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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 40, NWS Glasgow, MT

June 11, 2016Dawson County, Prairie County, Montana

NWS Glasgow, MT issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 11, 2016, 5:54 PM MDT for Dawson County, Prairie County, Montana. It was in force for 66 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
Jun 11, 2016, 5:54 PM MDT (23:54 UTC)
Expired
Jun 11, 2016, 7:00 PM MDT
In force
66 min
Issued by
NWS Glasgow, MT
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Dawson County, MT, Prairie County, MT

The radar

The Glasgow radar (KGGW), 169 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:57 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
Jun 11, 3:00 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Glasgow Intl Airport, MT (KGGW), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 169 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 2016-06-11Temperature 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 2016-06-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -15 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
2008 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
68 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-15 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
300 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.0

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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 Jun 11, 3:05 PM MDT, 2 hours 49 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 11, 3:05 PM MDT, 2 hours 49 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 11, 3:25 AM MDT, 14 hours 29 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GLASGOW MT
325 AM MDT SAT JUN 11 2016

MTZ016>027-059>062-120900-
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-
325 AM MDT SAT JUN 11 2016

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST
MONTANA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT ACROSS
NORTHEAST MONTANA. SOME STORMS WILL BECOME SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL
AND DAMAGING WINDS. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS LIKELY IN SOME
AREAS.

A LAKE WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE EAST HALF OF FORT PECK
THROUGH 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON FOR EAST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS
TO 35 MPH.

.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

Local storm report, Jun 11, 11:54 AM MDT, 6 hours before
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Local storm report, Jun 11, 3:46 PM MDT, 2 hours 8 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jun 11, 5:36 PM MDT, 18 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jun 11, 5:38 PM MDT, 16 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 10, 6:20 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGGWPhillips55 min
Jun 10, 7:11 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGGWPhillips64 min
Jun 10, 7:20 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGGWGarfield, Petroleum, Phillips55 min
Jun 10, 8:19 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGGWGarfield56 min
Jun 10, 8:36 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGGWGarfield, Petroleum, Phillips54 min
Jun 10, 9:00 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGGWMcCone60 min
Jun 10, 9:28 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGGWGarfield, Petroleum, Phillips, Valley62 min
Jun 10, 9:50 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGGWDawson, Garfield, McCone, Prairie, Richland55 min
Jun 10, 10:15 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGGWPhillips30 min
Jun 10, 10:26 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGGWGarfield, McCone, Prairie, Roosevelt, Valley64 min
Jun 10, 10:41 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGGWDawson, McCone, Prairie64 min
Jun 10, 11:09 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGGWPhillips, Valley66 min
Jun 10, 11:41 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGGWDawson, Richland, Wibaux64 min
Jun 11, 12:12 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGGWValley48 min
Jun 11, 12:20 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGGWPhillips55 min
Jun 11, 1:17 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGGWValley58 min
Jun 11, 1:37 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGGWDaniels, Roosevelt, Valley53 min
Jun 11, 2:12 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGGWDaniels, McCone, Roosevelt, Valley47 min
Jun 11, 8:55 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGGW65 min
Jun 11, 9:32 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGGWDaniels, Valley43 min
Jun 11, 10:10 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGGWDaniels65 min
Jun 11, 11:15 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGGWSheridan60 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Montana, 2016Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2016

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.