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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 3, NWS Glasgow, MT

June 23, 1998Petroleum County, Montana

NWS Glasgow, MT issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 23, 1998, 1:00 PM MDT for Petroleum 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 23, 1998, 1:00 PM MDT (19:00 UTC)
Expired
Jun 23, 1998, 1:55 PM MDT
In force
55 min
Issued by
NWS Glasgow, MT
Area
Whole counties

County Petroleum County, MT

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 23, 1:22 PM MDTHail 1Winnett, 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, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 174 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, Glasgow Intl Airport, MT at 12:00Z on 1998-06-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 123 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, Glasgow Intl Airport, MT at 12:00Z on 1998-06-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 77 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
123 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-238 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1544 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
77 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
87 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

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.

NWS Glasgow, MT wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 23, 9:19 AM MDT, 3 hours 41 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 23, 9:19 AM MDT, 3 hours 41 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 23, 1:52 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGGWValley63 min
Jun 23, 2:02 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGGWGarfield63 min
Jun 23, 3:06 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGGWGarfield64 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Montana, 1998Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1998

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.