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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 19, NWS Glasgow, MT

May 31, 2014Garfield County, McCone County, Montana

NWS Glasgow, MT issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 31, 2014, 5:29 PM MDT for Garfield County, McCone County, Montana. It was in force for 61 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
May 31, 2014, 5:29 PM MDT (23:29 UTC)
Expired
May 31, 2014, 6:30 PM MDT
In force
61 min
Issued by
NWS Glasgow, MT
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Garfield County, MT, McCone County, MT

The radar

The Glasgow radar (KGGW), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 31, 2:22 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Glasgow Intl Airport, MT (KGGW), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 86 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 2014-05-31Temperature 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 2014-05-31The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 70 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
2972 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
70 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
141 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 Glasgow, MT wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at May 31, 2:07 PM MDT, 3 hours 22 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 31, 2:07 PM MDT, 3 hours 22 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GLASGOW MT
207 PM MDT SAT MAY 31 2014

.SHORT TERM...FOR NORTHEAST MONTANA...TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY...
THUNDERSTORMS...SOME POSSIBLY SEVERE...ARE EXPECTED LATE THIS
AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. LIFT UPSTREAM OF A TROUGH OVER EASTERN
WASHINGTON AND OREGON AND MOIST ADVECTION IN THE BOUNDARY LAYER
AROUND A SURFACE LOW IN WYOMING WILL SUPPORT THUNDERSTORM
ACTIVITY. STORM SCALE ENSEMBLES SUGGEST MORE SEVERE ACTIVITY IN
AREAS SOUTH OF THE MISSOURI RIVER...WHERE INSTABILITY...MOIST
ADVECTION...AND SURFACE HEATING FROM PARTLY CLEAR SKIES...ARE
BETTER.

PACIFIC NORTHWEST UPPER TROUGH MOVES ACROSS MONTANA ON SUNDAY WITH
A SURFACE COLD FRONT PASSING THROUGH THE REGION SUNDAY MORNING.
PASSAGE OF TROUGH WILL KEEP ELEVATED CHANCES FOR RAIN AND
THUNDERSHOWERS THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE
CONFINED TO SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE
WILL REMOVE THE DEEPER MOISTURE.

TOTAL RAINFALL THROUGH MONDAY MORNING IS EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM A
HALF INCH TO AN INCH IN A HALF WITH MOST AREAS RECEIVING AROUND AN
INCH. FROPA SUNDAY MORNING WILL RESULT IN HIGHS SUNDAY AND MONDAY
ABOUT 10 DEGREES COOLER THAN TODAY. WINDS WILL ALSO REMAIN IN THE
10 TO 20KTS RANGE...SOUTHEASTERLY BEFORE THE FRONT AND NORTHERLY
AFTER IT.  MARTIN

.LONG TERM...MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY...
GOING FORECAST AS DESCRIBED BELOW STANDS...NO CHANGES MADE.
GILCHRIST

PREVIOUS LONG TERM DISCUSSION...QUASI ZONAL PATTERN THROUGH THE
EXTENDED PERIOD WITH A SHALLOW TROF LINGERING OVER THE NORTHERN
ROCKIES. SHORTWAVES ZIPPING ACROSS THE REGION WILL BRING PERIODIC
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AND COOLER TEMPERATURES BY LATE IN THE
WEEK.

SLIGHT RIDGE DEVELOPS OVER MONTANA MONDAY NIGHT WITH SURFACE HIGH
PRESSURE ALONG THE NORTH DAKOTA BORDER. STRONG SUBSIDENCE SHOULD
CUT OFF LINGERING SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN THE EVENING.
RIDGE SLIDES EAST ON TUESDAY...OPENING REGION TO SOUTHWEST FLOW.
SHORTWAVE TROF PUSHES ACROSS THE NORTHERN ROCKIES SPINNING UP A
FRONTAL SYSTEM AS A FOCUS FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FOR LATE
TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

DRIER PERIOD POSSIBLE FOR THURSDAY BEFORE NEXT SHORTWAVE DROPS
INTO THE NORTHERN ROCKIES. MODELS DIFFERING MORE ON THE TIMING
AND POSITION OF THIS WAVE BUT SHOULD HAVE ADDITIONAL STORMS AND
COOLER TEMPERATURES INTO NEXT WEEKEND. EBERT

&&

.AVIATION...
SYNOPSIS: AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH IN FROM
THE SOUTHWEST THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...BRINGING EXCELLENT CHANCES FOR
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME OF WHICH MAY BE STRONG. EXPECT
CONTINUED WIDESPREAD SHOWER ACTIVITY TO LINGER OVERNIGHT TONIGHT INTO
SUNDAY MORNING.

FLIGHT CATEGORY: MAINLY VFR TODAY INTO TONIGHT...SOME BRIEF MVFR OR EVEN
IFR CONDITIONS POSSIBLE WITH THUNDERSTORMS. MVFR LATE TONIGHT INTO
SATURDAY MORNING UNDER ONGOING PRECIPITATION.

VISIBILITY: UNRESTRICTED OUTSIDE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
MVFR OR EVEN IFR WITH THUNDERSTORMS.

CIGS: SCT-BKN LOW AND MID LEVEL CUMULIFORM CLOUDS. VFR THROUGH
THIS EVENING...MVFR OVERNIGHT TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING.

WINDS...GENERALLY EASTERLY AT 10-20KTS...BECOMING NORTH-NORTHWEST
THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. STRONG GUSTY WINDS EXPECTED WITH
THUNDERSTORMS.

&&

.GLASGOW WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE.

&&

WEATHER.GOV/GLASGOW
Hazardous weather outlook, May 31, 1:51 PM MDT, 3 hours 38 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GLASGOW MT
151 PM MDT SAT MAY 31 2014

MTZ016>027-059>062-011100-
CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PHILLIPS-CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN VALLEY-
DANIELS-SHERIDAN-WESTERN ROOSEVELT-PETROLEUM-GARFIELD-MCCONE-
RICHLAND-DAWSON-PRAIRIE-WIBAUX-NORTHERN PHILLIPS-
SOUTHWEST PHILLIPS-NORTHERN VALLEY-EASTERN ROOSEVELT-
151 PM MDT SAT MAY 31 2014

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST
MONTANA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

WIDESPREAD RAIN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA
LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE
WITH LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WIND GUSTS...AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

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

In the hours before

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Local storm report, May 31, 5:09 PM MDT, 20 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GLASGOW MT
509 PM MDT SAT MAY 31 2014

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

0345 PM     HAIL             PORT OF OPHEIM          49.00N 106.38W
05/31/2014  E0.75 INCH       VALLEY             MT   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 31, 12:15 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGGW60 min
May 31, 1:32 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGGW43 min
May 31, 2:49 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGGWGarfield56 min
May 31, 3:41 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGGWValley64 min
May 31, 3:48 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGGWValley27 min
May 31, 3:56 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGGWGarfield, McCone64 min
May 31, 5:05 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGGWDaniels, McCone, Roosevelt, Sheridan55 min
May 31, 5:12 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGGWMcCone63 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Montana, 2014Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2014

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.