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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Billings, MT

August 26, 1995Custer County, Montana

NWS Billings, MT issued this tornado warning at Aug 26, 1995, 7:48 PM MDT for Custer County, Montana. It was in force for 27 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 26, 1995, 7:48 PM MDT (01:48 UTC)
Expired
Aug 26, 1995, 8:15 PM MDT
In force
27 min
Issued by
NWS Billings, MT
Area
Whole counties

County Custer County, MT

The nearest sounding before it

Glasgow Intl Airport, MT (KGGW), launched 00:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 232 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, Glasgow Intl Airport, MT at 00:00Z on 1995-08-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1339 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, Glasgow Intl Airport, MT at 00:00Z on 1995-08-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 75 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
1339 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-46 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2148 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
75 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
150 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
3.8

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KBIL 270148
TORBIL
MTC017-270215-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
748 PM MDT SAT AUG 26 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BILLINGS HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  815 PM MDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTHEAST MONTANA
 
   ...CUSTER COUNTY
 
AT 7:40 PM MDT...A WEATHER SPOTTER NEAR THE TOWN OF HATHAWAY REPORTED A
FUNNEL CLOUD IN THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR MILES CITY.
 
ALSO...BILLINGS RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO NEAR THE TOWN OF
GARLAND IN SOUTHERN CUSTER COUNTY.
 
 
 
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A
BASEMENT.  GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE.
IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM
SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.  USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...
OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY.  AVOID WINDOWS.
 
 
HOCKENBERRY

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 26, 6:41 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBYZCuster, Rosebud64 min
Aug 26, 8:32 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBYZDawson, Prairie58 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.