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Special Weather Statement, NWS Missoula, MT

June 13, 2021Missoula County, Montana

NWS Missoula, MT issued this special weather statement at Jun 13, 2021, 7:21 PM MDT for Missoula County, Montana. It was in force for 39 min. 3 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
Jun 13, 2021, 7:21 PM MDT (01:21 UTC)
Expired
Jun 13, 2021, 8:00 PM MDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Missoula, MT

County Missoula County, MT

The radar

The Missoula radar (KMSX), 42 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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
Jun 13, 7:30 PM MDTTSTM WND DMG2 E Seeley Lake, MTREPORTED 60 FOOT PONDEROSA PINE FELL ONTO SHOP. 2 FEET IN DIAMETER. SECTION JACK FENCES WERE TIPPED OVER.
Jun 13, 7:30 PM MDTTSTM WND DMG4 Nnw Clearwater, MTROCKS AND TREE BLOCKING NORTH BOUND LANE OF HIGHWAY 83, 4 MILES NORTH OF HIGHWAY 200.
Jun 13, 7:30 PM MDTTSTM WND DMG5 Sse Seeley Lake, MTLARGE TREE BLOCKING NORTH BOUND LANE OF HIGHWAY 83, 9 MILES NORTH OF HIGHWAY 200.

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

The nearest sounding before it

Great_falls, MT (KTFX), launched 00:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 219 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 00:00Z on 2021-06-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 253 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, Great_falls, MT at 00:00Z on 2021-06-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 68 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
253 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-91 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
3063 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
68 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
217 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
3.0

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The text

As transmitted.

444 
WWUS85 KMSO 140121
SPSMSO

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Missoula MT
721 PM MDT Sun Jun 13 2021
 
MTZ043-140200-
Potomac/Seeley Lake Region MT-
721 PM MDT Sun Jun 13 2021

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN MISSOULA AND
NORTHWESTERN POWELL COUNTIES UNTIL 800 PM MDT...

At 721 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from 6 miles southeast of Evaro to 10 miles west of
Ovando. Movement was north at 20 mph.

Pea size hail and winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible with
these storms.

Locations impacted include...
Seeley Lake and Clearwater. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Persons in campgrounds should consider seeking sturdy shelter until
these storms pass.

&&

LAT...LON 4738 11308 4716 11336 4695 11338 4697 11387
      4716 11381 4739 11380
TIME...MOT...LOC 0121Z 188DEG 19KT 4701 11393 4699 11339 

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 13, 6:07 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementMSOGranite23 min
Jun 13, 6:13 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementMSOPowell47 min
Jun 13, 6:33 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementMSOPowell27 min
Jun 13, 7:12 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementMSOPowell33 min
Jun 14, 12:00 PM MDTRed Flag WarningMSOBeaverhead, Deer Lodge, Granite, Jefferson, Madison, Powell and 1 more36 hr
Jun 13, 8:32 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementMSOIdaho13 min
Jun 13, 8:47 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementMSOClearwater13 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.