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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 91, NWS Billings, MT

June 24, 2005Golden Valley County, Montana

NWS Billings, MT issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 24, 2005, 9:58 PM MDT for Golden Valley County, Montana. It was in force for 62 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 24, 2005, 9:58 PM MDT (03:58 UTC)
Expired
Jun 24, 2005, 11:00 PM MDT
In force
62 min
Issued by
NWS Billings, MT
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Golden Valley County, MT

The radar

The Billings radar (KBLX), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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

The nearest sounding before it

Great_falls, MT (KTFX), launched 00:00Z, 4.0 hours before the alert went out and 162 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, Great_falls, MT at 00:00Z on 2005-06-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Great_falls, MT at 00:00Z on 2005-06-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 59 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2328 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
53 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
59 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
213 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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 Billings, MT wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 24, 9:01 PM MDT, 57 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 24, 9:01 PM MDT, 57 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 24, 5:28 PM MDT, 4 hours 30 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
528 PM MDT FRI JUN 24 2005

MTZ028>030-032>035-039>042-056-063>068-252330-
SOUTHERN WHEATLAND-MUSSELSHELL-TREASURE-CUSTER-FALLON-
NORTHERN STILLWATER-YELLOWSTONE-EASTERN CARBON-NORTHERN PARK-
NORTHERN SWEET GRASS-GOLDEN VALLEY-RED LODGE FOOTHILLS-JUDITH GAP-
PARADISE VALLEY-LIVINGSTON AREA-BEARTOOTH FOOTHILLS-
ABSAROKA/BEARTOOTH MOUNTAINS-CRAZY MOUNTAINS-
528 PM MDT FRI JUN 24 2005

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL
MONTANA...SOUTHEAST MONTANA AND CENTRAL MONTANA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.

MTZ031-036>038-057-058-WYZ098-099-252330-
NORTHERN ROSEBUD-POWDER RIVER-CARTER-SOUTHERN BIG HORN-
NORTHERN BIG HORN-SOUTHERN ROSEBUD-NORTHEAST BIG HORN MOUNTAINS-
SHERIDAN FOOTHILLS-
528 PM MDT FRI JUN 24 2005

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL
WYOMING...SOUTHEAST MONTANA AND SOUTH CENTRAL MONTANA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT THIS EVENING. THE MAIN
THREATS OF ANY SEVERE STORMS WILL BE LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS
AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.

JKL

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 24, 8:25 PM MDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 24, 6:03 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBYZCarter, Powder River57 min
Jun 24, 6:26 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBYZCarter64 min
Jun 24, 6:44 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBYZCarbon, Yellowstone61 min
Jun 24, 6:59 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBYZBig Horn, Rosebud39 min
Jun 24, 7:00 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBYZCarter60 min
Jun 24, 7:08 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBYZBig Horn67 min
Jun 24, 7:40 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBYZCarbon65 min
Jun 24, 7:57 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBYZCarter32 min
Jun 24, 8:02 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBYZYellowstone53 min
Jun 24, 8:13 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBYZBig Horn62 min
Jun 24, 8:43 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBYZRosebud47 min
Jun 24, 9:29 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBYZRosebud46 min
Jun 24, 10:11 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBYZWheatland39 min
Jun 24, 10:24 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBYZCuster66 min
Jun 24, 10:41 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBYZPowder River64 min
Jun 24, 11:00 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBYZCarter, Custer, Fallon, Powder River90 min
Jun 25, 3:48 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBYZGolden Valley27 min
Jun 25, 4:12 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBYZGolden Valley, Musselshell63 min
Jun 25, 4:45 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBYZGolden Valley29 min
Jun 25, 5:12 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBYZMusselshell, Rosebud63 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.