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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 63, NWS Glasgow, MT
NWS Glasgow, MT issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 18, 2016, 9:54 PM MDT for 4 counties in 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 18, 2016, 9:54 PM MDT (03:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 18, 2016, 11:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 66 min
- Issued by
- NWS Glasgow, MT
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 2.0 in
- Wind
- 70.0 mph
Counties Daniels County, MT, Richland County, MT, Roosevelt County, MT, Sheridan County, MT
The radar
The Glasgow radar (KGGW), 129 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:54 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 18, 3:16 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Glasgow Intl Airport, MT (KGGW), launched 00:00Z, 3.9 hours before the alert went out and 127 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1274 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -82 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1928 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 53 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 58 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 217 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 10.7
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 18, 9:37 PM MDT, 17 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 18, 9:37 PM MDT, 17 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GLASGOW MT 337 AM MDT SAT JUN 18 2016 MTZ016>024-059>062-190945- CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PHILLIPS-CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN VALLEY- DANIELS-SHERIDAN-WESTERN ROOSEVELT-PETROLEUM-GARFIELD-MCCONE- RICHLAND-NORTHERN PHILLIPS-SOUTHWEST PHILLIPS-NORTHERN VALLEY- EASTERN ROOSEVELT- 337 AM MDT SAT JUN 18 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST MONTANA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP IN THE LATE AFTERNOON OR EARLY EVENING ACROSS THE AREA IN AREAS ALONG AND NORTH OF THE MISSOURI RIVER. THE STORMS WILL CONTINUE FOR MOST OF TONIGHT. SOME SEVERE STORMS WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE LIKELY. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN IS ALSO POSSIBLE. THE BEST CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE ALONG THE CANADIAN BORDER. THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER TODAY AND TONIGHT IS LOW. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH NORTHEAST MONTANA LATE TONIGHT. STRONG WEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA SUNDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING BEFORE DIMINISHING. A LAKE WIND ADVISORY IS LIKELY FOR FORT PECK LAKE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. MTZ025>027-190945- DAWSON-PRAIRIE-WIBAUX- 337 AM MDT SAT JUN 18 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST MONTANA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH NORTHEAST MONTANA LATE TONIGHT. STRONG WEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA SUNDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING BEFORE DIMINISHING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.
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Local storm report, Jun 18, 9:10 PM MDT, 44 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Glasgow, MT issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 18, 6:33 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GGW | Phillips | 57 min |
| Jun 18, 6:56 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GGW | 64 min | |
| Jun 18, 7:01 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GGW | Petroleum | 59 min |
| Jun 18, 7:22 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GGW | Phillips, Valley | 53 min |
| Jun 18, 7:38 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GGW | Phillips, Valley | 3 hr |
| Jun 18, 7:49 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GGW | Phillips | 56 min |
| Jun 18, 8:11 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GGW | Daniels, Roosevelt, Valley | 64 min |
| Jun 18, 8:18 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GGW | Garfield | 57 min |
| Jun 18, 8:21 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GGW | Garfield, McCone, Valley | 54 min |
| Jun 18, 8:45 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GGW | Garfield, McCone, Prairie | 60 min |
| Jun 18, 9:02 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GGW | Daniels, Dawson, McCone, Richland, Roosevelt, Sheridan and 1 more | 58 min |
| Jun 18, 9:45 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GGW | Dawson, McCone, Prairie | 60 min |
| Jun 18, 10:52 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GGW | McCone | 53 min |
| Jun 18, 11:25 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GGW | McCone | 65 min |
| Jun 19, 12:03 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GGW | Roosevelt, Sheridan | 42 min |
| Jun 19, 12:52 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GGW | Richland | 38 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.