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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Missoula, MT

September 5, 1995Beaverhead County, Montana

NWS Missoula, MT issued this tornado warning at Sep 5, 1995, 4:42 PM MDT for Beaverhead County, Montana. It was in force for 18 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 5, 1995, 4:42 PM MDT (22:42 UTC)
Expired
Sep 5, 1995, 5:00 PM MDT
In force
18 min
Issued by
NWS Missoula, MT
Area
Whole counties

County Beaverhead County, MT

The nearest sounding before it

Great_falls, MT (KTFX), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 313 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Great_falls, MT at 12:00Z on 1995-09-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 32 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Great_falls, MT at 12:00Z on 1995-09-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -53 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
32 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-7 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
773 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
9 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-53 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-37 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KMSO 052242
TORMSO
MTC001-052300-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
442 PM MDT TUE SEP 5 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  500 PM MDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...                     ...
 
IN SOUTHWEST MONTANA
 
   ...SOUTHEASTERN BEAVERHEAD COUNTY
 
THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN EXTENDED...DUE TO DOPPLER RADAR IMERAGY.
THE STORM IS 25 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DILLON NEAR JAKE CANYON...MOVING TO
THE EAST AT ABOUT 10 MILES AN HOUR.
 
DO NOT USE YOUR CAR TO TRY TO OUTRUN A TORNADO.  CARS ARE EASILY
TOSSED AROUND BY TORNADO WINDS.  IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE PATH OF
A TORNADO...LEAVE THE CAR AND GO TO A STRONG BUILDING.  IF NO
STRUCTURE IS NEARBY...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Missoula, MT issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 5, 4:14 PM MDTTornado WarningMSOBeaverhead16 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.