Alert archive / Montana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2005
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 69, NWS Billings, MT
NWS Billings, MT issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 22, 2005, 4:00 PM MDT for Golden Valley County, Musselshell County, Montana. It was in force for 54 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 22, 2005, 4:00 PM MDT (22:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 22, 2005, 4:54 PM MDT
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- NWS Billings, MT
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
The radar
The Billings radar (KBLX), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:04 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.
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 22, 3:50 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Great_falls, MT (KTFX), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 178 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2428 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 74 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 81 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 Billings, MT wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 22, 10:00 AM MDT, 6 hours earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 22, 10:00 AM MDT, 6 hours before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 22, 5:09 AM MDT, 10 hours 51 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT 509 AM MDT WED JUN 22 2005 MTZ028>042-056>058-063>068-WYZ098-231115- SOUTHERN WHEATLAND-MUSSELSHELL-TREASURE-NORTHERN ROSEBUD-CUSTER- FALLON-NORTHERN STILLWATER-YELLOWSTONE-POWDER RIVER-CARTER- SOUTHERN BIG HORN-EASTERN CARBON-NORTHERN PARK- NORTHERN SWEET GRASS-GOLDEN VALLEY-RED LODGE FOOTHILLS- NORTHERN BIG HORN-SOUTHERN ROSEBUD-JUDITH GAP-PARADISE VALLEY- LIVINGSTON AREA-BEARTOOTH FOOTHILLS-ABSAROKA/BEARTOOTH MOUNTAINS- CRAZY MOUNTAINS-NORTHEAST BIG HORN MOUNTAINS- 509 AM MDT WED JUN 22 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL WYOMING...SOUTHEAST MONTANA...SOUTH CENTRAL MONTANA AND CENTRAL MONTANA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON. GUSTY WINDS WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT FROM ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT DO DEVELOP. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. WYZ099-231115- SHERIDAN FOOTHILLS- 509 AM MDT WED JUN 22 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL WYOMING. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON. GUSTY WINDS WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT FROM ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT DO DEVELOP. A SMALL STREAM ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE FOOTHILLS OF THE BIG HORN MOUNTAINS IN SHERIDAN COUNTY. PLEASE REFER TO GTFFLSBYZ FOR DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY A SMALL STREAM ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON FOR THE FOOTHILLS OF THE BIG HORN MOUNTAINS IN SHERIDAN COUNTY. PLEASE REFER TO GTFFLSBYZ FOR DETAILS. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 22, 2:04 PM MDT, 1 hour 56 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
204 PM MDT WED JUN 22 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0535 PM TSTM WND GST 5 SW BRIDGER 45.24N 108.99W
06/21/2005 65 MPH CARBON MT TRAINED SPOTTER
ROOFING MATERIAL RIPPED OFF HOUSE
0540 PM TSTM WND GST 2 NE BRIDGER 45.31N 108.89W
06/21/2005 60 MPH CARBON MT TRAINED SPOTTER
2 INCH TREE BRANCHES DOWN
0550 PM TSTM WND GST 12 NW ACTON 46.06N 108.86W
06/21/2005 65 MPH YELLOWSTONE MT TRAINED SPOTTER
0550 PM TSTM WND GST 9 WNW ACTON 45.98N 108.86W
06/21/2005 70 MPH YELLOWSTONE MT TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
SOLUMLocal storm report, Jun 22, 2:05 PM MDT, 1 hour 55 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
205 PM MDT WED JUN 22 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0440 PM TSTM WND GST 2 S NYE 45.42N 109.82W
06/21/2005 60 MPH STILLWATER MT MESONET
0445 PM TSTM WND GST NYE 45.45N 109.82W
06/21/2005 58 MPH STILLWATER MT CO-OP OBSERVER
0510 PM TSTM WND DMG ABSAROKEE 45.52N 109.44W
06/21/2005 STILLWATER MT TRAINED SPOTTER
UPROOTED EVERGREEN TREE AND AWNING BLOWN OFF HOUSE
0530 PM TSTM WND GST RAPELJE 45.97N 109.27W
06/21/2005 58 MPH STILLWATER MT TRAINED SPOTTER
0535 PM TSTM WND GST 5 SW BRIDGER 45.24N 108.99W
06/21/2005 65 MPH CARBON MT TRAINED SPOTTER
ROOFING MATERIAL RIPPED OFF HOUSE
0540 PM TSTM WND GST 2 NE BRIDGER 45.31N 108.89W
06/21/2005 60 MPH CARBON MT TRAINED SPOTTER
2 INCH TREE BRANCHES DOWN
0550 PM TSTM WND GST 12 NW ACTON 46.06N 108.86W
06/21/2005 65 MPH YELLOWSTONE MT TRAINED SPOTTER
0550 PM TSTM WND GST 9 WNW ACTON 45.98N 108.86W
06/21/2005 70 MPH YELLOWSTONE MT TRAINED SPOTTER
0555 PM TSTM WND GST BILLINGS 45.79N 108.54W
06/21/2005 65 MPH YELLOWSTONE MT NWS EMPLOYEE
0600 PM TSTM WND GST 25 NE RAPELJE 46.22N 108.90W
06/21/2005 60 MPH GOLDEN VALLEY MT TRAINED SPOTTER
0650 PM TSTM WND GST 10 N ROUNDUP 46.59N 108.54W
06/21/2005 60 MPH MUSSELSHELL MT TRAINED SPOTTER
0745 PM HAIL 7 SE MELSTONE 46.53N 107.76W
06/21/2005 0.75 INCH ROSEBUD MT TRAINED SPOTTER
0755 PM HAIL 10 S SUMATRA 46.47N 107.55W
06/21/2005 0.75 INCH TREASURE MT TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
SOLUMThe office that day
Everything else NWS Billings, MT issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 21, 6:14 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BYZ | Golden Valley, Musselshell | 62 min |
| Jun 21, 7:31 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BYZ | Musselshell, Rosebud, Treasure | 59 min |
| Jun 22, 4:20 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BYZ | Carbon | 25 min |
| Jun 22, 5:47 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BYZ | Musselshell | 41 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Montana, 2005Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2005
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.