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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Glasgow, MT
NWS Glasgow, MT issued this tornado warning at Jun 22, 1995, 10:18 PM MDT for Valley County, Montana. It was in force for 27 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 22, 1995, 10:18 PM MDT (04:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 22, 1995, 10:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Glasgow, MT
- Area
- Whole counties
County Valley County, MT
The nearest sounding before it
Glasgow Intl Airport, MT (KGGW), launched 00:00Z, 4.3 hours before the alert went out and 17 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
- 269 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -39 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1024 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 25 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 38 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KGGW 230418 TORGGW MTC105-230445- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GLASGOW MT 1018 PM MDT THU JUN 22 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GLASGOW HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1045 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS.......................... IN NORTHEAST MONTANA ...SOUTH CENTRAL VALLEY COUNTY AT 1015 PM MDT A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOTTER REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD NOT REACHING THE GROUND MOVING EAST ACROSS FORT PECK LAKE NEAR THE DAM. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM SITUATION. ACT QUICKLY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO MOVE TO A SHELTER BELOW GROUND IF AVAILABLE. OTHERWISE...GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR POSSIBLE. AVOID WINDOWS. ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES FOR A REINFORCED BUILDING OR GET INTO A DITCH OR CULVERT. 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 22, 5:49 PM MDT, 4 hours 29 minutes before
MTC091-230045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GLASGOW MT 549 PM MDT THU JUN 22 1995 AT 530 PM MDT WILLISTON ND NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING THROUGH CENTRAL SHERIDAN COUNTY. THE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES SOUTH OF PLENTYWOOD MOVING NE AT 20 MPH. A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOTTER 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PLENTYWOOD REPORTED 1.72 INCHES OF RAIN ALONG WITH SMAIL HAIL FROM THIS STORM. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM SHOULD FIND SHELTER UNTIL IT HAS MOVED THROUGH YOUR LOCATION. & NNNN
Special weather statement, Jun 22, 9:57 PM MDT, 21 minutes before
MTC105-230500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GLASGOW MT 957 PM MDT THU JUN 22 1995 AT 950 PM MDT A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS JUST SOUTH OF THE CITY OF GLASGOW MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST. THIS STORM WAS ACCOMPANIED WITH FREQUENT LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS. & NNNN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Glasgow, MT issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 22, 6:24 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GGW | Sheridan | 28 min |
| Jun 22, 10:54 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GGW | Valley | 54 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.