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Tornado Warning 6, NWS Glasgow, MT

June 22, 1995Valley County, Montana

NWS Glasgow, MT issued this tornado warning at Jun 22, 1995, 10:54 PM MDT for Valley County, Montana. It was in force for 54 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 22, 1995, 10:54 PM MDT (04:54 UTC)
Expired
Jun 22, 1995, 11:48 PM MDT
In force
54 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, 4.9 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Glasgow Intl Airport, MT at 00:00Z on 1995-06-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 269 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 1995-06-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 25 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
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

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The text

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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, 5 hours 5 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.

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Special weather statement, Jun 22, 9:57 PM MDT, 57 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.

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 22, 6:24 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGGWSheridan28 min
Jun 22, 10:18 PM MDTTornado WarningGGWValley27 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.