Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS Glasgow, MT

Issued

Jun 29, 2002, 4:43 PM MDT (22:43 UTC)

Expired

Jun 29, 2002, 5:45 PM MDT

In force

62 min

Issued by

NWS Glasgow, MT

Area

Whole counties

County Prairie County, MT

The Glasgow radar (KGGW), 176 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.

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WUUS55 KGGW 292243
SVRGGW
MTC079-292345-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GLASGOW MT
443 PM MDT SAT JUN 29 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GLASGOW HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  PRAIRIE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MONTANA

* UNTIL 545 PM MDT

* AT 441 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM 20 MILES NORTH OF MCCLOUD TO 15
  MILES WEST OF MCCLOUD...OR FROM 19 MILES SOUTH OF CIRCLE TO 28
  MILES WEST OF TERRY...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  MCCLOUD BY 515 PM MDT

STRONG AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM. TAKE COVER IN A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER UNTIL THE STORM PASSES.

.END

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NWS Glasgow, MT wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 29, 2:33 PM MDT, 2 hours 10 minutes earlier.

NORTHEAST MONTANA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GLASGOW MT
230 PM MDT SAT JUN 29 2002

.SHORT TERM...A 120 KT JET PUNCHING INTO WESTERN MONTANA THIS
AFTERNOON WILL DRIVE A COLD FRONT INTO EASTERN MONTANA THIS EVENING.
AIR MASS AHEAD OF THIS FEATURE IS MODERATELY UNSTABLE. STRONG/SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL MONTANA WILL SPREAD EAST AHEAD OF THE
FRONT THIS AFTERNOON/TONIGHT. MAIN THREAT SHOULD BE DAMAGING WINDS
AHEAD OF THE FRONT WITH ISOLATED AREAS OF LARGE HAIL ALSO POSSIBLE.
THE AIR MASS DRIES OUT QUICKLY BEHIND THE FRONT TONIGHT WITH DRY AND
COOLER CONDITIONS IN STORE FOR SUNDAY. THE ETA BRINGS ANOTHER WAVE
ALONG THE CANADIAN BORDER SUNDAY NIGHT WITH WEAK LOW PRESSURE
DEVELOPING OVER SOUTHEAST MONTANA. WILL ADD 20 POPS TO COVER
THIS...OTHERWISE DRY CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL THROUGH TUESDAY.

.LONG TERM...AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE MOVES OVER THE AREA WEDNESDAY TO
CONTINUE DRY CONDITIONS. SOUTHWEST FLOW RETURNS THE FOURTH OF JULY
FOR CHANCE POPS DAYS 5-7. TEMPERATURES WILL WARM WEDNESDAY AND THE
FOURTH...THEN COOL OFF FRIDAY AND SATURDAY AS A COLD FRONT MOVES
THROUGH THE AREA LATE THURSDAY.  WATERHOUSE

KGGW BBB 058/082 055/080 053/080 99612000
     BTTT 056/083 059/086 060/081 054/081 9912333333
KGDV BBB 061/085 057/083 054/083 99612000
     BTTT 057/085 060/087 060/083 054/083 9912333333

.GGW...NONE

In the hours before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GLASGOW MT
313 PM MDT SAT JUN 29 2002

TIME(MDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

1140 PM    15 S CONTENT              MT   60 MPH TSTM WIND GUST
06/28/02   PHILLIPS

1140 PM    15 S CONTENT              MT   WIND DAMAGE
06/28/02   PHILLIPS                       ROOF BLOWN OFF BARN

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