Alert archive / Montana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2005
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Missoula, MT
NWS Missoula, MT issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 16, 2005, 4:02 PM MDT for Deer Lodge County, Montana. It was in force for 59 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 16, 2005, 4:02 PM MDT (22:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 16, 2005, 5:01 PM MDT
- In force
- 59 min
- Issued by
- NWS Missoula, MT
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Deer Lodge County, MT
The radar
The Missoula radar (KMSX), 126 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:02 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 nearest sounding before it
Great_falls, MT (KTFX), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 260 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
- 970 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 96 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 223 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WUUS55 KMSO 162201
SVRMSO
MTC023-162300-
/O.NEW.KMSO.SV.W.0002.050616T2202Z-050616T2300Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
402 PM MDT THU JUN 16 2005
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
WESTERN DEER LODGE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MONTANA
* UNTIL 500 PM MDT(400 PM PDT)
* AT 354 PM MDT(254 PM PDT)...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM 22 MILES SOUTH OF GEORGETOWN...OR ABOUT 26 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF ANACONDA...MOVING NORTH AT 50 MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
GEORGETOWN BY 420 PM MDT(320 PM PDT)
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH ARE LIKELY WITH THIS SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM. LARGE HAIL IS POSSIBLE...ALONG WITH FREQUENT LIGHTNING
AND HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION...GO INDOORS AND STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...MOVE TO A WELL PROTECTED AREA.
LAT...LON 4590 11347 4597 11344 4601 11339 4599 11333
4605 11325 4621 11327 4621 11305 4626 11300
4586 11324 4585 11327
$$3 follow-up statements
000
WWUS55 KMSO 162223
SVSMSO
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
423 PM MDT THU JUN 16 2005
MTC023-162300-
/O.CON.KMSO.SV.W.0002.000000T0000Z-050616T2300Z/
DEER LODGE-
423 PM MDT THU JUN 16 2005
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 500 PM MDT(400 PM
PDT) FOR WESTERN DEER LODGE COUNTY...
AT 418 PM MDT(318 PM PDT)...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR
CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...18 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
GEORGETOWN...OR ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTH OF ANACONDA...MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 45 MPH. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF 3/4 INCH DIAMETER HAIL.
LAT...LON 4590 11347 4597 11344 4601 11339 4599 11333
4605 11325 4621 11327 4621 11305 4626 11300
4586 11324 4585 11327
$$000
WWUS55 KMSO 162244
SVSMSO
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
443 PM MDT THU JUN 16 2005
MTC023-162300-
/O.CON.KMSO.SV.W.0002.000000T0000Z-050616T2300Z/
DEER LODGE-
443 PM MDT THU JUN 16 2005
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 500 PM MDT(400 PM
PDT) FOR DEER LODGE COUNTY...
AT 436 PM MDT(336 PM PDT)...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A LINE
OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE DAMAGING HAIL UP
TO GOLF BALL SIZE. ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 11 MILES EAST OF
GEORGETOWN TO 18 MILES EAST OF GEORGETOWN TO 28 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
GEORGETOWN...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF
ANACONDA TO ANACONDA TO 14 MILES WEST OF BUTTE...MOVING NORTH AT 50
MPH.
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE
IMMEDIATELY FOR...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...PREFERABLY
INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
LAT...LON 4590 11347 4597 11344 4601 11339 4599 11333
4605 11325 4621 11327 4621 11305 4626 11300
4586 11324 4585 11327
$$000
WWUS55 KMSO 162301
SVSMSO
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
501 PM MDT THU JUN 16 2005
MTC023-162311-
/O.EXP.KMSO.SV.W.0002.000000T0000Z-050616T2300Z/
DEER LODGE-
501 PM MDT THU JUN 16 2005
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR DEER LODGE COUNTY
EXPIRES AT 500 PM MDT(400 PM PDT)...
LAT...LON 4590 11347 4597 11344 4601 11339 4599 11333
4605 11325 4621 11327 4621 11305 4626 11300
4586 11324 4585 11327
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Missoula, MT issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 16, 4:29 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MSO | Silver Bow | 48 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.