Alert archive / Montana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 25, NWS Missoula, MT
NWS Missoula, MT issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 10, 1995, 7:04 PM MDT for Granite County, Ravalli County, Montana. It was in force for 41 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 10, 1995, 7:04 PM MDT (01:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 10, 1995, 7:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Missoula, MT
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Granite County, MT, Ravalli County, MT
The nearest sounding before it
Spokane, WA (KOTX), launched 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 256 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1853 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 59 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 15 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 59 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 110104 RRA SVRMSO MTC039-081-110145- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 704 PM MDT MON JUL 10 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 745 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN WEST CENTRAL MONTANA ...SOUTHERN GRANITE COUNTY...EASTERN RAVALLI COUNTY AT 705 PM MDT...MISSOULA DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 15 MILES EAST OF DARBY IN EASTERN RAVALLI COUNTY. THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE NORTH-NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH AND IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO SOUTHERN GRANITE COUNTY IN THE NEXT HALF HOUR. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...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 R$OAD. 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 10, 5:00 PM MDT, 2 hours 4 minutes before
MTZ001-110100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KALISPELL MT 500 PM MDT MON JUL 10 1995 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CANCELLED FOR FLATHEAD COUNTY... THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ISSUED AT 100 PM MDT IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR FLATHEAD COUNTY. THE GREATEST THREAT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAS MOVED TO THE EAST...AND COVERS A LARGE PORTION OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN MONTANA UNTIL LATE TONIGHT. ALTHOUGH FLATHEAD COUNTY IS NO LONGER IN THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE THRU THIS EVENING. STRONG GUSTY WINDS TO 50 MPH...HAIL...BRIEF HEAVY RAINS ARE ALL POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. REMEMBER...DEADLY LIGHTNING OCCURS WITH ALL THUNDERSTORMS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER UPDATES AND ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION. END/JLP
Special weather statement, Jul 10, 5:51 PM MDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before
MTZ004-110100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 552 PM MDT MON JUL 10 1995 ...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH SOUTHWEST MONTANA... AT 550 PM MDT...MISSOULA DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH NORTHERN BEAVERHEAD COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MONTANA. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH AND MAY PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS...HAIL AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN. REMEMBER LIGHTNING IS VERY DEADLY AND OCCURS WITH ALL THUNDERSTORMS. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA MOVING INDOORS IMMEDIATELY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER UPDATES AND ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH STILL REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MONTANA. BELTZ
Special weather statement, Jul 10, 5:52 PM MDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before
MTZ004-110100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 552 PM MDT MON JUL 10 1995 ...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH SOUTHWEST MONTANA... AT 550 PM MDT...MISSOULA DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH NORTHERN BEAVERHEAD COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MONTANA. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH AND MAY PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS...HAIL AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN. REMEMBER LIGHTNING IS VERY DEADLY AND OCCURS WITH ALL THUNDERSTORMS. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA MOVING INDOORS IMMEDIATELY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER UPDATES AND ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH STILL REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MONTANA. BELTZ
Local storm report, Jul 10, 6:07 PM MDT, 57 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
608 PM MDT MON JUL 10 1995
TIME(MDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
...COUNTY LOCATION.....
0205 PM DEER LODGE MT .50 INCH HAIL
07/10/94 POWELL
0210 PM DEER LODGE MT .50 INCH HAIL
07/10/95 POWELL
0225 PM 10 W BUTTE MT .75 INCH HAIL
07/10/95 SILVER BOW
0230 PM ELLISTON MT .75 INCH HAIL
07/10/95 POWELL
0300 PM ELLISTON MT WIND DAMAGE
TREE BRANCH FIVE INCHES
IN DIAMETER DOWN.
SHINGLES DAMAGED.
0305 PM 10 W BUTTE MT .50 INCH HAIL
07/10/95 SILVER BOW
END/BELTZLocal storm report, Jul 10, 6:08 PM MDT, 56 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
608 PM MDT MON JUL 10 1995
TIME(MDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
...COUNTY LOCATION.....
0205 PM DEER LODGE MT .50 INCH HAIL
07/10/94 POWELL
0210 PM DEER LODGE MT .50 INCH HAIL
07/10/95 POWELL
0225 PM 10 W BUTTE MT .75 INCH HAIL
07/10/95 SILVER BOW
0230 PM ELLISTON MT .75 INCH HAIL
07/10/95 POWELL
0300 PM ELLISTON MT WIND DAMAGE
TREE BRANCH FIVE INCHES
IN DIAMETER DOWN.
SHINGLES DAMAGED.
0305 PM 10 W BUTTE MT .50 INCH HAIL
07/10/95 SILVER BOW
END/BELTZSpecial weather statement, Jul 10, 6:32 PM MDT, 32 minutes before
MTZ002-110200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 632 PM MDT MON JUL 10 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS SOUTHERN RAVALLI COUNTY... AT 630 PM MDT...MISSOULA DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR THE TOWN OF SULA IN SOUTHERN RAVALLI COUNTY. THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE NORTH-NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH AND IS EXPECTED TO PASS TO THE EAST OF DARBY AND HAMILTON OVER THE NEXT HOUR. STRONG GUSTY WINDS...HAIL AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN ARE ALL POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. REMEMBER LIGHTNING IS VERY DEADLY AND OCCURS WITH ALL THUNDERSTORMS. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY. 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 10, 9:07 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MSO | Missoula, Powell | 53 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.