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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 142, NWS Billings, MT

July 21, 2018Carter County, Montana

NWS Billings, MT issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 21, 2018, 4:34 PM MDT for Carter County, Montana. It was in force for 56 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 21, 2018, 4:34 PM MDT (22:34 UTC)
Expired
Jul 21, 2018, 5:30 PM MDT
In force
56 min
Issued by
NWS Billings, MT
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Carter County, MT

The radar

The Rapid City radar (KUDX), 205 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:34 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
Jul 21, 4:11 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Glasgow Intl Airport, MT (KGGW), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 339 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 2018-07-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 637 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 12:00Z on 2018-07-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 294 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
637 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-421 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1463 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
294 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
287 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.3

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 21, 3:15 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBYZCarter30 min
Jul 21, 3:33 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBYZCarter45 min
Jul 21, 3:49 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBYZCarter, Powder River41 min
Jul 21, 4:14 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBYZCarter31 min
Jul 21, 4:26 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBYZCarter34 min
Jul 21, 4:42 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBYZCarter35 min
Jul 21, 5:25 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBYZCarter22 min
Jul 21, 5:51 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBYZFallon24 min

Nearby

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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.