Alert archive / Montana / Severe Thunderstorm Watches in 2000
Severe Thunderstorm Watch 420
The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Jun 8, 2000, 3:15 PM MDT for 15 counties in Montana. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 8, 2000, 3:15 PM MDT (21:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 8, 2000, 9:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
Counties Blaine County, MT, Cascade County, MT, Chouteau County, MT, Fergus County, MT, Flathead County, MT, Glacier County, MT, Hill County, MT, Judith Basin County, MT, Lake County, MT, Lewis and Clark County, MT, Liberty County, MT, Missoula County, MT, Pondera County, MT, Teton County, MT, Toole County, MT
The radar
The Great Falls radar (KTFX), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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Warnings issued inside it
7 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 8, 3:41 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MSO | Flathead | 49 min |
| Jun 8, 4:17 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MSO | Flathead | 43 min |
| Jun 8, 5:01 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TFX | Pondera, Toole | 29 min |
| Jun 8, 5:29 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TFX | Toole | 46 min |
| Jun 8, 6:26 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TFX | Liberty | 34 min |
| Jun 8, 6:52 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TFX | Fergus | 38 min |
| Jun 8, 7:13 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TFX | Hill, Liberty | 47 min |
The nearest sounding before it
Great_falls, MT (KTFX), launched 12:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 119 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
- 193 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -535 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 957 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 33 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 212 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.