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Special Weather Statement, NWS Glasgow, MT

August 7, 2016Dawson County, Montana

NWS Glasgow, MT issued this special weather statement at Aug 7, 2016, 9:10 PM MDT for Dawson County, Montana. It was in force for 50 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Aug 7, 2016, 9:10 PM MDT (03:10 UTC)
Expired
Aug 7, 2016, 10:00 PM MDT
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Glasgow, MT

County Dawson County, MT

The radar

The Glasgow radar (KGGW), 161 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 7, 9:22 PM MDTTSTM WND GST 628 Nw Lindsay, MTLINDSAY DIVIDE MT-DOT MESONET STATION RECORDED A WIND GUST TO 62 MPH.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Glasgow Intl Airport, MT (KGGW), launched 00:00Z, 3.2 hours before the alert went out and 161 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 2016-08-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 614 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°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 2016-08-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 17 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
614 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-111 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2334 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
17 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
57 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.6

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The text

As transmitted.

185 
WWUS85 KGGW 080310
SPSGGW

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GLASGOW MT
910 PM MDT SUN AUG 7 2016
 
MTZ023-025-026-080400-
PRAIRIE MT-DAWSON MT-MCCONE MT-
910 PM MDT SUN AUG 7 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN MCCONE...
NORTHWESTERN PRAIRIE AND SOUTHERN DAWSON COUNTIES UNTIL 1000 PM
MDT...

AT 909 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG
A LINE EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES SOUTH OF BROCKWAY TO 18 MILES NORTHWEST
OF TERRY TO 7 MILES NORTH OF FALLON. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 45
MPH.

HALF INCH HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THESE STORMS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
GLENDIVE...CIRCLE...FALLON...WEST GLENDIVE...LINDSAY...MCCLOUD...
MARSH...STIPEK...FOREST PARK AND HOYT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.

&&

LAT...LON 4682 10505 4689 10567 4716 10582 4770 10534
      4731 10503 4715 10442
TIME...MOT...LOC 0309Z 228DEG 40KT 4718 10573 4697 10560 4694 10506 

$$

MICKELSON

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 7, 8:30 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGGWPrairie45 min
Aug 7, 10:06 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGGWRoosevelt39 min
Aug 7, 10:48 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGGWRoosevelt42 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.