Alert archive / Montana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 12, NWS Missoula, MT
NWS Missoula, MT issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 6, 1995, 8:10 PM MDT for Mineral County, Sanders County, Montana. It was in force for 35 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 6, 1995, 8:10 PM MDT (02:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 6, 1995, 8:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Missoula, MT
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Mineral County, MT, Sanders County, MT
The nearest sounding before it
Spokane, WA (KOTX), launched 00:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 105 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
- 176 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -89 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2283 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -18 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 36 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS1 KMSO 070226 SVRMSO MTC061-C089-070245- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 810 PM MDT THU JUL 7 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 845 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN WESTERN MONTANA ...MINERAL COUNTY ...CENTRAL SANDERS COUNTY MISSOULA DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM JUST EAST OF THOMPSON FALLS TO PLAINS TO SOUTHWEST OF SUPERIOR. THE SHERIFF REPORTED A DOWNED TREE ONTO A HOUSE...AND A SPOTTER REPORTED 60 TO 70 MILE AN HOUR WINDS AT PLAINS AT ABOUT 805 PM MDT. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. LARGE HAIL...STRONG WIND...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED FROM THIS STORM. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A STRONG BUILDING. DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN... AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. GV
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, Jul 6, 5:20 PM MDT, 2 hours 50 minutes before
MTZ002-004-070030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 520 PM MDT THU JUL 6 1995 ...VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM WEST OF STEVENSVILLE... AT 510 PM MDT...MISSOULA DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER THE BITTERROOT RANGE WEST OF STEVENSVILLE...OR 25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MISSOULA. THIS STORM WILL LIKELY PRODUCE HAIL AND STRONG WIND AS IT MOVES NORTH-NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR...AND WILL BE NEAR LOLO AT ABOUT 545 PM MDT. RADAR ALSO INDICATED THAT THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING THROUGH ALL OF RAVALLI COUNTY...AND ALSO OVER SOUTHEAST PORTIONS OF POWELL COUNTY AND NEAR THE CITY OF DEER LODGE. BE PREPARED FOR STRONG WIND AND HAIL AND MOVE INDOORS IF A THUNDERSTORM IS APPROACHING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. GV
Special weather statement, Jul 6, 5:22 PM MDT, 2 hours 48 minutes before
MTZ002-004-070030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 520 PM MDT THU JUL 6 1995 ...VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM WEST OF STEVENSVILLE... AT 510 PM MDT...MISSOULA DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER THE BITTERROOT RANGE WEST OF STEVENSVILLE...OR 25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MISSOULA. THIS STORM WILL LIKELY PRODUCE HAIL AND STRONG WIND AS IT MOVES NORTH-NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR...AND WILL BE NEAR LOLO AT ABOUT 545 PM MDT. RADAR ALSO INDICATED THAT THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING THROUGH ALL OF RAVALLI COUNTY...AND ALSO OVER SOUTHEAST PORTIONS OF POWELL COUNTY AND NEAR THE CITY OF DEER LODGE. BE PREPARED FOR STRONG WIND AND HAIL AND MOVE INDOORS IF A THUNDERSTORM IS APPROACHING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. GV
Special weather statement, Jul 6, 7:10 PM MDT, 1 hour before
MTZ002-004-070210- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 710 PM MDT THU JUL 6 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER WESTERN MONTANA... AT 655 PM MDT...MISSOULA DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS OVER PARTS OF WESTERN MONTANA...MOSTLY ALONG A LINE FROM DIXON...OR 35 MILES NORTH OF MISSOULA TO NEAR OVANDO IN POWELL COUNTY...TO ABOUT 25 MILES WEST OF HELENA. THE STRONGEST OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF OVANDO AND THEY WERE ALL MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. MARBLE SIZED HAIL WAS REPORTED WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM NEAR POTOMAC AND HAIL A HALF INCH IN DIAMETER OCCURRED AT ABOUT 645 PM AT CLEARWATER CROSSING. FOR THE REST OF WESTERN MONTANA...THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY HAS DECREASED FOR THE TIME BEING. HOWEVER...A LARGE AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IS MOVING THROUGH IDAHO AND IS BEGINNING TO CROSS THE BITTERROOT RANGE FROM HAMILTON THROUGH MISSOULA TO NEAR MULLAN IDAHO. > STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA FOR LATER UPDATES. GV
Special weather statement, Jul 6, 7:11 PM MDT, 59 minutes before
MTZ002-004-070210- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 710 PM MDT THU JUL 6 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER WESTERN MONTANA... AT 655 PM MDT...MISSOULA DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS OVER PARTS OF WESTERN MONTANA...MOSTLY ALONG A LINE FROM DIXON...OR 35 MILES NORTH OF MISSOULA TO NEAR OVANDO IN POWELL COUNTY...TO ABOUT 25 MILES WEST OF HELENA. THE STRONGEST OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF OVANDO AND THEY WERE ALL MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. MARBLE SIZED HAIL WAS REPORTED WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM NEAR POTOMAC AND HAIL A HALF INCH IN DIAMETER OCCURRED AT ABOUT 645 PM AT CLEARWATER CROSSING. FOR THE REST OF WESTERN MONTANA...THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY HAS DECREASED FOR THE TIME BEING. HOWEVER...A LARGE AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IS MOVING THROUGH IDAHO AND IS BEGINNING TO CROSS THE BITTERROOT RANGE FROM HAMILTON THROUGH MISSOULA TO NEAR MULLAN IDAHO. > STAY TnUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA FOR LATER UPDATES. GV
Special weather statement, Jul 6, 7:35 PM MDT, 35 minutes before
MTZ001-070230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 735 PM MDT THU JUL 6 1995 ...THUNDERSTORMS TO MOVE INTO SANDERS COUNTY... AT 725 PM MDT...MISSOULA DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM ON THE MONTANA/IDAHO STATE LINE NORTH OF MULLAN IDAHO. IT WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR AND IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE GUSTY WIND AND HAIL ALONG WITH DANGEROUS LIGHTNING NEAR WHITE PINE...ABOUT 12 MILES NORTHWEST OF THOMPSON FALLS...AT AROUND 750 PM MDT. MOVE INDOORS IF A THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES AND STAY TUNED FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS AS THESE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE. GV
Special weather statement, Jul 6, 7:38 PM MDT, 32 minutes before
MTZ001-070230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 735 PM MDT THU JUL 6 1995 ...THUNDERSTORMS TO MOVE INTO SANDERS COUNTY... AT 725 PM MDT...MISSOULA DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM ON THE MONTANA/IDAHO STATE LINE NORTH OF MULLAN IDAHO. IT WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR AND IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE GUSTY WIND AND HAIL ALONG WITH DANGEROUS LIGHTNING NEAR WHITE PINE...ABOUT 12 MILES NORTHWEST OF THOMPSON FALLS...AT AROUND 750 PM MDT. MOVE INDOORS IF A THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES AND STAY TUNED FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS AS THESE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE. GV
The office that day
Everything else NWS Missoula, MT issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 6, 8:45 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MSO | Sanders | 25 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.