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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Billings, MT

June 15, 1995Golden Valley County, Montana

NWS Billings, MT issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 15, 1995, 8:16 PM MDT for Golden Valley County, Montana. It was in force for 59 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 15, 1995, 8:16 PM MDT (02:16 UTC)
Expired
Jun 15, 1995, 9:15 PM MDT
In force
59 min
Issued by
NWS Billings, MT
Area
Whole counties

County Golden Valley County, MT

The nearest sounding before it

Great_falls, MT (KTFX), launched 00:00Z, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 162 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 1995-06-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2002 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 00:00Z on 1995-06-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 110 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
2002 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-59 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
960 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
110 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
256 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.7
Supercell composite
7.7

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The text

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 15, 6:59 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBYZSweet Grass, Wheatland31 min
Jun 15, 7:18 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBYZWheatland57 min
Jun 15, 9:17 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBYZGolden Valley58 min
Jun 15, 9:59 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBYZMusselshell52 min
Jun 15, 10:19 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBYZGolden Valley32 min
Jun 16, 5:11 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBYZGolden Valley, Stillwater, Sweet Grass64 min
Jun 16, 5:54 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBYZGolden Valley66 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.