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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 46, NWS Glasgow, MT

June 14, 20165 counties in Montana

NWS Glasgow, MT issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 14, 2016, 5:56 PM MDT for 5 counties in 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 counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 14, 2016, 5:56 PM MDT (23:56 UTC)
Expired
Jun 14, 2016, 7:00 PM MDT
In force
64 min
Issued by
NWS Glasgow, MT
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
70.0 mph

Counties Daniels County, MT, Garfield County, MT, McCone County, MT, Phillips County, MT, Valley County, MT

The radar

The Glasgow radar (KGGW), 16 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 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 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 17 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 2016-06-14Temperature 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 2016-06-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 89 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
1312 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
89 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
78 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 Jun 14, 2:36 PM MDT, 3 hours 20 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 14, 2:36 PM MDT, 3 hours 20 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service GLASGOW MT
236 PM MDT TUE JUN 14 2016

.SHORT TERM...for northeast Montana...tonight through Thu...
Scattered showers and thunderstorms are expected to move across
northeast Montana this evening and tonight. While a few may
produce small hail and gusty winds, steady rain appears the more
dominant threat. Gusty winds may accompany a passing cold front
this evening, and so will issue a Lake Wind Advisory until 11 PM
MDT to cover that potential.

For Wednesday, upper trough remains in place across the Pacific
Northwest with diffluent upper level southwest flow across
Montana. Stronger CAPE will be to the east, more 0-6 km shear to
the west, confidence on severe threat at this time is a little
low. However, Bufkit forecast soundings have 1.00 to 1.35 inches
across the area and so a heavy rain threat in some storms does
exist. Will monitor future guidance for more details on severe
potential. If anything, better opportunity should be in the
evening and at night.

High pressure will move over the area on Thursday with drier
weather and temperatures in the 70s. Maliawco

.LONG TERM...Thu night through Tue...

The extended forecast opens up with a low over the OR coast and southwest
flow across Montana. That low rapidly ejects northeast through the
region and brings good chances of showers and thunderstorms each
day. there are some timing and location differences in the models
with the system so pinpointing exact information for the weekend
is a bit tough. as the low moves out of the area and we get high
pressure into the area...the precip chances decrease on sunday
night into monday. temperatures will be divided with the
yellowstone river valley warmer during the day than the milk river
valley areas. overall temperatures will be generally around normal
with things warming up a bit on Monday and Tuesday. fransen

Previous Discussion:  Main challenge in the extended forecast
period is the evolution of the upper-level steering flow as it
transitions from fairly meridional to more zonal. In doing so,
enough model differences exist so as to reduce forecast confidence
significantly from Sunday onward as the EC model wants to bring a
remnant low pressure trough through the region and the GFS model
wants to set up a broad ridge of high pressure.

After the Pacific Northwest low center becomes sheared apart into
two separate lobes to start the extended period, a strong southwest
flow aloft continues to prevail over northeast Montana and from
Thursday night through Sunday morning, several subtle embedded
short-wave disturbances riding through the southwest flow aloft
will introduce scattered chances for some rain showers and a few
thunderstorms.

Sunday afternoon and beyond, significant model disagreements
drastically reduce the forecast confidence for this time frame.
BMickelson

&&

.AVIATION...
Expect VFR conditions to prevail generally for all TAF sites
today with another round of possible MVFR conditions with some
showers and thunderstorms. showers can be expected in the vicinity
of ksdy and kgdv from 19-00z. thunderstorms will move in from the
west and could impact kggw and kolf from 00z through 04z...and at
kgdv and ksdy from 02z-05z. fransen

&&

.GLASGOW WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
Lake Wind Advisory from 6 PM to 11 PM MDT this evening For Fort
Peck Lake for Central and Southeast Phillips...Central and
Southern Valley...Garfield...Petroleum.

&&

weather.gov/glasgow
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 14, 2:28 PM MDT, 3 hours 28 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GLASGOW MT
228 PM MDT TUE JUN 14 2016

MTZ016>027-059>062-152030-
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-
228 PM MDT TUE JUN 14 2016

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST
MONTANA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS NORTHEAST
MONTANA THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. SOME STRONGER STORMS MAY HAVE
SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL.

GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS OVER PORTIONS OF THE FORT PECK LAKE AREA ARE
EXPECTED THIS EVENING BEHIND A COLD FRONT. A LAKE WIND ADVISORY IS
IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM THIS EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON AND NIGHT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH LARGE HAIL AND
DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE.

.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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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 13, 6:05 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGGWRichland40 min
Jun 14, 2:17 PM MDTLake Wind AdvisoryGGWGarfield, Petroleum, Phillips, Valley8 hr
Jun 14, 4:58 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGGWPhillips62 min
Jun 14, 5:09 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGGWGarfield, Petroleum, Phillips, Valley51 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.