Alert archive / Montana / Tornado Warnings in 2005
Tornado Warning 7, NWS Great Falls, MT
NWS Great Falls, MT issued this tornado warning at Jun 28, 2005, 2:58 PM MDT for Fergus County, Montana. It was in force for 32 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 28, 2005, 2:58 PM MDT (20:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 28, 2005, 3:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Great Falls, MT
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Fergus County, MT
The radar
The Billings radar (KBLX), 149 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Great_falls, MT (KTFX), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 110 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
- 1005 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 56 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 55 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS55 KTFX 282059 TORTFX MTC027-282130- /O.NEW.KTFX.TO.W.0007.050628T2058Z-050628T2130Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT 258 PM MDT TUE JUN 28 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREAT FALLS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... CENTRAL FERGUS COUNTY IN CENTRAL MONTANA * UNTIL 330 PM MDT * AT 253 PM MDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN 3 MILES EAST OF LEWISTOWN. THIS DANGEROUS STORM IS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. 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. LAT...LON 4711 10943 4702 10926 4708 10888 4732 10912 $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS55 KTFX 282107 SVSTFX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT 306 PM MDT TUE JUN 28 2005 MTC027-282130- /O.CON.KTFX.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-050628T2130Z/ FERGUS MT- 306 PM MDT TUE JUN 28 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 330 PM MDT FOR CENTRAL FERGUS COUNTY... AT 306 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO TRACK A THUNDERSTORM WITH A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES. THIS DANGEROUS STORM IS ABOUT 9 MILES EAST OF LEWISTOWN...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 4711 10943 4702 10926 4708 10888 4732 10912 $$
000 WWUS55 KTFX 282121 SVSTFX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT 320 PM MDT TUE JUN 28 2005 MTC027-282130- /O.CON.KTFX.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-050628T2130Z/ FERGUS MT- 320 PM MDT TUE JUN 28 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 330 PM MDT FOR CENTRAL FERGUS COUNTY... AT 313 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO TRACK A THUNDERSTORM WITH A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES. THIS DANGEROUS STORM IS LOCATED OVER CENTRAL FERGUS COUNTY...OR ABOUT 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF FOREST GROVE...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL. 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. LAT...LON 4711 10943 4702 10926 4708 10888 4732 10912 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Great Falls, MT issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 27, 6:17 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TFX | Cascade | 43 min |
| Jun 27, 6:30 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TFX | Liberty, Toole | 55 min |
| Jun 27, 6:47 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | TFX | Chouteau | 3 hr |
| Jun 28, 2:50 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TFX | Fergus | 40 min |
| Jun 28, 3:30 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TFX | Fergus | 45 min |
| Jun 28, 4:18 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TFX | Fergus | 42 min |
| Jun 28, 5:07 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TFX | Pondera | 38 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.