Severe Thunderstorm Warning 5, NWS Missoula, MT

Issued

Jun 15, 1995, 3:29 PM MDT (21:29 UTC)

Expired

Jun 15, 1995, 4:15 PM MDT

In force

46 min

Issued by

NWS Missoula, MT

Area

Whole counties

County Missoula County, MT

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MTC063-152215-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
329 PM MDT THU JUN 15 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  415 PM MDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS......
 
IN WEST CENTRAL MONTANA
 
   ...MISSOULA COUNTY
 
SEVERAL LARGE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING INTO MISSOULA COUNTY FROM RAVALLI
COUNTY...1/2 INCH HAIL HAS BEEN REPORTED WITH THESE STORMS NORTH OF
HAMILTON AND IN STEVENSVILLE. DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR CONTINUES TO
INDUCATE THAT THESE STORMS REMAIN STRONG.
 
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 WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

In the hours before

MTZ001-002-152210-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
 210 PM MDT THU JUN 15 1995

...THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED IN WESTERN MONTANA...

THUNDERSTORMS ARE BEGINNING TO RUMBLE ACROSS WESTERN MONTANA THIS
AFTERNOON.  A LINE OF LIGHT SHOWERS HAS LINGERED ACROSS WESTERN MONTANA
MUCH OF THE MORNING RUNNING FROM JUST WEST OF KALISPELL DOWN TO ABOUT
SALMON IDAHO.  WITH THE AFTERNOON HEATING...SOME OF THESE STORMS ARE NOW
STARTING TO INTENSIFY.

AT 200 PM MISSOULA DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG STORM ABOUT 10 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF DARBY MOVING TO THE NORTH-NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 15 MILES PER
HOUR. THIS STORM SHOULD MOVE INTO THE DARBY AND HAMILTON AREAS OVER THE
NEXT HOUR BRINGING THE POSSIBILITY OF STRONG WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND
STRONG WINGS.  ANOTHER STORM WAS ALSO INTENSIFYING NEAR RONAN...MOVING
NORTHEAST TOWARD POLSON.

THESE STORMS SHOULD CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING
HOURS.  PERSONS IN ALL AREAS OF WESTERN MONTANA SHOULD STAY ALERT TO THE
POSSIBILITY OF RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON.
THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY CONTAIN BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...HAIL AND STRONG
WINDS.  IF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH...SEEK SHELTER INDOORS.

BARKER

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Montana, 1995Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1995

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