Alert archive / Montana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 26, NWS Missoula, MT
NWS Missoula, MT issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 10, 1995, 9:07 PM MDT for Missoula County, Powell County, Montana. It was in force for 53 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 10, 1995, 9:07 PM MDT (03:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 10, 1995, 10:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 53 min
- Issued by
- NWS Missoula, MT
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Missoula County, MT, Powell County, MT
The nearest sounding before it
Great_falls, MT (KTFX), launched 00:00Z, 3.1 hours before the alert went out and 221 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
- 2101 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -2 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -2 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 110307 RRA SVRMSO MTC063-077-110400- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 907 PM MDT MON JUL 10 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1000 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN WEST CENTRAL MONTANA ...EASTERN MISSOULA COUNTY...NORTHERN POWELL COUNTY AT 905 PM MDT...MISSOULA DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES NORTH OF POTOMAC IN EASTERN MISSOULA COUNTY. THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE NORTH-NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH AND WILL MOVE OVER SALMON LAKE STATE PARK AND THE SEELEY LAKE AREA IN THE NEXT 15 MINUTES. 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 WHERED WATER COVERS THE ROAD. BELTZ/BARKER
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
Local storm report, Jul 10, 6:07 PM MDT, 3 hours 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, 2 hours 59 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, 2 hours 35 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
Special weather statement, Jul 10, 8:25 PM MDT, 42 minutes before
MTZ002-110330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 825 PM MDT MON JUL 10 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED IN WEST CENTRAL MONTANA... AT 825 PM MDT...MISSOULA DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MONTANA. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED SOUTHWEST OF HAMILTON IN CENTRAL RAVALLI COUNTY AND JUST SOUTH OF CLINTON IN SOUTHEAST MISSOULA COUNTY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTH-NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. HEAVY RAINS HAVE BEEN REPORTED WITH THESE STORMS. STRONG WINDS TO 50 MPH...HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN ARE ALL POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. IF YOU ARE OUTSIDE MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY. REMEMBER LIGHTNING IS VERY DEADLY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER UPDATES AND ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION. BELTZ
Special weather statement, Jul 10, 8:58 PM MDT, 9 minutes before
MTZ002-110400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 900 PM MDT MON JUL 10 1995 ...VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHEAST MISSOULA COUNTY... AT 900 PM MDT...MISSOULA DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES NORTH OF POTOMAC IN SOUTHEAST MISSOULA COUNTY. THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE NORTH-NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. STRONG WINDS TO 50 MPH...HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN ARE ALL POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. IF YOU ARE OU"TSIDE MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY. REMEMBER LIGHTNING IS VERY DEADLY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER UPDATES AND ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION. BELTZ
Special weather statement, Jul 10, 9:00 PM MDT, 7 minutes before
MTZ002-110400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 900 PM MDT MON JUL 10 1995 ...VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHEAST MISSOULA COUNTY... AT 900 PM MDT...MISSOULA DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES NORTH OF POTOMAC IN SOUTHEAST MISSOULA COUNTY. THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE NORTH-NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. STRONG WINDS TO 50 MPH...HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN ARE ALL POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. IF YOU ARE OUTSIDE MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY. REMEMBER LIGHTNING IS VERY DEADLY. 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, 7:04 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MSO | Granite, Ravalli | 41 min |
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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.