Alert archive / Montana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS Missoula, MT
NWS Missoula, MT issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 28, 1995, 10:12 PM MDT for Missoula County, Montana. It was in force for 43 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 28, 1995, 10:12 PM MDT (04:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 28, 1995, 10:55 PM MDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Missoula, MT
- Area
- Whole counties
County Missoula County, MT
The nearest sounding before it
Spokane, WA (KOTX), launched 00:00Z, 4.2 hours before the alert went out and 201 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
- 3702 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 54 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 37 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 149 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS1 KMSO 290412 RRA SVRMSO MTC063-290500- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 1012 PM MDT FRI JUL 28 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1100 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... ... IN WEST CENTRAL MONTANA ...SOUTHERN MISSOULA COUNTY AT 1015 PM MDT...MISSOULA DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES SOUTH OF MISSOULA. THIS STORM IS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. WEATHER SPOTTERS IN LOLA AREA HAVE REPORTED ONE INCH HAIL WITH THIS STORM. 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 28, 8:15 PM MDT, 1 hour 57 minutes before
MTZ002-290345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 815 PM MDT FRI JUL 28 1995 ...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO WEST CENTRAL MONTANA BY 930 PM... AT 810 PM MDT...MISSOULA DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN NORTH CENTRAL IDAHO ABOUT 60 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LEWISTOWN IDAHO. THIS STORM PRODUCED QUARTER SIZED HAIL AT THE TOWN OF KAMIAH AND IS MOVING TO TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. IF THE STORM CONTINUES AT ITS CURRENT SPEED AND DIRECTION...IT WILL REACH MONTANA ABOUT 915 PM MDT...AND PASS JUST SOUTH OF THE CITY OF MISSOULA. THIS STORM HAS ALREADY PRODUCED DAMAGING HAIL. PERSONS WITH OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES IN MISSOULA AND RAVALLI COUNTIES THROUGH THE EVENING SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS...AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER WHEN THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH. STAY TUNDED TO YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR UPDATES ON THIS STORM. END/BARKER
Special weather statement, Jul 28, 8:18 PM MDT, 1 hour 54 minutes before
MTZ002-290345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 815 PM MDT FRI JUL 28 1995 ...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO WEST CENTRAL MONTANA BY 930 PM... AT 810 PM MDT...MISSOULA DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN NORTH CENTRAL IDAHO ABOUT 60 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LEWISTOWN IDAHO. THIS STORM PRODUCED QUARTER SIZED HAIL AT THE TOWN OF KAMIAH AND IS MOVING TO TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. IF THE STORM CONTINUES AT ITS CURRENT SPEED AND DIRECTION...IT WILL REACH MONTANA ABOUT 915 PM MDT...AND PASS JUST SOUTH OF THE CITY OF MISSOULA. THIS STORM HAS ALREADY PRODUCED DAMAGING HAIL. PERSONS WITH OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES IN MISSOULA AND RAVALLI COUNTIES THROUGH THE EVENING ,SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS...AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER WHEN THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH. STAY TUNDED TO YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR UPDATES ON THIS STORM. END/BARKER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Missoula, MT issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 28, 9:22 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MSO | Missoula | 53 min |
| Jul 28, 10:52 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MSO | Powell | 33 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.