Alert archive / Montana / Tornado Warnings in 1995
Tornado Warning 3, NWS Glasgow, MT
NWS Glasgow, MT issued this tornado warning at Jun 6, 1995, 7:09 PM MDT for Valley County, Montana. It was in force for 36 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 6, 1995, 7:09 PM MDT (01:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 6, 1995, 7:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Glasgow, MT
- Area
- Whole counties
County Valley County, MT
The nearest sounding before it
Great_falls, MT (KTFX), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 310 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
- 971 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 74 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -76 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 180 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 KGGW 070109 TORGGW MTC105-070145- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GLASGOW MT 709 PM MDT TUE JUN 6 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GLASGOW HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 745 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS.......................... IN NORTHEAST MONTANA ...SOUTHERN VALLEY COUNTY AT 705 PM MDT THE SHERIFF DEPARTMENT SIGHTED 3 TORNADOES IN A CLUSTER A FEW MILES SOUTH OF GLASGOW. THESE TORNADOES ARE MOVING TOWARDS THE CITY OF GLASGOW. TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY. 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. NNNN
What 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, Jun 6, 3:30 PM MDT, 3 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, 3:32 PM MDT, 3 hours 37 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, 2 hours 14 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, 2 hours 8 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 6, 6:11 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GGW | Richland | 64 min |
| Jun 6, 6:22 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GGW | Valley | 68 min |
| Jun 6, 7:14 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GGW | Richland | 61 min |
Nearby
Tornado Warnings in Montana, 1995Every tornado warning in 1995Tornadoes 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.