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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 50, NWS Glasgow, MT

July 11, 2014Phillips County, Montana

NWS Glasgow, MT issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 11, 2014, 5:28 AM MDT for Phillips County, Montana. It was in force for 34 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 11, 2014, 5:28 AM MDT (11:28 UTC)
Expired
Jul 11, 2014, 6:02 AM MDT
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Glasgow, MT
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Phillips County, MT

The radar

The Glasgow radar (KGGW), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Glasgow Intl Airport, MT (KGGW), launched 00:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 97 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 2014-07-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 180 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 2014-07-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -43 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
180 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-99 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2475 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-43 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
62 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.3

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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 Jul 11, 3:35 AM MDT, 1 hour 53 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 11, 3:35 AM MDT, 1 hour 53 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 10, 7:24 PM MDT, 10 hours 4 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GLASGOW MT
724 PM MDT THU JUL 10 2014

MTZ021>023-111100-
PETROLEUM-GARFIELD-MCCONE-
724 PM MDT THU JUL 10 2014

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST
MONTANA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

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.

MTZ016-017-059-061-111100-
CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PHILLIPS-CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN VALLEY-
NORTHERN PHILLIPS-NORTHERN VALLEY-
724 PM MDT THU JUL 10 2014

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST
MONTANA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

VERY ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION THIS
EVENING AND MAY PRODUCE SMALL HAIL THROUGH MIDNIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

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

Special weather statement, Jul 11, 1:05 AM MDT, 4 hours 23 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GLASGOW MT
105 AM MDT FRI JUL 11 2014

MTZ016-017-110800-
PHILLIPS-VALLEY-
105 AM MDT FRI JUL 11 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GLASGOW HAS ISSUED A

SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
  WESTERN VALLEY COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MONTANA...
  EASTERN PHILLIPS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MONTANA...

UNTIL 200 AM MDT.

AT 100 AM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES SOUTH OF MALTA...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH
HEAVY RAIN.

LOCATIONS IN THE ADVISORY INCLUDE...
  RURAL AREAS OF EASTERN PHILLIPS COUNTY SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 2...
  RURAL AREAS OF WESTERN VALLEY COUNTY SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 2...

THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND
TV STATIONS...FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

LAT...LON 4833 10690 4782 10703 4817 10803 4838 10795
TIME...MOT...LOC 0703Z 284DEG 39KT 4823 10783

GFF
WEATHER.GOV/GLASGOW
Special weather statement, Jul 11, 1:56 AM MDT, 3 hours 32 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GLASGOW MT
156 AM MDT FRI JUL 11 2014

MTZ017-110900-
VALLEY-
156 AM MDT FRI JUL 11 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GLASGOW HAS ISSUED A

SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
  CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN VALLEY COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MONTANA...

UNTIL 300 AM MDT.

AT 153 AM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 16 MILES SOUTH OF HINSDALE...MOVING EAST AT 35
MPH.

HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN.

LOCATIONS IN THE ADVISORY INCLUDE...
   TAMPICO...
   GLASGOW...
   DUCK CREEK FISHING AND  DUCK CREEK REC AREA...
   FORT PECK...

LAT...LON 4831 10625 4796 10647 4796 10651 4794 10649
      4790 10653 4788 10652 4808 10737 4825 10737
      4831 10731 4831 10726 4837 10725
TIME...MOT...LOC 0756Z 272DEG 30KT 4817 10713

GFF
WEATHER.GOV/GLASGOW
Local storm report, Jul 11, 2:45 AM MDT, 2 hours 43 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jul 11, 2:50 AM MDT, 2 hours 38 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 10, 7:37 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGGW23 min
Jul 10, 8:25 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGGWValley35 min
Jul 10, 8:57 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGGWValley19 min
Jul 11, 1:05 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGGWPhillips55 min
Jul 11, 1:56 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGGWValley64 min
Jul 11, 2:42 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGGWMcCone, Roosevelt, Valley63 min
Jul 11, 4:06 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGGWValley54 min

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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.