Alert archive / Montana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 4, NWS Great Falls, MT
NWS Great Falls, MT issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 5, 1995, 12:46 PM MDT for Cascade County, Montana. It was in force for 59 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 5, 1995, 12:46 PM MDT (18:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 5, 1995, 1:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 59 min
- Issued by
- NWS Great Falls, MT
- Area
- Whole counties
County Cascade County, MT
The nearest sounding before it
Great_falls, MT (KTFX), launched 12:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 59 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
- 46 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -169 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1320 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 76 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 74 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 KGTF 051849 RRA SVRGTF MTC013-051945- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT 1246 PM MDT MON JUN 5 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREAT FALLS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 145 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTH CENTRAL MONTANA ...CENTRAL CASCADE COUNTY RADAR INDICATES A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES WEST OF ULM...MOVING NORTH NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. 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 BU.T 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, Jun 5, 9:30 AM MDT, 3 hours 16 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HELENA, MT 926 AM MDT MON JUN 05 1995 ...DENSE FOG ADVISORY FOR THE HELENA VALLEY THIS MORNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE... THE DENSE FOG WHICH FORMED IN THE HELENA VALLEY EARLY THIS MORNING HAS BEGUN TO DISSIPATE IN MOST AREAS. VISIBILITY AT THE AIRPORT...WHICH HAD BEEN LESS THAN A QUARTER MILE EARLY THIS MORNING...HAS NOW IMPROVED TO GREATER THAN 5 MILES. THUS...THE DENSE FOG ADVISORY FOR THE VALLEY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. SOME PATCHY FOG WILL LINGER IN THE NORTH END OF THE VALLEY FOR ANOTHER COUPLE OF HOURS...BUT SHOULD DISSIPATE AS DAYTIME HEATING INCREASES. SULLIVAN
Special weather statement, Jun 5, 12:21 PM MDT, 25 minutes before
MTZ006-060230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT 1221 PM MDT MON JUN 5 1995 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF WEST AND CENTRAL MONTANA... A STRONG COLD FRONT LOCATED OVER WESTERN MONTANA IN CONJUNCTION WITH A MOIST AIR MASS WILL GENERATE THUNDERSTORMS THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THUNDERSTORMS WILL GENERALLY MOVE IN A NORTHEASTERLY DIRECTION. THESE STORMS LIKELY WILL CONTAIN STRONG WINDS...HAIL...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. THIS THUNDERSTORM WATCH WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL 8:00 PM MDT. DLR
Special weather statement, Jun 5, 12:23 PM MDT, 23 minutes before
MTZ006-060230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT 1221 PM MDT MON JUN 5 1995 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF WEST AND CENTRAL MONTANA... A STRONG COLD FRONT LOCATED OVER WESTERN MONTANA IN CONJUNCTION WITH A MOIST AIR MASS WILL GENERATE THUNDERSTORMS THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THUNDERSTORMS WILL GENERALLY MOVE IN A NORTHEASTERLY DIRECTION. THESE STORMS LIKELY WILL CONTAIN STRONG WINDS...HAIL...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. THIS THUNDERSTORM WATCH WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL 8:00 PM MDT. DLR
The office that day
Everything else NWS Great Falls, MT issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 5, 12:35 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TFX | Teton | 55 min |
| Jun 5, 2:53 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TFX | Chouteau | 67 min |
| Jun 5, 4:01 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TFX | Chouteau | 59 min |
| Jun 5, 4:59 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TFX | Chouteau | 61 min |
| Jun 5, 5:38 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TFX | Blaine | 67 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.