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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 41, NWS Glasgow, MT

June 29, 2002Dawson County, Richland County, Montana

NWS Glasgow, MT issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 29, 2002, 4:53 PM MDT for Dawson County, Richland County, Montana. It was in force for 67 min. 4 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jun 29, 2002, 4:53 PM MDT (22:53 UTC)
Expired
Jun 29, 2002, 6:00 PM MDT
In force
67 min
Issued by
NWS Glasgow, MT
Area
Whole counties

Counties Dawson County, MT, Richland County, MT

The radar

The Glasgow radar (KGGW), 160 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 29, 5:15 PM MDTThunderstorm Wind 52 MLindsay, MT60 mph wind blew shingles off roof 10 miles south of Lindsay.
Jun 29, 5:30 PM MDTThunderstorm Wind 52 MEnid, MT60 mph wind reported 10 miles north of Enid.
Jun 29, 5:40 PM MDTThunderstorm Wind 63 MDawson Arpt Glendive, MT73 mph wind reported at the Dawson County Airport in Glendive.
Jun 29, 5:50 PM MDTThunderstorm Wind 52 MAndes, MT60 mph wind reported 5 miles east of Andes.

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.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 29, 2:00 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Glasgow Intl Airport, MT (KGGW), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 159 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 12:00Z on 2002-06-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 80 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 12:00Z on 2002-06-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 43 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
80 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-468 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2641 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
43 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
89 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS55 KGGW 292253
SVRGGW
MTC021-083-300000-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GLASGOW HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  RICHLAND COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MONTANA
  DAWSON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MONTANA

* UNTIL 600 PM MDT

* AT 451 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM 26 MILES NORTH OF RICHEY TO 13
  MILES WEST OF LINDSAY...OR FROM 20 MILES EAST OF WOLF POINT TO 13
  MILES SOUTHEAST OF CIRCLE...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  RICHEY BY 500 PM MDT
  LINDSAY BY 510 PM MDT
  ENID...BLOOMFIELD BY 515 PM MDT
  LAMBERT BY 525 PM MDT
  GLENDIVE BY 540 PM MDT
  INTAKE BY 545 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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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

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 20 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 29, 2:33 PM MDT, 2 hours 20 minutes before
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

Local storm report, Jun 29, 3:13 PM MDT, 1 hour 40 minutes 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

The office that day

Everything else NWS Glasgow, MT issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 28, 11:13 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGGWPhillips62 min
Jun 28, 11:54 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGGWValley51 min
Jun 29, 3:13 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGGWPhillips, Valley62 min
Jun 29, 3:50 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGGWMcCone55 min
Jun 29, 4:04 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGGWMcCone41 min
Jun 29, 4:07 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGGWRoosevelt53 min
Jun 29, 4:15 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGGWDaniels, Valley60 min
Jun 29, 4:43 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGGWPrairie62 min
Jun 29, 4:49 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGGWMcCone56 min
Jun 29, 5:02 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGGWRoosevelt58 min
Jun 29, 5:54 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGGWDaniels66 min
Jun 29, 5:56 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGGWRichland, Wibaux64 min

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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.