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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 29, NWS Billings, MT

July 2, 2000Wheatland County, Montana

NWS Billings, MT issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 2, 2000, 4:50 PM MDT for Wheatland County, Montana. It was in force for 55 min. 3 reports 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
Jul 2, 2000, 4:50 PM MDT (22:50 UTC)
Expired
Jul 2, 2000, 5:45 PM MDT
In force
55 min
Issued by
NWS Billings, MT
Area
Whole counties

County Wheatland County, MT

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 2, 5:15 PM MDTHail 0.75Harlowton, MT
Jul 2, 5:15 PM MDTHail 1Twodot, MT
Jul 2, 5:50 PM MDTHail 0.75Harlowton, 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 watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 2, 4:45 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Great_falls, MT (KTFX), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 125 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 2000-07-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2000-07-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 61 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1631 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
61 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
93 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.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 2, 5:29 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBYZRosebud31 min
Jul 2, 5:42 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBYZWheatland48 min

Nearby

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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.