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Red Flag Warning 4, NWS Glasgow, MT

April 17, 20109 counties in Montana

NWS Glasgow, MT issued this red flag warning at Apr 17, 2010, 3:38 AM MDT for 9 counties in Montana. It took effect at Apr 17, 2010, 12:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 7 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 17, 2010, 3:38 AM MDT (09:38 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 17, 2010, 12:00 PM MDT
Expired
Apr 17, 2010, 7:00 PM MDT
In force
7 hr
Issued by
NWS Glasgow, MT

Counties Daniels County, MT, Dawson County, MT, McCone 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), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:42 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 00:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 359 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 00:00Z on 2010-04-17Temperature 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 00:00Z on 2010-04-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 19 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
3313 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
14 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
19 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
64 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 16, 9:21 PM MDTFire Weather WatchGGWDaniels, Dawson, McCone, Prairie, Richland, Roosevelt and 3 more6 hr
Apr 17, 3:49 AM MDTLake Wind AdvisoryGGWGarfield, McCone, Valley14 hr

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.