Alert archive / Montana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Billings, MT
NWS Billings, MT issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 16, 1995, 7:38 PM MDT for Musselshell County, Montana. It was in force for 67 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 16, 1995, 7:38 PM MDT (01:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 16, 1995, 8:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 67 min
- Issued by
- NWS Billings, MT
- Area
- Whole counties
County Musselshell County, MT
The nearest sounding before it
Great_falls, MT (KTFX), launched 00:00Z, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 198 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
- 1071 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -128 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1366 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 75 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 164 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 1.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KBIL 170140 RRA SVRBIL MTC065-170245- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT 738 PM MDT FRI JUN 16 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BILLINGS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 845 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN CENTRAL MONTANA ...NORTHWESTERN MUSSELSHELL COUNTY AT 727 PM MDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ABOUT 10 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF ROUNDUP OR 50 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF BILLINGS. THE STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. THE STORM WILL PASS WEST AND NORTH OF ROUNDUP AND AFFECT MAINLY OPEN COUNTRY. THE STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING HAIL OF VARIOUS SIZES. PEOPLE OVER NORTHWEST MUSSELSHELL COUNTY SHOULD PREPARE FOR SEVERE WEATHER. PLEASE REPORT INSTANCES OF SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS. DON'T USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS. CHB
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm 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, Jun 16, 4:50 PM MDT, 2 hours 48 minutes before
MTZ007-162345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT 450 PM MDT FRI JUN 16 1995 AT 445 PM MDT...BILLINGS RADAR INDICATED A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM ABOUT 10 MILES WEST OF COLUMBUS IN CENTRAL STILLWATER COUNTY. THE STORM WAS MOVING NORTH AT ABOUT 15 MILES AN HOUR. AT ITS PRESENT MOVEMENT...THE STORM WILL AFFECT THE WESTERN PART OF THE NORTHERN HALF OF STILLWATER COUNTY AND PARTS OF EASTERN SWEETGRASS COUNTY. NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS AS YET BEEN REPORTED WITH THIS STORM. BUT IT MAY PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL...AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR STILLWATER COUNTY UNTIL 10 PM MDT. CHB
Special weather statement, Jun 16, 4:52 PM MDT, 2 hours 46 minutes before
MTZ007-162345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT 450 PM MDT FRI JUN 16 1995 AT 445 PM MDT...BILLINGS RADAR INDICATED A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM ABOUT 10 MILES WEST OF COLUMBUS IN CENTRAL STILLWATER COUNTY. THE STORM WAS MOVING NORTH AT ABOUT 15 MILES AN HOUR. AT ITS PRESENT MOVEMENT...THE STORM WILL AFFECT THE WESTERN PART OF THE NORTHERN HALF OF STILLWATER COUNTY AND PARTS OF EASTERN SWEETGRASS COUNTY. NO SE8VERE WEATHER HAS AS YET BEEN REPORTED WITH THIS STORM. BUT IT MAY PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL...AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR STILLWATER COUNTY UNTIL 10 PM MDT. CHB
Special weather statement, Jun 16, 5:14 PM MDT, 2 hours 24 minutes before
WYZ051-170130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHERIDAN WY 515 PM MDT FRI JUN 16 1995 ...THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING OVER EASTERN SHERIDAN COUNTY... AT 510 PM A CALL TO THE PAY AND SAVE GROCERY IN CLEARMONT REVEALED THAT RAIN AND CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WAS OCCURRING. NO HAIL OR WINDS WERE REPORTED WITH THIS STORM WHICH WAS MOVING TO THE NORTH AT ABOUT 20 MPH. IF YOU SEE THIS STORM APPROACHING YOUR AREA MOVE INDOORS. REMEMBER THAT LIGHTNING IS A KILLER. WCJIN-WYNE ALEXANDER
Special weather statement, Jun 16, 5:15 PM MDT, 2 hours 23 minutes before
WYZ051-170130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHERIDAN WY 515 PM MDT FRI JUN 16 1995 ...THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING OVER EASTERN SHERIDAN COUNTY... AT 510 PM A CALL TO THE PAY AND SAVE GROCERY IN CLEARMONT REVEALED THAT RAIN AND CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WAS OCCURRING. NO HAIL OR WINDS WERE REPORTED WITH THIS STORM WHICH WAS MOVING TO THE NORTH AT ABOUT 20 MPH. IF YOU SEE THIS STORM APPROACHING YOUR AREA MOVE INDOORS. REMEMBER THAT LIGHTNING IS A KILLER. WCJIN-WYNE ALEXANDER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Billings, MT issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 16, 6:46 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BYZ | Musselshell | 59 min |
| Jun 16, 6:56 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BYZ | Golden Valley | 34 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Montana, 1995Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1995
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.