Alert archive / Montana / Tornado Warnings in 1996
Tornado Warning 1, NWS Great Falls, MT
NWS Great Falls, MT issued this tornado warning at Jun 26, 1996, 4:33 PM MDT for Cascade County, Lewis and Clark County, Montana. It was in force for 42 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 26, 1996, 4:33 PM MDT (22:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 26, 1996, 5:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Great Falls, MT
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Cascade County, MT, Lewis and Clark County, MT
The nearest sounding before it
Great_falls, MT (KTFX), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 99 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
- 344 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -235 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 821 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 60 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 143 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 248 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KGTF 262235 TORGTF MTC013-049-262315- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT 433 PM MDT WED JUN 26 1996 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREAT FALLS HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 515 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTH MONTANA ...NORTHWESTERN CASCADE COUNTY ...SOUTHEAST TETON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MONTANA ...NORTHEASTERN LEWIS AND CLARK COUNTY AT 433 MDT...GREAT FALLS RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO 10 MILES WEST OF SIMMS IN EXTREME NORTHEAST LEWIS AND CLARK COUNTY. THE TORNADO WAS MOVING TOWARDS EAST AND NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO INCLUDE SIMMS AND FORT SHAW. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM SITUATION. ACT QUICKLY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO MOVE TO A SHELTER BELOW GROUND IF AVAILABLE. OTHERWISE...GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR POSSIBLE. AVOID WINDOWS. ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES FHOR A REINFORCED BUILDING OR GET INTO A DITCH OR CULVERT. &
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 26, 11:18 AM MDT, 5 hours 15 minutes before
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
1045 PM MDT TUE JUN 25 1996
TIME(MDT) ......CITY LOCATION...... MT ...EVENT.............
DATE(MDT) ......COUNTY LOCATION.... ...REMARKS...........
610 PM 10 MILES SE HLN MT HAIL
06/25/96 LEWIS AND CLARK 2 INCH HAIL
635 PM CLANCY MT HAIL
06/25/96 JEFFERSON 2 INCH HAIL
700 PM MONARCH MT HAIL
06/25/96 CASCADE 1 INCH HAIL
710 PM 15 MILES S FT BENTON MT HAIL
06/25/96 CHOUTEAU 1.75 INCH HAIL
755 PM MONARCH MT HAIL
06/25/96 CASCADE NR 1 INCH HAIL
840 PM 7 MILES N OF STANFORD MT HAIL
06/25/96 JUDITH BASIN 2.75 INCH HAIL
855 PM STANFORD MT HAIL
06/25/96 JUDITH BASIN 3/4 INCH HAIL
855 PM COFFEE CREEK TO DENTON MT TORNADO
06/25/96 FERGUS TORNADO TRACK FROM
3 S OF COFFEE CREEK
TO 2 S OF DENTON
FROM 855 TO 915 PM
900 PM COFFEE CREEK MT HAIL
06/25/96 FERGUS 2.75 INCH HAIL
910 PM DENTON MT HAIL
06/25/96 FERGUS 2.75 INCH HAIL
1155 PM 5 MILES NW OF BIG SANDY MT HAIL
06/25/96 CHOUTEAU 7/8 INCH HAILSpecial weather statement, Jun 26, 3:29 PM MDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before
MTZ001-262145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT 327 PM MDT WED JUN 26 1996 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL LEWIS AND CLARK COUNTY... AT 320PM GREAT FALLS RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER RODGERS PASS IN CENTRAL LEWIS AND CLARK COUNTY. THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. GREAT FALLS RADAR ALSO INDICATED SEVERAL OTHER THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER SOUTHERN AND SOUTHEAST LEWIS AND CLARK COUNTY. ONE THUNDERSTORM WAS 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF THE TOWN OF WILBUR MOVING TOWARDS THE NORTHEAST. ANOTHER THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF WOLF POINT WAS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY CONTAIN SMALL HAIL...BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. &
The office that day
Everything else NWS Great Falls, MT issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 25, 6:12 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TFX | Lewis and Clark | 33 min |
| Jun 25, 6:47 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TFX | Cascade, Lewis and Clark, Meagher | 43 min |
| Jun 25, 7:17 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TFX | Chouteau | 43 min |
| Jun 25, 7:33 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TFX | Cascade, Meagher | 42 min |
| Jun 25, 8:08 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TFX | Judith Basin | 52 min |
| Jun 25, 9:05 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TFX | Fergus | 40 min |
| Jun 26, 4:00 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TFX | Lewis and Clark, Teton | 45 min |
| Jun 26, 4:49 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TFX | Teton | 41 min |
| Jun 26, 5:53 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TFX | Fergus | 52 min |
Nearby
Tornado Warnings in Montana, 1996Every tornado warning in 1996Tornadoes 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.