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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 154, NWS Glasgow, MT

August 1, 2000McCone County, Montana

NWS Glasgow, MT issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 1, 2000, 8:52 PM MDT for McCone County, Montana. It was in force for 53 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
Aug 1, 2000, 8:52 PM MDT (02:52 UTC)
Expired
Aug 1, 2000, 9:45 PM MDT
In force
53 min
Issued by
NWS Glasgow, MT
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County McCone County, MT

The radar

The Glasgow radar (KGGW), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:54 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 1, 8:55 PM MDTHail 0.75Weldon, 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
Aug 1, 7:00 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Glasgow Intl Airport, MT (KGGW), launched 00:00Z, 2.9 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Glasgow Intl Airport, MT at 00:00Z on 2000-08-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 858 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 00:00Z on 2000-08-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 37 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
858 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-96 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2553 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
37 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
122 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.2

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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 Aug 1, 8:20 PM MDT, 32 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 1, 8:20 PM MDT, 32 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 1, 6:27 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGGWGarfield63 min
Aug 1, 7:04 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGGWValley56 min
Aug 1, 7:17 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGGWPhillips43 min
Aug 1, 7:59 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGGWValley61 min
Aug 1, 8:11 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGGWPetroleum64 min
Aug 2, 1:18 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGGWDaniels57 min
Aug 2, 1:37 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGGWSheridan53 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.