Alert archive / Montana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Glasgow, MT
NWS Glasgow, MT issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 14, 1996, 1:20 PM MDT for McCone County, Montana. It was in force for 55 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 14, 1996, 1:20 PM MDT (19:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 14, 1996, 2:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 55 min
- Issued by
- NWS Glasgow, MT
- Area
- Whole counties
County McCone County, MT
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 1:59 PM MDT | Hail 0.75 | Vida, MT |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.
The nearest sounding before it
Glasgow Intl Airport, MT (KGGW), launched 12:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 88 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
- 1825 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -118 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1343 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 73 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 102 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KGGW 141920 SVRGGW MTC055-142015- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GLASGOW MT 120 PM MDT FRI JUN 14 1996 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GLASGOW HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 215 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTHEAST MONTANA ...EASTERN MCCONE COUNTY AT 115 PM MDT...GLASGOW DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER EASTERN MCCONE COUNTY. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES WEST OF VIDA. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. STORM SHOULD BE NEAR VIDA BY 145 PM MDT. THIS STORM HAS ALREADY PRODUCED MARBLE SIZE HAIL. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A STRONG BUILDING. DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN... AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. MARTIN
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, 9:11 AM MDT, 4 hours 9 minutes before
MTZ005-141615- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GLASGOW MT 910 AM MDT FRI JUN 14 1996 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO SOUTHERN PHILLIPS COUNTY... AT 905 AM MDT...A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING INTO SOUTHERN PHILLIPS COUNTY. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES NORTH OF ZORTMAN. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. STRONG GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND SMALL HAIL MAY ACCOMPANY THE STR0ONGER STORMS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. HUGHES/MARTIN
Special weather statement, Jun 14, 10:05 AM MDT, 3 hours 15 minutes before
MTZ005-141710- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GLASGOW MT 1004 AM MDT FRI JUN 14 1996 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING THROUGH SOUTHERN PHILLIPS COUNTY... AT 1000 AM MDT...GLASGOW DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MALTA. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. STRONG GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND SMALL HAIL MAY ACCOMPANY THE STRONGER STORMS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES CONCERNING THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION. MARTIN
Special weather statement, Jun 14, 11:04 AM MDT, 2 hours 16 minutes before
MTZ008-141810- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GLASGOW MT 1104 AM MDT FRI JUN 14 1996 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPING OVER SOUTHERN VALLEY COUNTY... AT 1100 AM MDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS DEVELOPING OVER SOUTHERN VALLEY COUNTY. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 12 MILES WEST OF GLASGOW. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. STRONG GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND SMALL HAIL MAY ACCOMPANY THE STRONGERz STORMS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES CONCERNING THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION. MARTIN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Glasgow, MT issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 13, 7:16 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GGW | Phillips | 29 min |
| Jun 14, 1:47 AM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | GGW | Valley | 118 min |
| Jun 14, 3:45 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GGW | McCone | 45 min |
| Jun 14, 4:38 AM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | GGW | McCone | 3 hr |
| Jun 14, 11:31 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GGW | Valley | 59 min |
| Jun 14, 12:01 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GGW | Daniels | 59 min |
| Jun 14, 12:32 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GGW | Roosevelt, Valley | 58 min |
| Jun 14, 1:37 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GGW | Daniels, Roosevelt | 68 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Montana, 1996Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1996
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.