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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 3, NWS Glasgow, MT

June 6, 1995Richland County, Montana

NWS Glasgow, MT issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 6, 1995, 6:11 PM MDT for Richland County, Montana. It was in force for 64 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 6, 1995, 6:11 PM MDT (00:11 UTC)
Expired
Jun 6, 1995, 7:15 PM MDT
In force
64 min
Issued by
NWS Glasgow, MT
Area
Whole counties

County Richland County, MT

The nearest sounding before it

Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 312 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, Bismarck Municip, ND at 00:00Z on 1995-06-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 844 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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, Bismarck Municip, ND at 00:00Z on 1995-06-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 19 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
844 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-8 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1463 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
19 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
26 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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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 6, 3:30 PM MDT, 2 hours 41 minutes before
MTZ008-062230-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GLASGOW MT
330 PM MDT TUE JUN 6 1995

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR ALL OF NORTHEAST MONTANA UNTIL
8 PM MDT...

AS OF 3 PM...RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM SOUTHERN
PHILLIPS COUNTY...EXTENDING SOUTHEAST THROUGH NORTHERN GARFIELD
COUNTY. WEAKENING A LITTLE...THE LINE WAS MOVING TO THE NORTH AT 20
MPH.

HEAVY SHOWERS OCCURRED WITH THE THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTHERN PHILLIPS
COUNTY...BUT NOTHING SEVERE HAS BEEN REPORTED.

PERSONS IN SOUTHERN PHILLIPS...NORTHERN GARFIELD...AND SOUTHWEST
VALLEY COUNTY...CAN EXPECT HEAVY SHOWERS FROM THIS LINE OF
THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS AFTERNOON.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA.  LISTEN FOR
LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
SIMONSEN
Special weather statement, Jun 6, 3:32 PM MDT, 2 hours 39 minutes before
MTZ008-062230-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GLASGOW MT
330 PM MDT TUE JUN 6 1995

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR ALL OF NORTHEAST MONTANA UNTIL
8 PM MDT...

AS OF 3 PM...RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM SOUTHERN
PHILLIPS COUNTY...EXTENDING SOUTHEAST THROUGH NORTHERN GARFIELD
COUNTY. WEAKENING A LITTLE...THE LINE WAS MOVING TO THE NORTH AT 20
MPH.

HEAVY SHOWERS OCCURRED WITH THE THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTHERN PHILLIPS
COUNTY...BUT NOTHING SEVERE HAS BEEN REPORTED.

PERSONS IN SOUTHERN PHILLIPS...NORTHERN GARFIELD...AND SOUTHWEST
VALLEY COUNTY...CAN EXPECT HEAVY SHOWERS FROM THIS LINE OF
THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS AFTERNOON.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA.  LISTEN FOR
LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
SIMONSEN
Special weather statement, Jun 6, 4:55 PM MDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before
MTZ008-062350-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GLASGOW MT
455 PM MDT TUE JUN 6 1995

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR ALL OF NORTHEAST MONTANA UNTIL
8 PM MDT...

AT 455 PM...RADAR SHOWED A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM AROUND MALTA...
IN CENTRAL PHILLIPS COUNTY. THE STORM WAS MOVING VERY SLOWLY
TO THE WEST AT 10 MPH.

PERSONS IN WESTERN PHILLIPS COUNTY CAN EXPECT HEAVY SHOWERS
THIS EVENING.

A LARGE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS OCCURRING OVER NORTHEAST
MONTANA...MOVING RATHER SLOWLY.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA.  LISTEN FOR
LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
SIMONSEN
Special weather statement, Jun 6, 5:01 PM MDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before
MTZ008-062350-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GLASGOW MT
455 PM MDT TUE JUN 6 1995

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR ALL OF NORTHEAST MONTANA UNTIL
8 PM MDT...

AT 455 PM...RADAR SHOWED A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM AROUND MALTA...
IN CENTRAL PHILLIPS COUNTY. THE STORM WAS MOVING VERY SLOWLY
TO THE WEST AT 10 MPH.

PERSONS IN WESTERN PHILLIPS COUNTY CAN EXPECT HEAVY SHOWERS
THIS EVENING.

A LARGE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS OCC^URRING OVER NORTHEAST
MONTANA...MOVING RATHER SLOWLY.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA.  LISTEN FOR
LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
SIMONSEN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 6, 6:22 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGGWValley68 min
Jun 6, 7:09 PM MDTTornado WarningGGWValley36 min
Jun 6, 7:14 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGGWRichland61 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.