Alert archive / Montana / Tornado Warnings in 1990
Tornado Warning 2, NWS Billings, MT
NWS Billings, MT issued this tornado warning at May 24, 1990, 4:12 PM MDT for Golden Valley County, Wheatland County, Montana. It was in force for 63 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 24, 1990, 4:12 PM MDT (22:12 UTC)
- Expired
- May 24, 1990, 5:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 63 min
- Issued by
- NWS Billings, MT
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Golden Valley County, MT, Wheatland County, MT
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
The nearest sounding before it
Great_falls, MT (KTFX), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 142 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3613 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 62 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 17 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KBIL 242212
TORBIL
MTC037-107-242315-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
412 PM MDT THU MAY 24 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 515 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES
IN THE STATE OF MONTANA
WESTERN GOLDEN VALLEY...WHEATLAND...INCLUDING THE CITY OF
HARLOWTON
AT 410 PM MDT THE SHERIFF OFFICE AT RYEGATE IN GOLDEN VALLEY MT
REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD 11/2 MILES SOUTHWEST OF RYE GATE AND WAS
MOVING TO THE NORTHWEST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR.
DO NOT USE YOUR CAR TO TRY TO OUTRUN A TORNADO. CARS ARE EASILY
TOSSED AROUND BY TORNADO WINDS. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE PATH OF
A TORNADO...LEAVE THE CAR AND GO TO A STRONG BUILDING. IF NO
STRUCTURE IS NEARBY...TAKE SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT.
THORICHTWhat forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 24, 12:35 PM MDT, 3 hours 37 minutes before
WYZ003-004-005-242030 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHERIDAN WY 1240 PM MDT THU MAY 24 1990 ...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP IN NORTH CENTRAL WYOMING... AT 1230 PM MDT RADAR SHOWED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING IN NORTH CENTRAL WYOMING. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE ABOUT 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BUFFALO WYOMING. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 15 TO 20 MILES AN HOUR. SOME OF THESE STORMS WILL HAVE STRONG GUST-Y WIND...BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND SOME HAIL. IF THREATENING WEATHER APROACHES GO TO A SAFE PLACE. ZEGLIN
Special weather statement, May 24, 1:29 PM MDT, 2 hours 43 minutes before
WYZ005-242130 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHERIDAN WY 135 PM MDT THU MAY 24 1990 ...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP IN NORTH CENTRAL WYOMING... AT 110 PM MDT THIS THURSDAY AFTERNOON THE PUBLIC REPORTED PEA SIZE HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN IN STORY WYOMING SOME 12 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF SHERIDAN WYOMING. RADAR SHOWED THIS STORM MOVING NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 20 MILES AN HOUR. THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD CONTINUE IN NORTH CENTRAL WYOMING THE REST OF THIS AFTERNOON. SOME OF THESE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO HAVE STRONG GUSTY WINDS...BREIF HEAVY RAIN AND SOME HAIL. A TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES TO BE IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF EASTERN WYOMING EAST OF SHERIDAN COUNTY. IF THREATENING WEATHER AwPPROACHES GO TO A SAFE PLACE. ZEGLIN
Special weather statement, May 24, 2:32 PM MDT, 1 hour 40 minutes before
WYZ005-242230 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHERIDAN WY 235 PM MDT THU MAY 24 1990 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTH CENTRAL WYOMING... AT 220 PM MDT THIS THURSDAY AFTERNOON THE PUBLIC REPORTED MARBLE SIZE HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN AT LAKE DE SMET 25 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF SHERIDAN WYOMING. RADAR SHOWED THIS STORM MOVING NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 20 MILES AN HOUR. THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD CONTINUE IN NORTH CENTRAL WYOMING THE REST OF THIS AFTERNOON. SOME OF THESE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO HAVE STRONG GUSTY WINDS...BREIF HEAVY RAIN AND SOME HAIL. A TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES TO BE IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF EASTERN WYOMING EAST OF SHERIDAN COUNTY UNTIL 7 PM MDT. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES GO TO A SAFE PLACE. ZEGLIN
Special weather statement, May 24, 3:37 PM MDT, 35 minutes before
WYZ003-242300 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHERIDAN WY 340 PM MDT THU MAY 24 1990 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE IN NORTH CENTRAL WYOMING... AT 320 PM MDT THIS THURSDAY AFTERNOON THE FIRE DEPARTMENT REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD MOVING NORTH AT FRANNIE WYOMING...73 MILES NORTH N0RTHEAST OF WORLAND WYOMING. RADAR SHOWED THIS STORM MOVING NORTH ABOUT 20 MILES AN HOUR. THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD CONTINUE IN NORTH CENTRAL WYOMING THE REST OF THIS AFTERNOON. SOME OF THESE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO HAVE STRONG GUSTY WINDS...BREIF HEAVY RAIN AND SOME HAIL. A TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES TO BE IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF EASTERN WYOMING EAST OF SHERIDAN COUNTY UNTIL 7 PM MDT. IF THREATENING+ WEATHER APPROACHES GO TO A SAFE PLACE. ZEGLIN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Billings, MT issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 3:34 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BYZ | Carbon | 56 min |
| May 24, 5:04 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BYZ | Yellowstone | 56 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.