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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Glasgow, MT

June 23, 2012Dawson County, Wibaux County, Montana

NWS Glasgow, MT issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 23, 2012, 9:47 AM MDT for Dawson County, Wibaux County, Montana. It was in force for 58 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jun 23, 2012, 9:47 AM MDT (15:47 UTC)
Expired
Jun 23, 2012, 10:45 AM MDT
In force
58 min
Issued by
NWS Glasgow, MT
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Dawson County, MT, Wibaux County, MT

The radar

The Glasgow radar (KGGW), 212 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 23, 10:26 AM MDTHAIL 19 E Glendive, MT

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Glasgow Intl Airport, MT (KGGW), launched 12:00Z, 3.8 hours before the alert went out and 211 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 2012-06-23Temperature 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 12:00Z on 2012-06-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -24 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1482 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-24 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
86 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.

845 
WUUS55 KGGW 231547
SVRGGW
MTC021-109-231645-
/O.NEW.KGGW.SV.W.0021.120623T1547Z-120623T1645Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GLASGOW MT
947 AM MDT SAT JUN 23 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GLASGOW HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL WIBAUX COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MONTANA...
  EASTERN DAWSON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MONTANA...

* UNTIL 1045 AM MDT.

* AT 939 AM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL.  THIS
  STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES EAST OF GLENDIVE...AND MOVING EAST AT 10
  MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
  WIBAUX

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE
IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD
TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

&&

LAT...LON 4684 10413 4704 10474 4722 10474 4727 10421
TIME...MOT...LOC 1547Z 276DEG 10KT 4712 10452

$$

GILCHRIST
WEATHER.GOV/GLASGOW
1 follow-up statement
509 
WWUS55 KGGW 231620
SVSGGW

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GLASGOW MT
1020 AM MDT SAT JUN 23 2012

MTC021-109-231645-
/O.CON.KGGW.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-120623T1645Z/
DAWSON-WIBAUX-
1020 AM MDT SAT JUN 23 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 AM MDT
FOR CENTRAL WIBAUX AND EASTERN DAWSON COUNTIES...

AT 1011 AM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES NORTH OF HODGES...OR 14 MILES
EAST OF GLENDIVE...AND MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
 HODGES AND WIBAUX

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE
IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD
TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

&&

LAT...LON 4702 10463 4718 10463 4727 10421 4684 10413
TIME...MOT...LOC 1620Z 276DEG 10KT 4711 10439

$$

GILCHRIST
WEATHER.GOV/GLASGOW

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 23, 9:23 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGGWDawson67 min
Jun 23, 10:39 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGGWDawson, Wibaux51 min
Jun 23, 11:25 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGGWWibaux35 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.