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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 42, NWS Great Falls, MT

June 24, 2007Blaine County, Montana

NWS Great Falls, MT issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 24, 2007, 9:47 AM MDT for Blaine County, Montana. It was in force for 12 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, 2007, 9:47 AM MDT (15:47 UTC)
Expired
Jun 24, 2007, 9:59 AM MDT
In force
12 min
Issued by
NWS Great Falls, MT
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Blaine County, MT

The radar

The Glasgow radar (KGGW), 174 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:48 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

Glasgow Intl Airport, MT (KGGW), launched 12:00Z, 3.8 hours before the alert went out and 176 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, Glasgow Intl Airport, MT at 12:00Z on 2007-06-24Temperature 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, Glasgow Intl Airport, MT at 12:00Z on 2007-06-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 32 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
2158 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
85 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
32 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
204 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 Great Falls, MT wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 24, 9:15 AM MDT, 32 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 24, 9:15 AM MDT, 32 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 24, 6:20 AM MDT, 3 hours 27 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
620 AM MDT SUN JUN 24 2007

MTZ050-051-054-251230-
JUDITH BASIN-FERGUS-MEAGHER-
620 AM MDT SUN JUN 24 2007

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP OVER THE AREA
THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT. CONDITIONS WILL
BECOME FAVORABLE FOR SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS TO PRODUCE LARGE
HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS.
THEREFORE...THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FOR
THIS AREA.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

AS PRECIPITATION DECREASES ON MONDAY...WESTERLY WINDS OF 20 TO 30
MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA. WINDS WILL
THEN DECREASE MONDAY NIGHT. OTHERWISE...THE PROBABILITY FOR
WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

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

MTZ011-013-045-047-251230-
HILL-CHOUTEAU-LIBERTY-BLAINE-
620 AM MDT SUN JUN 24 2007

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL
MONTANA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE AREA
THROUGH THIS EVENING...WITH SHOWERS BECOMING MORE NUMEROUS
OVERNIGHT. CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS
TO PRODUCE HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS...ESPECIALLY DURING THE AFTERNOON
AND EVENING HOURS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

AS PRECIPITATION DECREASES ON MONDAY...WESTERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 35
MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA. WINDS WILL
THEN DECREASE MONDAY NIGHT. OTHERWISE...THE PROBABILITY FOR
WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

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

MTZ009-010-012-014-044-046-048-049-251230-
NORTHERN ROCKY MOUNTAIN FRONT-EASTERN GLACIER-CASCADE-
CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN LEWIS AND CLARK-TOOLE-EASTERN PONDERA-
SOUTHERN ROCKY MOUNTAIN FRONT-EASTERN TETON-
620 AM MDT SUN JUN 24 2007

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL
MONTANA...NORTH CENTRAL MONTANA AND SOUTHWEST MONTANA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

WESTERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH WILL DEVELOP
ACROSS THE AREA ON MONDAY. WINDS WILL THEN DECREASE MONDAY NIGHT.
OTHERWISE...THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS
LOW.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

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

MTZ008-015-052-053-055-251230-
BEAVERHEAD-MADISON-JEFFERSON-BROADWATER-GALLATIN-
620 AM MDT SUN JUN 24 2007

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST
MONTANA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

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

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 24, 6:11 AM MDT, 3 hours 36 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
611 AM MDT SUN JUN 24 2007

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

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MPJ

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 24, 5:38 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTFXBlaine, Hill67 min
Jun 24, 7:20 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTFXBlaine40 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.