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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 474

June 27, 20014 counties in Montana

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Jun 27, 2001, 7:30 PM MDT for 4 counties in Montana. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 27, 2001, 7:30 PM MDT (01:30 UTC)
Expired
Jun 28, 2001, 1:00 AM MDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center

Counties Blaine County, MT, Fergus County, MT, Hill County, MT, Petroleum County, MT

The radar

The Glasgow radar (KGGW), 178 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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Warnings issued inside it

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 27, 9:09 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTFXFergus, Judith Basin51 min
Jun 27, 10:00 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTFXFergus, Judith Basin45 min
Jun 27, 11:14 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTFXFergus, Judith Basin46 min
Jun 28, 12:14 AM MDTFlash Flood WarningTFXChouteau, Fergus, Judith Basin4 hr
Jun 28, 12:34 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTFXFergus41 min

The nearest sounding before it

Great_falls, MT (KTFX), launched 00:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 148 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 00:00Z on 2001-06-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1392 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, Great_falls, MT at 00:00Z on 2001-06-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 54 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1392 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-11 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2183 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
54 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
148 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
5.5

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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
Jun 28, 4:30 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBig Horn, Carbon, Custer, Golden Valley, Musselshell, Powder River and 6 more6 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.