Alert archive / Montana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 32, NWS Missoula, MT
NWS Missoula, MT issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 12, 1995, 6:27 PM MDT for Granite County, Montana. It was in force for 48 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 12, 1995, 6:27 PM MDT (00:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 12, 1995, 7:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Missoula, MT
- Area
- Whole counties
County Granite County, MT
The nearest sounding before it
Great_falls, MT (KTFX), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 246 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
- 1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -249 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1220 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 66 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -28 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 108 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 130027 RRA SVRMSO MTC039-130115- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 627 PM MDT WED JUL 12 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 715 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... ... IN WEST CENTRAL MONTANA ...GRANITE COUNTY AT 625 PM MDT MISSOULA DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 15 MILES WEST OF MAXVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 35 MILES PER HOUR. THIS STORM WILL AFFECT THE MAXVILLE AND DRUMMOND AREAS BY 700 PM. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A STRONG BUILDING. DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN... AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
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 12, 1:55 PM MDT, 4 hours 32 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, 4 hours 29 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, 6:55 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MSO | Deer Lodge, Powell | 65 min |
| Jul 12, 6:55 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MSO | Beaverhead | 65 min |
| Jul 12, 6:55 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MSO | Granite | 35 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.