Alert archive / North Dakota / Severe Thunderstorm Watches in 2000

Severe Thunderstorm Watch 614

July 23, 2000Dawson County, Richland County, Sheridan County, Montana; 6 counties in North Dakota

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Jul 23, 2000, 8:00 PM MDT for Dawson County, Richland County, Sheridan County, Montana; 6 counties in North Dakota. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 23, 2000, 8:00 PM MDT (02:00 UTC)
Expired
Jul 24, 2000, 1:00 AM MDT
In force
5 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center

Counties Dawson County, MT, Richland County, MT, Sheridan County, MT, Billings County, ND, Burke County, ND, Divide County, ND, McKenzie County, ND, Mountrail County, ND, Williams County, ND

The radar

The Glasgow radar (KGGW), 193 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Glasgow Intl Airport, MT (KGGW), launched 00:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 191 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 2000-07-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1642 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 2000-07-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 25 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
1642 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-2 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
3058 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
25 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
69 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.4

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The text

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

SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 24, 3:00 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBarnes, Cass, Cavalier, Dickey, Grand Forks, Griggs and 10 more6 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Watches in North Dakota, 2000Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Montana, 2000Every severe thunderstorm watch in 2000

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.