, 2:00 PM MDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Missoula, MT
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Lemhi County, ID

The radar

The Pocatello radar (KSFX), 215 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:29 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 7, 1:36 PM MDTTSTM WND GST 502 Nne Leadore, IDMESONET STATION LDOI1 LEADORE.
Jul 7, 1:50 PM MDTTSTM WND GST 515 Nne Williams Lake, IDELEVATION 4,331 FT.
Jul 7, 1:56 PM MDTTSTM WND GST 484 Sse Salmon, IDAWOS STATION KSMN SALMON AWOS.
Jul 7, 2:00 PM MDTTSTM WND GST 531 W Salmon, IDMESONET STATION FW1222 SALMON.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Boise Airport, ID (KBOI), launched 12:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 260 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, Boise Airport, ID at 12:00Z on 2021-07-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 51 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, Boise Airport, ID at 12:00Z on 2021-07-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 23 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
51 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-343 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
3630 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
23 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
83 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

522 
WUUS55 KMSO 071930
SVRMSO
IDC059-072000-
/O.NEW.KMSO.SV.W.0002.210707T1930Z-210707T2000Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Missoula MT
130 PM MDT Wed Jul 7 2021

The National Weather Service in Missoula has issued a

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

* Until 200 PM MDT.

* At 129 PM MDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from 22 miles southwest of Salmon to near Leadore, moving
  north at 30 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

* Locations impacted include...
  Salmon, Lemhi, Leadore, Carmen, Williams Lake, Baker and Tendoy. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4490 11423 4529 11403 4514 11357 4511 11355
      4511 11352 4509 11352 4506 11345 4496 11344
      4494 11350 4487 11345 4484 11342 4484 11338
      4482 11335 4479 11335 4482 11326 4481 11321
      4460 11338
TIME...MOT...LOC 1929Z 195DEG 26KT 4490 11413 4468 11342 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$
3 follow-up statements
432 
WWUS55 KMSO 071943
SVSMSO

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Missoula MT
143 PM MDT Wed Jul 7 2021

IDC059-072000-
/O.CON.KMSO.SV.W.0002.000000T0000Z-210707T2000Z/
Lemhi ID-
143 PM MDT Wed Jul 7 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 PM MDT
FOR CENTRAL LEMHI COUNTY...

At 143 PM MDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from 18 miles southwest of Salmon to near Leadore, moving
north at 30 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

Locations impacted include...
Salmon, Lemhi, Leadore, Carmen, Williams Lake, Baker and Tendoy. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4493 11413 4529 11403 4514 11357 4511 11355
      4511 11352 4509 11352 4506 11345 4496 11344
      4494 11350 4487 11345 4484 11342 4484 11338
      4482 11335 4479 11335 4482 11326 4481 11321
      4464 11335
TIME...MOT...LOC 1943Z 195DEG 26KT 4496 11411 4474 11340 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$
130 
WWUS55 KMSO 071951
SVSMSO

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Missoula MT
151 PM MDT Wed Jul 7 2021

IDC059-072000-
/O.CON.KMSO.SV.W.0002.000000T0000Z-210707T2000Z/
Lemhi ID-
151 PM MDT Wed Jul 7 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 PM MDT
FOR CENTRAL LEMHI COUNTY...

At 151 PM MDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from 13 miles southwest of Salmon to 9 miles north of
Leadore, moving north at 30 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

Locations impacted include...
Salmon, Tendoy, Carmen and Baker. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4507 11400 4529 11403 4514 11357 4511 11355
      4511 11352 4509 11352 4506 11345 4496 11344
      4494 11350 4487 11345 4484 11342 4484 11338
      4482 11335 4479 11335 4482 11326 4481 11321
      4470 11330 4492 11368
TIME...MOT...LOC 1951Z 195DEG 26KT 4504 11408 4482 11337 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$
503 
WWUS55 KMSO 071955
SVSMSO

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Missoula MT
155 PM MDT Wed Jul 7 2021

IDC059-072005-
/O.EXP.KMSO.SV.W.0002.000000T0000Z-210707T2000Z/
Lemhi ID-
155 PM MDT Wed Jul 7 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL LEMHI COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 200 PM MDT...
    
The storms which prompted the warning have moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.  However gusty
winds are still possible with these thunderstorms.

LAT...LON 4507 11400 4529 11403 4514 11357 4511 11355
      4511 11352 4509 11352 4506 11345 4496 11344
      4494 11350 4487 11345 4484 11342 4484 11338
      4482 11335 4479 11335 4482 11326 4481 11321
      4470 11330 4492 11368
TIME...MOT...LOC 1955Z 195DEG 26KT 4506 11407 4484 11336 

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 7, 1:19 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementMSOLemhi26 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.