Alert archive / Montana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 40, NWS Missoula, MT
NWS Missoula, MT issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 28, 1995, 10:52 PM MDT for Powell County, Montana. It was in force for 33 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 28, 1995, 10:52 PM MDT (04:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 28, 1995, 11:25 PM MDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Missoula, MT
- Area
- Whole counties
County Powell County, MT
The nearest sounding before it
Great_falls, MT (KTFX), launched 00:00Z, 4.9 hours before the alert went out and 189 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
- 3156 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 51 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 126 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 290452 RRA SVRMSO MTC077-290530- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 1052 PM MDT FRI JUL 28 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1130 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... ... IN WEST CENTRAL MONTANA ...CENTRAL POWELL COUNTY AT 1045 PM MDT...MISSOULA DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTOMR MOVING INTO CENTRAL POWELL COUNTY. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF OVANDO...AND WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. THIS STORM SHOULD EFFECT THE OVANDO AREA BY 1100 PM MDT. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND BRIEF GUSTY WINDS. 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
Special weather statement, Jul 28, 8:15 PM MDT, 2 hours 37 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, 2 hours 34 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, 10:12 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MSO | Missoula | 43 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Montana, 1995Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1995
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.