Alert archive / Montana / Severe Thunderstorm Watches in 2001

Severe Thunderstorm Watch 636

July 28, 200116 counties in Montana

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Jul 28, 2001, 3:00 PM MDT for 16 counties in Montana. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 28, 2001, 3:00 PM MDT (21:00 UTC)
Expired
Jul 28, 2001, 9:00 PM MDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center

Counties Blaine County, MT, Carbon County, MT, Chouteau County, MT, Fergus County, MT, Golden Valley County, MT, Hill County, MT, Judith Basin County, MT, Liberty County, MT, Meagher County, MT, Musselshell County, MT, Park County, MT, Petroleum County, MT, Stillwater County, MT, Sweet Grass County, MT, Wheatland County, MT, Yellowstone County, MT

Warnings issued inside it

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 28, 3:06 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTFXCascade, Chouteau, Judith Basin54 min
Jul 28, 3:20 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBYZBig Horn, Yellowstone55 min
Jul 28, 3:33 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTFXBlaine, Chouteau, Fergus, Hill57 min
Jul 28, 3:51 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTFXBlaine, Chouteau, Fergus54 min
Jul 28, 4:15 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBYZMusselshell, Rosebud60 min
Jul 28, 4:15 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTFXChouteau, Hill60 min
Jul 28, 4:55 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTFXHill60 min
Jul 28, 5:01 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTFXBlaine44 min

The nearest sounding before it

Great_falls, MT (KTFX), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 94 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 12:00Z on 2001-07-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 2001-07-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -11 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
3192 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-11 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
77 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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 28, 3:00 PM MDTTornado WatchSPCBig Horn, Carter, Custer, Daniels, Dawson, Fallon and 12 more6 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Montana, 2001Every severe thunderstorm watch in 2001

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.