Severe Thunderstorm Warning 4, NWS Glasgow, MT

Issued

Jun 8, 2002, 4:44 PM MDT (22:44 UTC)

Expired

Jun 8, 2002, 5:45 PM MDT

In force

61 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 22:45 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 082244
SVRGGW
MTC079-082345-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GLASGOW MT
442 PM MDT SAT JUN 8 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GLASGOW HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 545 PM MDT

* AT 440 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES SOUTH OF MILDRED...OR ABOUT 23 MILES
  SOUTHEAST OF TERRY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THERE WAS
  ANOTHER SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 25 MILES WEST OF TERRY ALSO MOVING NORTHEAST
  AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. 

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  MILDRED BY 455 PM MDT

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL.

A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE
TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. PREPARE TO MOVE TO A
PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY STRUCTURE SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL
INTERIOR ROOM IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED.

.END

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NWS Glasgow, MT wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 8, 3:00 PM MDT, 1 hour 44 minutes earlier.

NORTHEAST MONTANA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GLASGOW MT
300 PM MDT SAT JUN 8 2002

.SHORT TERM...
COMPLEX STORM SYSTEM AFFECTING E MT WELL WITH SEVERE STORMS POISED TO
MOVE INTO MY SE ZONES IN THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. HAVE SIDED WITH THE
ETA MODEL MORE THROUGH THIS PERIOD WHICH MOVES SYSTEM OUT AND DRIES OUT
CWA A BIT QUICKER THAN SLOWER/WETTER AVN. QUITE A BIG DIFFERCE BETWEEN
THE MODELS...BUT ETA HAS HAD A GOOD TRACK RECORD.

THEREFORE HAVE TRIMMED POPS DOWN THROUGH MONDAY ACROSS ALL ZONES WITH
CATEGORICAL TONIGHT...LIKELIES SUNDAY...TO SCATTERED/S SUNDAY NIGHT
AND MONDAY. WRAP-AROUND LATER MONDAY MAY BRING RAIN LIKELY.

WINDS TODAY HAVE BEEN LOCALLY HIGHER (IN THE GLASGOW AND FORT PECK
AREAS) COMPARED TO MAV AND FWC NUMBERS...SO HAVE KEPT THE LAKE WIND
ADVISORY GOING FOR TONIGHT.

HAVE WEAKENED THE WORDING FOR TONIGHT/S SEVERE WEATHER ACROSS THE S AND
S ZONES OUTSIDE OF WATCH A BIT (ISOLATED STORMS MAY BE SEVERE).
GOING WATCH LOOKS GOOD.SEE LATEST SWOMCD FOR MORE INFO.

.LONG TERM...
LITTLE TIME TO LOOK AT MEDIUM RANGE MODELS...BUT HAVE DELAYED THE
CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION TO SATURDAY. UPPER RIDGE OVER THE WESTERN
STATES SHOULD ALLOW FOR DRY CONDITIONS WITH A WARMING TREND. NEGATIVELY
TILTED TROF HEADING TOWARD MT FROM CALIFORNIA WILL DECREASE STABILITY
FRIDAY...BUT LOW LEVELS HAVE TO MOISTEN UP FIRST. JAMBA

KGGW RWW 046/058 044/053 045/066 76975564
     BBBB 045/072 045/077 050/077 050/077 761010223
KGDV RWW 048/062 044/055 046/070 76975564
     BBBB 045/073 045/075 054/075 054/075 7610101223

.GGW...TORNADO WATCH FOR PRAIRIE AND WIBAUX COUNTIES UNTIL 7PM.
...LAKE WIND ADVISORY FOR FORT PECK LAKE TONIGHT.

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The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.