Alert archive / Montana / Tornado Warnings in 2004
Tornado Warning 2, NWS Great Falls, MT
NWS Great Falls, MT issued this tornado warning at Jun 5, 2004, 8:14 PM MDT for Judith Basin County, Montana. It was in force for 31 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 5, 2004, 8:14 PM MDT (02:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 5, 2004, 8:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Great Falls, MT
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Judith Basin County, MT
The radar
The Great Falls radar (KTFX), 128 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 5, 4:05 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Great_falls, MT (KTFX), launched 00:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 82 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 537 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -16 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2966 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 81 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 119 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS55 KTFX 060214
TORTFX
MTC045-060245-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
813 PM MDT SAT JUN 5 2004
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREAT FALLS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
EAST CENTRAL JUDITH BASIN COUNTY IN CENTRAL MONTANA
* UNTIL 845 PM MDT
* AT 811 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
A TORNADO 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF UTICA...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
5 MILES SOUTH OF HOBSON AT 830 PM MDT
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM MDT
SATURDAY EVENING FOR WESTERN MONTANA.
LAT...LON 4689 10979 4682 10981 4678 11019 4694 11023
4704 10976 4690 10976
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Great Falls, MT issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 5, 6:25 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TFX | Liberty | 50 min |
| Jun 5, 6:44 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TFX | Chouteau, Judith Basin | 61 min |
| Jun 5, 7:13 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TFX | Hill, Liberty | 47 min |
| Jun 5, 7:35 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TFX | Fergus | 55 min |
| Jun 5, 7:43 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | TFX | Judith Basin | 32 min |
| Jun 5, 8:11 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TFX | Blaine, Hill | 49 min |
| Jun 5, 8:24 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | TFX | Fergus | 36 min |
| Jun 5, 8:58 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | TFX | Fergus | 32 min |
| Jun 5, 9:27 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | TFX | Fergus | 33 min |
| Jun 6, 3:48 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TFX | Cascade, Lewis and Clark, Teton | 27 min |
| Jun 6, 4:09 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TFX | Chouteau, Hill | 21 min |
| Jun 6, 4:17 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TFX | Cascade | 28 min |
| Jun 6, 4:54 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TFX | Cascade, Chouteau, Judith Basin | 36 min |
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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.