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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 68, NWS Great Falls, MT

August 27, 1997Fergus County, Judith Basin County, Montana

NWS Great Falls, MT issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 27, 1997, 5:35 PM MDT for Fergus County, Judith Basin County, Montana. It was in force for 55 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
Aug 27, 1997, 5:35 PM MDT (23:35 UTC)
Expired
Aug 27, 1997, 6:30 PM MDT
In force
55 min
Issued by
NWS Great Falls, MT
Area
Whole counties

Counties Fergus County, MT, Judith Basin County, MT

The radar

The Great Falls radar (KTFX), 128 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 73 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 1997-08-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 47 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 1997-08-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 47 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
47 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-375 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2100 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
47 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
82 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.1

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

813 
WUUS1 KGTF 272336 RRA
SVRGTF
MTC027-045-280030-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
535 PM MDT WED AUG 27 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREAT FALLS HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 630 PM MDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN CENTRAL MONTANA
 
   ...EASTERN JUDITH BASIN AND WESTERN FERGUS COUNTY
 
AN OBSERVER IN WINDHAM...IN JUDITH BASIN REPORTED 1 INCH HAIL AT 530 PM.
THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS MOVING TOWARDS THE NORTHEAST AT 15 TO 20 MPH
AN SHOULD AFFECT THE COMMUNITIES OF DENTON AND DANVERS IN FERGUS COUNTY
BY 630 PM MDT.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 27, 5:00 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTFXFergus30 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Montana, 1997Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1997

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.