Alert archive / Montana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2007
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 9, NWS Glasgow, MT
NWS Glasgow, MT issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 3, 2007, 3:43 PM MDT for Garfield County, 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
- May 3, 2007, 3:43 PM MDT (21:43 UTC)
- Expired
- May 3, 2007, 4:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- NWS Glasgow, MT
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Garfield County, MT, Valley County, MT
The radar
The Glasgow radar (KGGW), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:44 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 3, 1:40 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
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 Glasgow, MT wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at May 3, 2:19 PM MDT, 1 hour 24 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 3, 2:19 PM MDT, 1 hour 24 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GLASGOW MT 219 PM MDT THU MAY 3 2007 .SHORT TERM...FOR NORTHEAST MONTANA...TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY... BUSY DAY ALREADY SHAPING UP AS NEGATIVELY TILTED UPPER TROUGH GETS READY TO SWING ACROSS THE REGION. CURRENT SATELLITE PRODUCTS REVEAL A SUBTLE IMPULSE ACROSS OUR WESTERN ZONES RESPONSIBLE FOR DRIVING A BROKEN LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS MAINLY PHILLIPS COUNTY. AT THE SURFACE...MAIN SURFACE LOW CIRCULATION HAS LIFTED NORTHWEST INTO SASKATCHEWAN WITH A TRAILING FRONTAL BOUNDARY ARCING FROM WHITEWATER SOUTH TO GLASGOW AND JUST EAST OF JORDAN. BEST MOISTURE POOLING AND CONVERGENCE HAS BEEN OCCURRING NEAR JORDAN AND POINTS SOUTH ALONG A FRONTAL BULGE WITH TCU ALREADY NOTED AND CBS ALREADY IN MUSSELSHELL COUNTY. KEPT HIGH POPS GOING FOR LATER THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING AS CORE OF JET MAX DRAWS CLOSER AND FEEL POTENTIAL FOR SOME HAIL IS STILL VALID GIVEN WBZ HEIGHTS AROUND 10K FEET. RECENT SEVERE CELL IN YELLOWSTONE COUNTY ALREADY PRODUCED 1.25 INCH HAIL. RELATIVELY HIGH DEWPOINTS HAVE YIELDED PWATS AOA 1 INCH AND WITH STORM MOTIONS RUNNING ROUGHLY PARALLEL TO THE SURFACE BOUNDARY WENT AHEAD AND INTRODUCED HEAVY RAIN WORDING THROUGH TONIGHT. FRONTAL BOUNDARY FORECAST TO PUSH THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE CWA OVERNIGHT INTO EARLY FRIDAY WITH GUSTY WINDS IMMEDIATELY BEHIND IT. EXPECT ANY SEVERE STORMS TO TAPER OFF OVERNIGHT AS LOW LEVEL INSTABILITY WANES. LAKE WIND ADVISORY LOOKS GOOD UNTIL EARLY MORNING AS GRADIENT SLOWLY SLACKENS BEHIND THE FRONT. KEPT SOME SCATTERED SHOWERS INTACT ON FRIDAY MAINLY ALONG AND NORTH OF THE MISSOURI RIVER AS VORT MAX ROTATES THROUGH. DRY SLOT EVOLUTION SHOULD SLOWLY BEGIN ERODING CEILINGS ACROSS THE SOUTH THROUGHOUT THE DAY BEFORE NEXT UPPER LOW BEGINS APPROACHING FROM THE SOUTH. STILL UNCERTAINTY IN THIS NEXT SYSTEM/S TRACK...SO KEPT LOW POPS ACROSS THE SOUTH FOR NOW. MCZ .LONG TERM...SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY... SATURDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY. A PASSING MID LEVEL CIRCULATION IS EXPECTED TO BRING STRATIFORM PRECIPITATION TO EAST CENTRAL MONTANA SATURDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY SUNDAY. MODELS ARE IN DECENT AGREEMENT WITH THE OVERALL SYSTEM...JUST DIFFERING SLIGHTLY ON PLACEMENT. CONFIDENCE WAS HIGH ENOUGH TO TREND UP CHANCES FOR PRECIPITATION DURING THIS TIME. SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO TUESDAY HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD IN...MAKING FOR DECREASING CHANCES FOR PRECIPITATION AND WARMING TEMPERATURES. TUESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY THE UPPER LEVEL FLOW WILL GO MORE SOUTHWESTERLY...A GOOD PATTERN FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT OVER EASTERN MONTANA. GILCHRIST && .AVIATION... WIDESPREAD STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MAKE FOR LESS THEN IDEAL FLYING WEATHER INTO TONIGHT. IN ADDITION TO STRONG WINDS...SMALL AND LARGE HAIL...LIGHTNING...AND HEAVY RAINS CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THUNDERSTORMS. GUSTY SOUTH WINDS OF 30KTS WILL BECOME WESTERLY FROM WEST TO EAST THIS AFTERNOON INTO EVENING AS A SURFACE COLD FRONT PUSHES THROUGH. