Alert archive / Montana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 8, NWS Great Falls, MT
NWS Great Falls, MT issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 5, 1995, 5:38 PM MDT for Blaine County, Montana. It was in force for 67 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 5, 1995, 5:38 PM MDT (23:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 5, 1995, 6:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 67 min
- Issued by
- NWS Great Falls, MT
- Area
- Whole counties
County Blaine County, MT
The nearest sounding before it
Great_falls, MT (KTFX), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 163 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 052339 RRA SVRGTF MTC005-060045- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT 538 PM MDT MON JUN 5 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREAT FALLS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 645 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTH CENTRAL MONTANA ...SOUTHWESTERN BLAINE COUNTY AT 540 PM MDT RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN BLAINE COUNTY OF NORTH CENTRAL MONTANA. THE STORM WAS LOCATED ALONG THE BLAINE...CHOTEAU COUNTY LINE 40 MILES SOUTH OF HAVRE. THIS STORM WAS MOVING NORTH-NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...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. B
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, 3:45 PM MDT, 1 hour 53 minutes before
MTZ005-006-052245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT 345 PM MDT MON JUN 5 1995 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM FOR CHOTEAU COUNTY... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL MONTANA... AT 340 PM MDT A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER A LARGE PART OF CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL MONTANA. THE LINE EXTENDED FROM BIG SANDY...15 INORTHEAST OF FT BENTON...SOUTHWEST TO JUST SOUTHWEST OF STANFORD IN JUDITH BASIN COUNTY. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 TO 25 MPH. THESE STORMS ARE HAVE PRODUCED HAIL UP TO THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH(.75 INCHES) IN DIAMETER...DAMAGING WINDS...PERIODS OF VERY HEAVY RAIN AND DE LLIGHTNING. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS BE PREPARED FOR DANGEROUS WEATHER CONDITIONS. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY. HW
Special weather statement, Jun 5, 3:46 PM MDT, 1 hour 52 minutes before
MTZ005-006-052245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT 345 PM MDT MON JUN 5 1995 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM FOR CHOTEAU COUNTY... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL MONTANA... AT 340 PM MDT A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER A LARGE PART OF CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL MONTANA. THE LINE EXTENDED FROM BIG SANDY...15 INORTHEAST OF FT BENTON...SOUTHWEST TO JUST SOUTHWEST OF STANFORD IN JUDITH BASIN COUNTY. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 TO 25 MPH. THESE STORMS ARE HAVE PRODUCED HAIL UP TO THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH(.75 INCHES) IN DIAMETER...DAMAGING WINDS...PERIODS OF VERY HEAVY RAIN &AND DE LLIGHTNING. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS BE PREPARED FOR DANGEROUS WEATHER CONDITIONS. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY. HW
Special weather statement, Jun 5, 3:52 PM MDT, 1 hour 46 minutes before
MTZ005-006-052245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT 345 PM MDT MON JUN 5 1995 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM FOR CHOTEAU COUNTY... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL MONTANA... AT 340 PM MDT A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER A LARGE PART OF CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL MONTANA. THE LINE EXTENDED FROM BIG SANDY...15 MILES NORTHEAST OF FT BENTON...SOUTHWEST TO JUST SOUTHWEST OF STANFORD IN JUDITH BASIN COUNTY. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 TO 25 MPH. THESE STORMS ARE HAVE PRODUCED HAIL UP TO THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH(.75 INCHES) IN DIAMETER...DAMAGING WINDS...PERIODS OF VERY HEAVY .RAIN AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS BE PREPARED FOR DANGEROUS WEATHER CONDITIONS. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY. HW
Special weather statement, Jun 5, 4:24 PM MDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before
MTZ006-052330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED TIME NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT 424 PM MDT MON JUN 5 1995 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM MDT FOR EASTERN CHOTEAU COUNTY... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM MDT FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL MONTANA... AT 430 PM MDT STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER CENTRAL AND EASTERN CHOTEAU COUNTY OF NORTH CENTRAL MONTANA. THESE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM NEAR HAVRE IN HILL COUNTY...SOUTHEAST TO EXTREME SOUTHEAST CHOUTEAU COUNTY...SOUTH TO NORTHERN MEAGHER COUNTY. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED IN EXTREME SOUTHERN CHOTEAU COUNTY...10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GERALDINE. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTH-NORTH EAST AT 20 MPH. THESE STORMS HAVE PRODUCED LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...PERIODS OF VERY HEAVY RAIN AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS BE PREPARED FOR DANGEROUS WEATHER CONDITIONS. TAKE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. HW
Special weather statement, Jun 5, 4:28 PM MDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before
MTZ006-052330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT 424 PM MDT MON JUN 5 1995 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM MDT FOR EASTERN CHOTEAU COUNTY... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM MDT FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL MONTANA... AT 430 PM CDT STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER CENTRAL AND EASTERN CHOTEAU COUNTY OF NORTH CENTRAL MONTANA. THESE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM NEAR HAVRE IN HILL COUNTY...SOUTHEAST TO EXTREME SOUTHEAST CHOUTEAU COUNTY...SOUTH TO NORTHERN MEAGHER COUNTY. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED IN EXTREME SOUTHERN CHOTEAU COUNTY...10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GERALDINE. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTH-NORTH EAST AT 20 MPH. THESE STORMS HAVE PRODUCED LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...PERIODS OF VERY HEAVY RAIN AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS BE PREPARED FOR DANGEROUS WEATHER CONDITIONS. TAKE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. HW
Special weather statement, Jun 5, 4:34 PM MDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before
MTZ006-052330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED TIME NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT 424 PM MDT MON JUN 5 1995 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM MDT FOR EASTERN CHOTEAU COUNTY... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM MDT FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL MONTANA... AT 430 PM MDT STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER CENTRAL AND EASTERN CHOTEAU COUNTY OF NORTH CENTRAL MONTANA. THESE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM NEAR HAVRE IN HILL COUNTY...SOUTHEAST TO EXTREME SOUTHEAST CHOUTEAU COUNTY...SOUTH TO NORTHERN MEAGHER COUNTY. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED IN EXTREME SOUTHERN CHOTEAU COUNTY...10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GERALDINE. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTH-NORTH EAST AT 20 MPH. THESE STORMS HAVE PRODUCED LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...PERIODS OF VERY HEAVY RAIN AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS BE PREPARED FOR DANGEROUS WEATHER CONDITIONS. TAKE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IF 2THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. HW
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, 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 |
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.