Alert archive / Montana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 12, NWS Great Falls, MT
NWS Great Falls, MT issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 14, 1995, 9:31 PM MDT for Blaine County, Hill County, Montana. It was in force for 44 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 14, 1995, 9:31 PM MDT (03:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 14, 1995, 10:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Great Falls, MT
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Blaine County, MT, Hill County, MT
The radar
The Great Falls radar (KTFX), 182 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Great_falls, MT (KTFX), launched 00:00Z, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 143 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
- 306 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -169 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2076 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 59 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 123 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 279 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.0
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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 14, 6:36 PM MDT, 2 hours 55 minutes before
MTZ005-150130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT 633 PM MDT WED JUN 14 1995 AT 630 PM MDT STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER TETON...CHOUTEAU...AND CASCADE COUNTIES. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED JUST SOUTH OF FORT BENTON AND NEAR BELT. GUSTY WINDS...BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...AND SMALL HAIL MAY ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS AS THEY MOVE TO THE NORTHEAST AT AROUND 25 MPH. CONTINUE TO LISTEN TO THIS STATION FOR LATER STATEMENVTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Jun 14, 7:44 PM MDT, 1 hour 47 minutes before
MTZ003-005-006-150245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT 744 PM MDT WED JUN 14 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS BUILDING OVER CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL MONTANA... AT 735 PM DOPLER RADAR IN GREAT FALL WAS SHOWING SEVERAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL MONTANA. ONE STORM WAS LOCATED OVER EASTERN TOOLE COUNTY...ABOUT 10 MILES NORTH SHELBY. TWO OTHER STRONG STORMS WERE OVER WESTERN AND SOUTHERN CHOUTEAU COUNTY...NEAR THE TOWNS OF FORT BENTON AND CARTER. AN ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS RAPIDILY BUILDING UP OVER WESTERN JUDITH BASIN COUNTY...NEAR THE TOWN OF RAYNESFORD. ALL OF THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25 TO 30 MPH. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR GUSTY WINDS...HEAVY RAINS...AND SMALL HAIL. SCHNEIDER
Special weather statement, Jun 14, 7:47 PM MDT, 1 hour 44 minutes before
MTZ003-005-006-150245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT 744 PM MDT WED JUN 14 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS BUILDING OVER CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL MONTANA... AT 735 PM DOPLER RADAR IN GREAT FALL WAS SHOWING SEVERAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL MONTANA. ONE STORM WAS LOCATED OVER EASTERN TOOLE COUNTY...ABOUT 10 MILES NORTH SHELBY. TWO OTHER STRONG STORMS WERE OVER WESTERN AND SOUTHERN CHOUTEAU COUNTY...NEAR THE TOWNS OF FORT BENTON AND CARTER. AN ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS RAPIDILY BUILDING UP OVER WESTERN JUDITH BASIN COUNTY...NEAR THE TOWN OF RAYNESFORD. ALL OF THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25 TO 30 MPH. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR GUSTY WINDS...HEAVY RAINS...AND SMALL HAIL. SCHNEIDER
Special weather statement, Jun 14, 8:12 PM MDT, 1 hour 19 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HELENA, MT 702 PM MST WED JUN 14 1995 ...RAIN SHOWERS WITH GUSTY WINDS MOVING THROUGH THE HELENA VALLEY... AT 645 PM MDT THIS EVENING A WIND GUST OF 55 MPH WAS OBSERVED AT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN HELENA. THE WINDS CONTINUE TO GUST TO NEAR 40 MPH AT THE AIRPORT. THESE WINDS ARE A RESULT OF OUTFLOW FROM AN AREA OF RAIN SHOWERS MOVING THROUGH THE HELENA VALLEY. THESE SHOWERS ARE MOVING NORTH AT 25 TO 30 MPH. THEY WILL LIKELY MOVE INTO THE WOLF CREEK CANYON AND HOLTER LAKE ARES WITHIN THE NEXT 20 TO 30 MINUTES...PRODUCING WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 60 MPH. THE WINDS IN THE HELENA VALLEY SHOULD DIMINISH WITHIN THE NEXT HALF HOUR. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES OR STATEMENTS. SULLIVAN
Special weather statement, Jun 14, 8:16 PM MDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED FOR TIME NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HELENA, MT 816 PM MDT WED JUN 14 1995 ...RAIN SHOWERS WITH GUSTY WINDS MOVING THROUGH THE HELENA VALLEY... AT 745 PM MDT THIS EVENING A WIND GUST OF 55 MPH WAS OBSERVED AT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN HELENA. THE WINDS CONTINUE TO GUST TO NEAR 40 MPH AT THE AIRPORT. THESE WINDS ARE A RESULT OF OUTFLOW FROM AN AREA OF RAIN SHOWERS MOVING THROUGH THE HELENA VALLEY. THESE SHOWERS ARE MOVING NORTH AT 25 TO 30 MPH. THEY WILL LIKELY MOVE INTO THE WOLF CREEK CANYON AND HOLTER LAKE ARES WITHIN THE NEXT 20 TO 30 MINUTES...PRODUCING WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 60 MPH. THE WINDS IN THE HELENA VALLEY SHOULD DIMINISH WITHIN THE NEXT HALF HOUR. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES OR STATEMENTS. SULLIVAN
Special weather statement, Jun 14, 8:40 PM MDT, 51 minutes before
MTZ003-005-006-150345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT 840 PM MDT WED JUN 14 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING OVER CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL MONTANA... AT 835 PM DOPLER RADAR IN GREAT FALLS CONTINUED TO SHOW AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL MONTANA. THIS AREA STRETCHED FROM NORTHEAST TOOLE COUNTY...THROUGH LIBERY AND CHOUTEAU COUNTIES AND INTO NORTHWEST FERGUS COUNTY. AN ESPECIALLY STRONG STORM WAS INDICATED ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTH OF THE TOWN OF BIG SANDY. ALL OF THIS ACTIVITY WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 25 MPH. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS NEED TO BE ALERT FOR HEAVY RAINS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND BRIEF GUSTY WINDS. SMALL HAIL IS ALSO LIKELY WITH SOME OF THESE STORMS. SCHNEIDER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Great Falls, MT issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 10:03 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TFX | Blaine | 42 min |
| Jun 15, 5:05 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TFX | Lewis and Clark, Teton | 55 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.