Alert archive / Montana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 8, NWS Missoula, MT
NWS Missoula, MT issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 16, 1995, 4:36 PM MDT for Lake County, Missoula County, Montana. It was in force for 54 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 16, 1995, 4:36 PM MDT (22:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 16, 1995, 5:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- NWS Missoula, MT
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Lake County, MT, Missoula County, MT
The nearest sounding before it
Spokane, WA (KOTX), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 184 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
- 62 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -117 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 718 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 102 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 177 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 162236 RRA SVRMSO MTC047-063-162330- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 436 PM MDT FRI JUN 16 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 530 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...S... IN WEST CENTRAL MONTANA ...SOUTHERN LAKE COUNTY...MISSOULA COUNTY AT 438 PM MDT...MISSOULA DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER CENTRAL MISSOULA COUNTY. THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE NORTH AT 20 MPH. THIS STORM HAD PRODUCED A WIND GUST TO 67 MPH AT THE MISSOULA AIRPORT. 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. 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. BELTZ/BARKER &
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, Jun 16, 1:05 PM MDT, 3 hours 31 minutes before
MTZ001-002-162110- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 105 PM MDT FRI JUN 16 1995 ...THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED ACROSS WESTERN MONTANA... DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED ACROSS MUCH OF WESTERN MONTANA. THE STRONGEST STORMS CURRENTLY EXTEND FROM JUST EAST OF MISSOULA SOUTH TO LOST TRAIL PASS ON THE MONTANA-IDAHO BORDER. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING TO THE NORTHWEST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. DEVELOPMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVENING HOURS. WHEN IN THE VICINITY OF THUNDERSTORMS...PEOPLE SHOULD BE ALERT FOR DEADLY LIGHTNING...SMALL HAIL...BRIEF HEAVY SHOWERS...AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR TIMELY UPDATES ON THESE STORMS. NWFO MSO/WHITMORE
Special weather statement, Jun 16, 1:06 PM MDT, 3 hours 30 minutes before
MTZ001-002-162110- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 105 PM MDT FRI JUN 16 1995 ...THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED ACROSS WESTERN MONTANA... DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED ACROSS MUCH OF WESTERN MONTANA. THE STRONGEST STORMS CURRENTLY EXTEND FROM JUST EAST OF MISSOULA SOUTH TO LOST TRAIL PASS ON THE MONTANA-IDAHO BORDER. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING TO THE NORTHWEST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. DEVELOPMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVENING HOURS. WHEN IN THE VICINITY OF THUNDERSTORMS...PEOPLE SHOULD BE ALERT FOR DEADLY LIGHTNING...SMALL HAIL...BRIEF HEAVY SHOWERS...AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. STAY TUNE<D TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR TIMELY UPDATES ON THESE STORMS. NWFO MSO/WHITMORE
Special weather statement, Jun 16, 3:00 PM MDT, 1 hour 36 minutes before
MTZ001-002-004-162300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 300 PM MDT FRI JUN 16 1995 ...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOPED ACROSS WESTERN MONTANA... THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP IN THE UNSTABLE AIRMASS OVER WESTERN MONTANA THIS AFTERNOON. ALTHOUGH THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING IN NEARLY EVERY COUNTY IN WESTERN MONTANA...THE STRONGEST STORMS EXTEND FROM JACKSON IN BEAVERHEAD COUNTY NORTH TO SEELEY LAKE IN MISSOULA COUNTY. THESE STORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE TO THE NORTH AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. THE CONVECTION IN WESTERN MONTANA WILL LIKELY CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVENING HOURS. EVERYONE IN WESTERN MONTANA SHOULD STAY ALERT FOR STORMS PRODUCING DEADLY LIGHTNING...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...BRIEF HEAVY SHOWERS...AND SMALL HAIL DURING THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. THE BEST WAY TO STAY AWARE OF THE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY NEAR YOU IS TO STAY TUNED TO YOUR NOAA WEATHER RADIO. NWFO MSO/WHITMORE
Special weather statement, Jun 16, 3:01 PM MDT, 1 hour 35 minutes before
MTZ001-002-004-162300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 300 PM MDT FRI JUN 16 1995 ...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOPED ACROSS WESTERN MONTANA... THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP IN THE UNSTABLE AIRMASS OVER WESTERN MONTANA THIS AFTERNOON. ALTHOUGH THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING IN NEARLY EVERY COUNTY IN WESTERN MONTANA...THE STRONGEST STORMS EXTEND FROM JACKSON IN BEAVERHEAD COUNTY NORTH TO SEELEY LAKE IN MISSOULA COUNTY. THESE STORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE TO THE NORTH AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. THE CONVECTION IN WESTERN MONTANA WILL LIKELY CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVENING HOURS. EVERYONE IN WESTERN MONTANA SHOULD STAY ALERT FOR STORMS PRODUCING DEADLY LIGHTNING...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...BRIEF HEAVY SHOWERS...AND SMALL HAIL DURING THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. THE BEST WAY TO STAY AWARE OF THE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY NEAR YOU IS TO STAY TUNED TO YOUR NOAA WEATHER RADIO. NWFO MSO/WHITMORE
Special weather statement, Jun 16, 4:17 PM MDT, 19 minutes before
MTZ001-002-004-162310- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 410 PM MDT FRI JUN 16 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING THROUGH WESTERN MONTANA AT 400 PM... AT 400 PM MISSOULA DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED SEVERAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS WESTERN MONTANA. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE IN A LINE FROM NEAR HAMILTON TO NORTH OF HELENA. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTH AT ABOUT 20 MPH. WEATHER SPOTTERS NEAR HAMILTON REPORTED STRONG WINDS WITH SOME SMALL TREES BLOWN OVER. HEAVY RAINFALL WITH PEA-SIZED HAIL WAS ALSO REPORTED NEAR DEER LODGE. THESE STORMS SHOULD CONTINUE ACROSS WESTERN MONTANA THROUGH THIS EVENING. PERSONS WITH OUTDOOR INTERESTS SHOULD STAY ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. IF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH...SEEK SHELTER INDOORS. BARKER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Missoula, MT issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 16, 4:24 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MSO | Missoula | 36 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.