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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Glasgow, MT

June 15, 2011Dawson County, Prairie County, Montana

NWS Glasgow, MT issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 15, 2011, 10:56 PM MDT for Dawson County, Prairie County, Montana. It was in force for 64 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 15, 2011, 10:56 PM MDT (04:56 UTC)
Expired
Jun 16, 2011, 12:00 AM MDT
In force
64 min
Issued by
NWS Glasgow, MT
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Dawson County, MT, Prairie County, MT

The radar

The Glasgow radar (KGGW), 202 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:56 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 00:00Z, 4.9 hours before the alert went out and 202 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 2011-06-16Temperature 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°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 2011-06-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 3 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
2763 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
3 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
75 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

355 
WUUS55 KGGW 160456
SVRGGW
MTC021-079-160600-
/O.NEW.KGGW.SV.W.0021.110616T0456Z-110616T0600Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GLASGOW MT
1056 PM MDT WED JUN 15 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GLASGOW HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN PRAIRIE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MONTANA...
  SOUTHERN DAWSON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MONTANA...

* UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT.

* AT 1051 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS
  OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 11 MILES SOUTH OF TERRY...AND
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
  TERRY...FALLON AND LINDSAY

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 63 MPH WERE REPORTED IN MILES CITY WITH THIS 
STORM. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM...SEEK SAFE SHELTER AND STAY AWAY 
FROM WINDOWS!

&&

LAT...LON 4657 10525 4656 10545 4659 10546 4660 10550
      4665 10550 4666 10559 4684 10562 4723 10517
      4709 10476 4686 10460 4666 10460 4665 10472
      4661 10474 4661 10485 4656 10487 4654 10525
TIME...MOT...LOC 0455Z 244DEG 34KT 4667 10535

$$

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WEATHER.GOV/GLASGOW
2 follow-up statements
248 
WWUS55 KGGW 160527
SVSGGW

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GLASGOW MT
1127 PM MDT WED JUN 15 2011

MTC021-079-160600-
/O.CON.KGGW.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-110616T0600Z/
DAWSON-PRAIRIE-
1127 PM MDT WED JUN 15 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT
FOR EASTERN PRAIRIE AND SOUTHERN DAWSON COUNTIES...

AT 1121 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
FALLON...OR 14 MILES EAST OF TERRY...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
 MARSH...LINDSAY AND HOYT

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 63 MPH WERE REPORTED IN MILES CITY WITH THIS 
STORM. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM...SEEK SAFE SHELTER AND STAY AWAY 
FROM WINDOWS!

&&

LAT...LON 4657 10525 4656 10545 4659 10546 4660 10550
      4665 10550 4666 10559 4684 10562 4723 10517
      4709 10476 4686 10460 4666 10460 4665 10472
      4661 10474 4661 10485 4656 10487 4654 10525
TIME...MOT...LOC 0526Z 244DEG 34KT 4680 10497

$$

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WEATHER.GOV/GLASGOW
152 
WWUS55 KGGW 160552
SVSGGW

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GLASGOW MT
1152 PM MDT WED JUN 15 2011

MTC021-079-160602-
/O.EXP.KGGW.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-110616T0600Z/
DAWSON-PRAIRIE-
1152 PM MDT WED JUN 15 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN PRAIRIE AND SOUTHERN
DAWSON COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT MIDNIGHT MDT...

AT 1147 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HOYT...OR ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTH OF
GLENDIVE...MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORM HAS
WEAKENED AND WAS NO LONGER CONSIDERED SEVERE SO THE WARNING WAS
ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. 

LAT...LON 4657 10525 4656 10545 4659 10546 4660 10550
      4665 10550 4666 10559 4684 10562 4723 10517
      4709 10476 4686 10460 4666 10460 4665 10472
      4661 10474 4661 10485 4656 10487 4654 10525
TIME...MOT...LOC 0552Z 244DEG 34KT 4691 10465

$$

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WEATHER.GOV/GLASGOW

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 15, 10:21 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGGWPrairie39 min
Jun 15, 11:45 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGGWWibaux60 min
Jun 16, 3:37 AM MDTFlash Flood WatchGGWDaniels, Dawson, Garfield, McCone, Prairie, Richland and 4 more40 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Montana, 2011Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2011

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.