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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 22, NWS Missoula, MT

September 2, 20264 counties in Montana

NWS Missoula, MT issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 2, 2026, 1:34 PM MDT for 4 counties in Montana. It was in force for 26 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 2, 2026, 1:34 PM MDT (19:34 UTC)
Expired
Sep 2, 2026, 2:00 PM MDT
In force
26 min
Issued by
NWS Missoula, MT
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

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

The radar

The Missoula radar (KMSX), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:39 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Great_falls, MT (KTFX), launched 12:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 225 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 2026-09-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 7 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Great_falls, MT at 12:00Z on 2026-09-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 14 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
7 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-267 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1700 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
14 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
49 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 1, 6:36 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementMSOMissoula24 min
Sep 1, 7:05 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementMSOMissoula25 min
Sep 2, 11:29 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementMSORavalli31 min
Sep 2, 11:56 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementMSORavalli34 min
Sep 2, 12:21 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementMSODeer Lodge, Ravalli24 min
Sep 2, 1:02 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementMSOGranite28 min
Sep 2, 1:21 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementMSOPowell24 min
Sep 2, 1:59 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMSOPowell21 min
Sep 2, 2:08 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementMSOLake52 min
Sep 2, 2:44 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementMSOFlathead31 min
Sep 2, 3:19 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementMSOFlathead41 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.