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Snow Advisory 2, NWS Glasgow, MT

February 11, 200712 counties in Montana

NWS Glasgow, MT issued this snow advisory at Feb 11, 2007, 2:55 PM MST for 12 counties in Montana. It took effect at Feb 11, 2007, 8:07 PM MST. It was in force for 21 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 11, 2007, 2:55 PM MST (21:55 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 11, 2007, 8:07 PM MST
Expired
Feb 12, 2007, 5:00 PM MST
In force
21 hr
Issued by
NWS Glasgow, MT

Counties Daniels County, MT, Dawson County, MT, Garfield County, MT, McCone County, MT, Petroleum County, MT, Phillips County, MT, Prairie County, MT, Richland County, MT, Roosevelt County, MT, Sheridan County, MT, Valley County, MT, Wibaux County, MT

The radar

The Glasgow radar (KGGW), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:59 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

Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 402 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, Bismarck Municip, ND at 12:00Z on 2007-02-11Temperature 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, Bismarck Municip, ND at 12:00Z on 2007-02-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -13 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
667 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
77 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-13 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
95 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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.