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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 637

August 1, 200013 counties in Montana

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Aug 1, 2000, 7:00 PM MDT for 13 counties in Montana. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Aug 1, 2000, 7:00 PM MDT (01:00 UTC)
Expired
Aug 2, 2000, 1:00 AM MDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center

Counties Carter County, MT, Custer County, MT, Daniels County, MT, Dawson County, MT, Fallon County, MT, McCone County, MT, Powder River County, MT, Prairie County, MT, Richland County, MT, Roosevelt County, MT, Rosebud County, MT, Sheridan County, MT, Wibaux County, MT

The radar

The Glasgow radar (KGGW), 194 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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Warnings issued inside it

3 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 1, 7:21 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBYZCuster, Powder River, Rosebud54 min
Aug 1, 8:13 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBYZPowder River, Rosebud92 min
Aug 1, 8:52 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGGWMcCone53 min

The nearest sounding before it

Glasgow Intl Airport, MT (KGGW), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 194 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.

SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 2, 1:15 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCCarter6 hr
Aug 2, 2:00 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCSheridan6 hr

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.