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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Great Falls, MT

July 10, 19955 counties in Montana

NWS Great Falls, MT issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 10, 1995, 3:35 PM MDT for 5 counties in Montana. It was in force for 55 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 10, 1995, 3:35 PM MDT (21:35 UTC)
Expired
Jul 10, 1995, 4:30 PM MDT
In force
55 min
Issued by
NWS Great Falls, MT
Area
Whole counties

Counties Cascade County, MT, Jefferson County, MT, Lewis and Clark County, MT, Meagher County, MT, Teton County, MT

The radar

The Great Falls radar (KTFX), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Great_falls, MT (KTFX), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 103 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 1995-07-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 40 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 1995-07-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 51 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
40 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-414 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1810 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
51 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
12 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 KGTF 102137 RRA
SVRGTF
MTC013-051-099-043-059-049-102230-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
335 PM MDT MON JUL 10 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREAT FALLS HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  430 PM MDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTH CENTRAL MONTANA
 
   ...SOUTHERN CASCADE COUNTY...SOUTHERN LIBERTY COUNTY
   ...TETON COUNTY
 
IN SOUTHWEST MONTANA
 
   ...NORTHERN JEFFERSON COUNTY...NORTHERN MEAGHER COUNTY
 
IN WEST CENTRAL MONTANA
 
   ...LEWIS AND CLARK COUNTY
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES SEVERAL VERY STRONG
TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL MONTANA.
THESE ARE FAST MOVING STORMS HEADING TOWARDS THE NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 35
TO 40 MPH. GOLF BALL TO ONE INCH HAIL HAS BEEN REPORTED WITH SOME OF
THESE STORMS.
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH.j..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.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 9, 6:15 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTFXFergus38 min
Jul 10, 1:41 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTFXJudith Basin64 min
Jul 10, 1:53 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTFXTeton67 min
Jul 10, 2:22 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTFXJefferson, Lewis and Clark68 min
Jul 10, 2:50 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTFXPondera, Teton55 min
Jul 10, 3:35 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTFXLiberty55 min
Jul 10, 4:20 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTFXHill70 min
Jul 10, 4:47 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTFXCascade, Chouteau58 min
Jul 10, 4:47 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTFXFergus, Petroleum58 min
Jul 10, 5:13 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTFXHill62 min
Jul 10, 5:34 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTFXChouteau, Fergus56 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.