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Special Weather Statement, NWS Missoula, MT

July 1, 2021Missoula County, Montana

NWS Missoula, MT issued this special weather statement at Jul 1, 2021, 5:21 PM MDT for Missoula County, Montana. It was in force for 24 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
Jul 1, 2021, 5:21 PM MDT (23:21 UTC)
Expired
Jul 1, 2021, 5:45 PM MDT
In force
24 min
Issued by
NWS Missoula, MT

County Missoula County, MT

The radar

The Missoula radar (KMSX), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Great_falls, MT (KTFX), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 224 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 2021-07-01Temperature 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 2021-07-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -63 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
3408 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
14 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-63 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-11 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

644 
WWUS85 KMSO 012321
SPSMSO

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Missoula MT
521 PM MDT Thu Jul 1 2021
 
MTZ007-043-012345-
Butte/Blackfoot Region MT-Potomac/Seeley Lake Region MT-
521 PM MDT Thu Jul 1 2021

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EAST CENTRAL MISSOULA...NORTH
CENTRAL GRANITE AND WEST CENTRAL POWELL COUNTIES UNTIL 545 PM MDT...

At 521 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 13
miles south of Seeley Lake, or 26 miles northwest of Drummond, moving
east at 5 mph.

Pea size hail and winds in excess of 30 mph will be possible with
this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Potomac, Greenough and Clearwater. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4687 11359 4705 11358 4709 11327 4682 11328
TIME...MOT...LOC 2321Z 271DEG 5KT 4696 11348 

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 1, 1:45 PM MDTRed Flag WarningMSOBeaverhead, Deer Lodge, Granite, Jefferson, Madison, Powell and 1 more30 hr
Jul 1, 3:42 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementMSO48 min
Jul 1, 5:16 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementMSOGranite44 min
Jul 1, 5:23 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementMSOPowell37 min
Jul 1, 5:42 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementMSOMissoula48 min
Jul 1, 5:56 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMSOMissoula34 min
Jun 30, 7:12 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementMSOAdams18 min
Jul 1, 12:37 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementMSOClearwater23 min
Jul 1, 5:41 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementMSOLewis49 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.