Alert archive / Montana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 20, NWS Missoula, MT
NWS Missoula, MT issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 9, 1995, 7:10 PM MDT for Lincoln County, Montana. It was in force for 50 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 9, 1995, 7:10 PM MDT (01:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 9, 1995, 8:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Missoula, MT
- Area
- Whole counties
County Lincoln County, MT
The nearest sounding before it
Spokane, WA (KOTX), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 119 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
- 736 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -78 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1624 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -4 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 81 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 KFCA 100110 RRA SVRFCA MTC029-053-100200- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KALISPELL MT 710 PM MDT SUN JUL 09 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KALISPELL MT HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 800 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTHWEST MONTANA ...NORTHERN LINCOLN COUNTY AT 6:55 PM MDT MISSOULA DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM APPROXIMATELY 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF EUREKA MONTANA. THE STORM WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH AND WILL AFFECT RESIDENTS IN AND NEAR THE EUREKA AREA IN THE NEXT 15 TO 30 MINUTES. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HALI...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.
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 9, 1:55 PM MDT, 5 hours 15 minutes before
MTZ002-004-092045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 155 PM MDT SUN JUL 9 1995 ...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE IN SOUTHWEST MONTANA... AT 145 PM MDT DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SEVERAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ENTERING SILVER BOW COUNTY AND EXTREME NORTHWEST MADISON COUNTY. THEY WERE JUST NORTHEAST OF THE TOWNS OF WISE RIVER AND DIVIDE AND EXTEND SOUTH TO NEAR DILLON. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. HAIL A HALF INCH IN DIAMTER WAS REPORTED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS AT WISE RIVER AND DILLON. PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THE THUNDERSTORMS CAN EXPECTED BRIEF HEAVY RAIN HAIL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND GUSTY WINDS TO 50 MILES AN HOUR. DOPPLER RADAR ALSO SHOWED AN AREA OF MOSTLY LIGHT RAINSHOWERS OVER THE BITTERROOT RANGE ABOUT 35 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MISSOULA AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. THEY WILL BE IN THE MISSOULA AREA BETWEEN 215 PM AND 300 PM MDT. GV &
Special weather statement, Jul 9, 1:59 PM MDT, 5 hours 11 minutes before
MTZ002-004-092045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 155 PM MDT SUN JUL 9 1995 ...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE IN SOUTHWEST MONTANA... AT 145 PM MDT DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SEVERAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ENTERING SILVER BOW COUNTY AND EXTREME NORTHWEST MADISON COUNTY. THEY WERE JUST NORTHEAST OF THE TOWNS OF WISE RIVER AND DIVIDE AND EXTEND SOUTH TO NEAR DILLON. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. HAIL A HALF INCH IN DIAMTER WAS REPORTED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS AT WISE RIVER AND DILLON. PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THE THUNDERSTORMS CAN EXPECTED BRIEF HEAVY RAIN HAIL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND GUSTY WINDS TO 50 MILES AN HOUR. DOPPLER RADAR^ ALSO SHOWED AN AREA OF MOSTLY LIGHT RAINSHOWERS OVER THE BITTERROOT RANGE ABOUT 35 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MISSOULA AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. THEY WILL BE IN THE MISSOULA AREA BETWEEN 215 PM AND 300 PM MDT. GV &
Special weather statement, Jul 9, 6:15 PM MDT, 55 minutes before
MTZ001-100400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KALISPELL MT 615 PM MDT SUN JUL 09 1995 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ISSUED FOR WESTERN MONTANA INCLUDING FLATHEAD AND LINCOLN COUNTIES UNTIL 1000 PM THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS FORECAST CENTER HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR WESTERN MONTANA...INCLUDING BOTH FLATHEAD AND LINCOLN COUNTIES...UNTIL 1000 PM MDT TONIGHT. SOME OF THE CITIES IN THE WATCH AREA INCLUDE...LIBBY...THOMPSON FALLS...KALISPELL...POLSON...CUT BANK...MISSOULA...AND HAMILTON. AT 6:15 PM MDT MISSOULA DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING IN NORTHERN IDAHO AND LINCOLN COUNTY. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE IN THE IDAHO PANHANDLE AND MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH...ANY WILL BE ENTERING NORTHWESTERN MONTANA WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR. OTHER STRONG STORMS WERE LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTH OF TROY...AND 2 MILES SOUTH OF LIBBY MONTANA. REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATNING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR THE LATEST STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. END/JLP
The office that day
Everything else NWS Missoula, MT issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 9, 6:30 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MSO | Granite, Powell | 25 min |
| Jul 9, 11:45 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MSO | Flathead | 45 min |
| Jul 10, 1:35 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MSO | Powell | 40 min |
| Jul 10, 2:19 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MSO | Powell | 26 min |
| Jul 10, 2:44 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MSO | Deer Lodge | 36 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.