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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Glasgow, MT

June 21, 1995Richland County, Roosevelt County, Montana

NWS Glasgow, MT issued this tornado warning at Jun 21, 1995, 6:35 PM MDT for Richland County, Roosevelt County, Montana. It was in force for 45 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 21, 1995, 6:35 PM MDT (00:35 UTC)
Expired
Jun 21, 1995, 7:20 PM MDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Glasgow, MT
Area
Whole counties

Counties Richland County, MT, Roosevelt County, MT

The nearest sounding before it

Glasgow Intl Airport, MT (KGGW), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 136 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 1995-06-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 415 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 1995-06-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 6 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
415 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-146 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2038 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
6 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
71 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.4

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KGGW 220035
TORGGW
MTC083-085-220130-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GLASGOW MT
635 PM MDT WED JUN 21 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GLASGOW HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  730 PM MDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS.......................S...
 
IN NORTHEAST MONTANA
 
   ...WESTERN RICHLAND COUNTY...SOUTH CENTRAL ROOSEVELT COUNTY
 
AT 630PM MDT A SPOTTER NORTHEAST OF VIDA REPORTED A TORNADO MOVING
NORTHEAST INTO RICHLAND 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.
 
 
 
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 22, 3:23 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGGWRichland52 min
Jun 22, 4:23 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGGWRichland54 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.