Alert archive / Montana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 14, NWS Missoula, MT
NWS Missoula, MT issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 8, 1995, 6:44 PM MDT for Missoula County, Montana. It was in force for 26 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 8, 1995, 6:44 PM MDT (00:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 8, 1995, 7:10 PM MDT
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Missoula, MT
- Area
- Whole counties
County Missoula County, MT
The nearest sounding before it
Spokane, WA (KOTX), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 201 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
- 60 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -107 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2058 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -13 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 70 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 KMSO 090045 RRA SVRMSO MTC063-090130- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 644 PM MDT SAT JUL 8 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 730 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN WEST CENTRAL MONTANA ...EASTERN MISSOULA COUNTY AT 645 PM MDT...MISSOULA DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM ABOUT 5 MILES WEST OF POTOMAC IN SOUTHEAST MISSOULA COUNTY. THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH AND IS EXPECTED TO BE IN THE SEELEY LAKE AREA AROUND 715 PM MDT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL4...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. BELTZ
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 8, 4:24 PM MDT, 2 hours 20 minutes before
MTZ002-004-090000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 425 PM MDT SAT JUL 8 1995 ...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL MONTANA... AT 425 PM MDT...MISSOULA DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL MONTANA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MAINLY OVER SOUTHERN RAVALLI AND NORTHWEST BEAVERHEAD COUNTY. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH AND WILL BE MOVING INTO GRANITE AND DEER LODGE COUNTIES IN THE NEXT HALF HOUR. STRONG GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINS ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN THESE STORMS. REMEMBER LIGHTNING IS VERY DEADLY...SO AVOID BEING NEAR SOLITARY TREES OR BODIES OF W.ATER. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER UPDATES AND ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION. BELTZ
Special weather statement, Jul 8, 4:25 PM MDT, 2 hours 19 minutes before
MTZ002-004-090000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 425 PM MDT SAT JUL 8 1995 ...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL MONTANA... AT 425 PM MDT...MISSOULA DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL MONTANA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MAINLY OVER SOUTHERN RAVALLI AND NORTHWEST BEAVERHEAD COUNTY. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH AND WILL BE MOVING INTO GRANITE AND DEER LODGE COUNTIES IN THE NEXT HALF HOUR. STRONG GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINS ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN THESE STORMS. REMEMBER LIGHTNING IS VERY DEADLY...SO AVOID BEING NEAR SOLITARY TREES OR BODIES OF WATER. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER UPDATES AND ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION. BELTZ
Special weather statement, Jul 8, 5:59 PM MDT, 45 minutes before
MTZ002-004-090200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 600 PM MDT SAT JUL 8 1995 ...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING OVER WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MONTANA... AT 600 PM MDT...MISSOULA DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS OVER WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MONTANA. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER NORTHERN GRANITE...SOUTHEAST MISSOULA AND SOUTHERN POWELL COUNTIES. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH AND MAY CONTAIN STRONG GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN. REMEMBER LIGHTNING IS VERY DEADLY...SO AVOID BEING NEAR SOLITARY TREES OR BODIES OF WATER. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER UPDA`TES AND ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION. BELTZ
Special weather statement, Jul 8, 6:00 PM MDT, 44 minutes before
MTZ002-004-090200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 600 PM MDT SAT JUL 8 1995 ...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING OVER WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MONTANA... AT 600 PM MDT...MISSOULA DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS OVER WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MONTANA. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER NORTHERN GRANITE...SOUTHEAST MISSOULA AND SOUTHERN POWELL COUNTIES. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH AND MAY CONTAIN STRONG GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN. REMEMBER LIGHTNING IS VERY DEADLY...SO AVOID BEING NEAR SOLITARY TREES OR BODIES OF WATER. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER UPDATES AND ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION. BELTZ
The office that day
Everything else NWS Missoula, MT issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 9, 4:37 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MSO | Ravalli | 53 min |
| Jul 9, 5:00 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MSO | Ravalli | 30 min |
| Jul 9, 5:25 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MSO | Granite, Ravalli | 35 min |
| Jul 9, 5:30 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MSO | Granite | 60 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Montana, 1995Every severe thunderstorm warning 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.