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE EARLY FRIDAY MORNING AS THE UPPER LEVEL TROUGH RESPONSIBLE ROTATES OUT OF EASTERN MONTANA. GILCHRIST && .GLASGOW WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... LAKE WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 1 AM MDT FRIDAY FOR FORT PECK LAKE. && WEATHER.GOV/GLASGOW
Hazardous weather outlook, May 3, 8:44 AM MDT, 6 hours 59 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GLASGOW MT 844 AM MDT THU MAY 3 2007 MTZ016-018>021-024>027-059>062-041445- CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PHILLIPS-DANIELS-SHERIDAN-WESTERN ROOSEVELT- PETROLEUM-RICHLAND-DAWSON-PRAIRIE-WIBAUX-NORTHERN PHILLIPS- SOUTHWEST PHILLIPS-NORTHERN VALLEY-EASTERN ROOSEVELT- 844 AM MDT THU MAY 3 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST MONTANA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTHEAST MONTANA TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE BEST CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE MAIN TYPE OF SEVERE WEATHER EXPECTED WILL BE LARGE HAIL. HEAVY RAINFALL COULD ALSO OCCUR WITH SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO IMMEDIATELY REPORT ANY SIGNIFICANT WEATHER TODAY AND TONIGHT UTILIZING THE PHONE NUMBER PROVIDED TO THEM. MTZ017-022-023-041445- CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN VALLEY-GARFIELD-MCCONE- 844 AM MDT THU MAY 3 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST MONTANA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A LAKE WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR FORT PECK LAKE UNTIL 1 AM FRIDAY. STRONG SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED TO SWITCH TO THE SOUTHWEST AT 15 TO 30 MPH THIS AFTERNOON. THERE IS ALSO A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTHEAST MONTANA TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE BEST CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE MAIN TYPE OF SEVERE WEATHER EXPECTED WILL BE LARGE HAIL. HEAVY RAINFALL COULD ALSO OCCUR WITH SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO IMMEDIATELY REPORT ANY SIGNIFICANT WEATHER TODAY AND TONIGHT UTILIZING THE PHONE NUMBER PROVIDED TO THEM.
In the hours before
Local storm report, May 3, 3:18 PM MDT, 25 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Glasgow, MT issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2, 9:23 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GGW | Garfield, Phillips, Valley | 67 min |
| May 2, 10:01 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GGW | Phillips | 59 min |
| May 3, 2:17 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GGW | Garfield | 28 min |
| May 3, 2:47 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GGW | Garfield | 58 min |
| May 3, 3:31 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GGW | Garfield, McCone | 59 min |
| May 3, 4:04 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GGW | Garfield, McCone, Valley | 56 min |
| May 3, 4:55 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GGW | Garfield, McCone, Valley | 65 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Montana, 2007Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2007
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.