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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 53, NWS Great Falls, MT

July 27, 2010Hill County, Liberty County, Toole County, Montana

NWS Great Falls, MT issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 27, 2010, 1:39 AM MDT for Hill County, Liberty County, Toole County, Montana. It was in force for 51 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
Jul 27, 2010, 1:39 AM MDT (07:39 UTC)
Expired
Jul 27, 2010, 2:30 AM MDT
In force
51 min
Issued by
NWS Great Falls, MT
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Hill County, MT, Liberty County, MT, Toole County, MT

The radar

The Great Falls radar (KTFX), 133 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:41 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

Glasgow Intl Airport, MT (KGGW), launched 00:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 324 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 00:00Z on 2010-07-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 15 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2010-07-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 26 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
15 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-128 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
3258 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
26 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
89 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 27, 2:25 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTFXHill, Liberty35 min
Jul 27, 3:30 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXHill45 min
Jul 27, 5:01 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXLiberty59 min
Jul 27, 3:55 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTFXBroadwater, Gallatin50 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.