Alert archive / Montana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 29, NWS Missoula, MT
NWS Missoula, MT issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 12, 1995, 4:43 PM MDT for Ravalli County, Montana. It was in force for 62 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 12, 1995, 4:43 PM MDT (22:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 12, 1995, 5:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- NWS Missoula, MT
- Area
- Whole counties
County Ravalli County, MT
The nearest sounding before it
Spokane, WA (KOTX), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 250 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
- 2319 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 72 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 7 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 122243 RRA SVRMSO MTC081-122345- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 443 PM MDT WED JUL 12 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 545 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... ... IN WEST CENTRAL MONTANA ...SOUTHERN RAVALLI COUNTY AT 440 PM MDT MISSOULA DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 30 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DARBY. THIS STORM IS MOVING NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 35 MILES PER HOUR...AND WILL AFFECT THE TOWN OF DARBY AND THE LAKE COMO AREA BY 545 PM. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER... PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
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 12, 12:05 PM MDT, 4 hours 38 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
1205 PM MDT WED JUL 12 1995
TIME(MDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
...COUNTY LOCATION.....
0648 AM DARBY MT HAIL .88 INCH
07/12/95 MISSOULA
END/CLEMMONSLocal storm report, Jul 12, 12:08 PM MDT, 4 hours 35 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
1205 PM MDT WED JUL 12 1995
TIME(MDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
...COUNTY LOCATION.....
0648 AM DARBY MT HAIL .88 INCH
07/12/95 MISSOULA
END/CLEMMONSSpecial weather statement, Jul 12, 1:55 PM MDT, 2 hours 48 minutes before
MTZ004-122035- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 155 PM MDT WED JUL 12 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER WESTERN MONTANA... 1:45 PM MDT MISSOULA DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER WESTERN MONTANA. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE OVER DEER LODGE AND SILVER BOW COUNTIES. A WEATHER OBSERVER IN THE CITY OF DEER LODGE REPORTED MARBLE SIZE HAIL. RADAR ALSO INDICATED ANOTHER STORM IN IDAHO MOVING TOWARD NORTHERN BEAVERHEAD COUNTY. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. PORTIONS OF DEER LODGE, SILVER BOW AND SOUTHERN POWELL COUNTIES ARE UNDER A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 800 PM TONIGHT. THE CITY OF BUTTE IS INCLUDED IN THIS AREA. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE RADIO OR TV STATION FOR FURTHER UPDATES. FOSS
Special weather statement, Jul 12, 1:58 PM MDT, 2 hours 45 minutes before
MTZ004-122035- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 155 PM MDT WED JUL 12 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER WESTERN MONTANA... 1:45 PM MDT MISSOULA DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER WESTERN MONTANA. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE OVER DEER LODGE AND SILVER BOW COUNTIES. A WEATHER OBSERVER IN THE CITY OF DEER LODGE REPORTED MARBLE SIZE HAIL. RADAR ALSO INDICATED ANOTHER STORM IN IDAHO MOVING TOWARD NORTHERN BEAVERHEAD COUNTY. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. PORTIONS OF DEER LODGE, SILVER BOW AND SOUTHERN POWELL COUNTIES ARE UNDER A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 800 PM TONIGHT. THE CITY OF BUTTE IS INCLUDED IN THIS AREA. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE RADIO OR TV STATION FOR FURTHER UPDATES. FOSS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Missoula, MT issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 12, 6:37 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MSO | Ravalli | 38 min |
| Jul 12, 2:37 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MSO | Beaverhead | 48 min |
| Jul 12, 5:55 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MSO | Ravalli | 40 min |
| Jul 12, 5:55 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MSO | Granite | 50 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.