Alert archive / Montana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 5, NWS Great Falls, MT
NWS Great Falls, MT issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 5, 1995, 2:53 PM MDT for Chouteau County, Montana. It was in force for 67 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 5, 1995, 2:53 PM MDT (20:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 5, 1995, 4:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 67 min
- Issued by
- NWS Great Falls, MT
- Area
- Whole counties
County Chouteau County, MT
The nearest sounding before it
Great_falls, MT (KTFX), launched 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 48 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 052057 RRA SVRGTF MTC015-052200- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT 253 PM MDT MON JUN 5 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREAT FALLS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 400 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTH CENTRAL MONTANA ...CENTRAL CHOUTEAU COUNTY RADAR SHOWS A SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AT FORT BENTON...MOVING NORTH NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL HAS BEEN REPORTED IN FORT BENTON. 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 BUT 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, 12:23 PM MDT, 2 hours 30 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, 2:00 PM MDT, 53 minutes before
MTZ005-006-052100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT 200 PM MDT MON JUN 5 1995 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS FOR CASCADE AND TETON COUNTIES HAVE EXPIRED... A LARGE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUES OVER PARTS OF NORTH CENTRAL AND CENTRAL MONTANA. A LINE EXTENDS FROM SOUTH OF CUTBANK TO JUST NORTH OF GREAT FALLS AND ANOTHER LINE EXTENDS FROM 40 MILES NORTH OF HELENA FALLS TO 45 MILES SOUTHEAST HELENA. THESE STORMS ARE GENERALLY MOVING IN A NORTHEASTERLY DIRECTION AT ABOUT 20 TO 25 MPH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING STRONG WINDS...HEAVY RAIN...AND HAIL AT TIMES. STORMS HAVE ALSO CAUSED PONDING OF WATER IN LOW LYING AREAS. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND TAKE SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES.
Special weather statement, Jun 5, 2:01 PM MDT, 52 minutes before
MTZ005-006-052100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT 200 PM MDT MON JUN 5 1995 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS FOR CASCADE AND TETON COUNTIES HAVE EXPIRED... A LARGE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUES OVER PARTS OF NORTH CENTRAL AND CENTRAL MONTANA. A LINE EXTENDS FROM SOUTH OF CUTBANK TO JUST NORTH OF GREAT FALLS AND ANOTHER LINE EXTENDS FROM 40 MILES NORTH OF HELENA FALLS TO 45 MILES SOUTHEAST HELENA. THESE STORMS ARE GENERALLY MOVING IN A NORTHEASTERLY DIRECTION AT ABOUT 20 TO 25 MPH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING STRONG WINDS...HEAVY RAIN...AND HAIL AT TIMES. STORMS HAVE ALSO CAUSED PONDING OF WATER IN LOW LYING AREAS. PERSONS IN THE PfATH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND TAKE SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES.
Special weather statement, Jun 5, 2:07 PM MDT, 46 minutes before
MTZ005-006-052100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT 200 PM MDT MON JUN 5 1995 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS FOR CASCADE AND TETON COUNTIES HAVE EXPIRED... A LARGE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUES OVER PARTS OF NORTH CENTRAL AND CENTRAL MONTANA. A LINE EXTENDS FROM SOUTH OF CUTBANK TO JUST NORTH OF GREAT FALLS AND ANOTHER LINE EXTENDS FROM 40 MILES NORTH OF HELENA TO 45 MILES SOUTHEAST HELENA. THESE STORMS ARE GENERALLY MOVING IN A NORTHEASTERLY DIRECTION AT ABOUT 20 TO 25 MPH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING STRONG WINDS...HEAVY RAIN...AND HAIL AT TIMES. STORMS HAVE ALSO CAUSED PONDING OF WATER IN LOW LYING AREAS. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF |THESE STORMS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND TAKE SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES.
Special weather statement, Jun 5, 2:40 PM MDT, 13 minutes before
MTZ005-006-052200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT 240 PM MDT MON JUN 5 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN SOUTHERN CASCADE COUNTY... WSR-88D RADAR INDICATES A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS 20 MILES SOUTHWEST TO 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GREAT FALLS MOVING NORTH AT 20 TO 25 MPH. THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL PRODUCE STRONG WINDS...HEAVY RAIN...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY HAIL AT TIMES. PERSONS IN SOUTHERN CASCADE COUNTY SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND TAKE SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. VOSS TSHORNE AND PITTSBURG ARE NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS. HAIL TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS AND WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE WARNED AREA. DURING THE STORM MOVE INDOORS AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. TO PROTECT YOURSELF FROM LIGHTNING DO NOT USE THE TELEPHONE OR HAND HELD ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES...UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR WATER ON ROADWAYS AND NEVER DRIVE ONTO A FLOODED ROAD. KEEP TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER BULLETINS.
Special weather statement, Jun 5, 2:48 PM MDT, 5 minutes before
MTZ005-006-052200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT 240 PM MDT MON JUN 5 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN SOUTHERN CASCADE COUNTY... WSR-88D RADAR INDICATES A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS 20 MILES SOUTHWEST TO 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GREAT FALLS MOVING NORTH AT 20 TO 25 MPH. THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL PRODUCE STRONG WINDS...HEAVY RAIN...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY HAIL AT TIMES. PERSONS IN SOUTHERN CASCADE COUNTY SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND TAKE SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. VOSS
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, 12:46 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TFX | Cascade | 59 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
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.