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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 75, NWS Glasgow, MT
NWS Glasgow, MT issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 9, 2018, 8:19 PM MDT for Sheridan 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 9, 2018, 8:19 PM MDT (02:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 9, 2018, 9:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 56 min
- Issued by
- NWS Glasgow, MT
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.5 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Sheridan County, MT
The radar
The Glasgow radar (KGGW), 166 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:21 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 9, 6:01 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Glasgow Intl Airport, MT (KGGW), launched 00:00Z, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 164 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
- 1794 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -52 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2264 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 42 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 131 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 4.2
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 Jul 9, 2:33 PM MDT, 5 hours 46 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 9, 2:33 PM MDT, 5 hours 46 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Glasgow MT 233 PM MDT Mon Jul 9 2018 .DISCUSSION... A strong upper-level ridge of high pressure air occupies much of the west. The ridge axis will run over NE MT tonight. A storm system off the Pac-NW coast will ride over the ridge tonight, affecting our area Tuesday with strong storms. Today and evening, there is a warm front over the area with good lapse rates and cape in place. Thunderstorms are expected to develop along this boundary, much of it in Saskatchewan. The areas of greatest concern for strong storms is our northeast corner. The model sounding shows vertical shear, and southeast surface flow to keep the humidity higher in eastern zones. Tuesday, our area has again been highlighted for Severe Thunderstorms, this time Slight Risk. Again the strongest storms may run east, north of the border, but produce storms mainly across our northern zones, beginning in the late afternoon and evening. Again, lapse rates and cape indicate a very unstable environment. However in this case, the storm system brings a cold front to set off storms. Besides the storms, Tuesday is expected to be another hot day, with highs around 100 again in some locations. With temperatures again expected to rise into the high 90s and possibly triple digits, heat risk again becomes an issue. Issued a Heat Advisory for portions of the area. Also, with the expected wind and dry conditions in Northern Valley & Phillips Counties, fire wx has become a concern, especially based on the Drought Monitor indicating Slight Drought conditions for those areas. Templer Previous Discussion for Wednesday and Beyond: Temperatures cool about 15 degrees behind the front on Wednesday as the upper trof moves through central Canada. Westerly flow will keep the region dry, as temperatures slowly rebound. By the end of the week, the next trof will drop into western Canada. Cold front passage expected Friday night with thunderstorms delayed until Saturday night, but confidence is not high. Ebert && .AVIATION... Mainly VFR conditions expected over the next 24 hours. A warm front could produce isolated thunderstorms that could impact the TAF sites intermittently this afternoon, and tonight. Some storms may become severe. Tuesday, after a hot day, a cold front pushes through the area to produce thunderstorms, some possibly severe, and strong wind. Wind: east-southeast 10-20G30kt, becoming 10kt or less after midnight. Wind will shift to the NW behind the cold front Tuesday evening && .GLASGOW WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... Heat Advisory from noon to 8 PM MDT Tuesday for Central and Southeast Phillips...Central and Southern Valley...Garfield... McCone...Southwest Phillips...Western Roosevelt. && weather.gov/glasgow
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jul 9, 7:21 PM MDT, 58 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GLASGOW MT
721 PM MDT MON JUL 9 2018
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0711 PM HAIL PLENTYWOOD 48.76N 104.54W
07/09/2018 M1.00 INCH SHERIDAN MT TRAINED SPOTTER
SPOTTERS REPORTING HAIL UP TO 1" IN
DIAMETER.
&&Local storm report, Jul 9, 7:22 PM MDT, 57 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GLASGOW MT
722 PM MDT MON JUL 9 2018
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0711 PM TSTM WND DMG PLENTYWOOD 48.77N 104.55W
07/09/2018 SHERIDAN MT CO-OP OBSERVER
LARGE TREE BRANCHES AND TREES ARE DOWN IN
THE TOWN OF PLENTYWOOD.
&&Local storm report, Jul 9, 8:09 PM MDT, 10 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Glasgow, MT issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 9, 6:06 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GGW | Sheridan | 54 min |
| Jul 9, 6:50 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GGW | Sheridan | 40 min |
| Jul 9, 6:56 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GGW | Sheridan | 64 min |
| Jul 9, 7:24 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GGW | Sheridan | 51 min |
| Jul 9, 7:57 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GGW | Sheridan | 26 min |
| Jul 9, 8:08 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GGW | Daniels | 67 min |
| Jul 9, 8:52 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GGW | Daniels, Roosevelt, Sheridan | 53 min |
| Jul 9, 8:59 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GGW | Roosevelt, Sheridan | 46 min |
| Jul 9, 9:11 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GGW | Sheridan | 20 min |
| Jul 9, 9:16 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GGW | Daniels, Roosevelt | 59 min |
| Jul 9, 9:33 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GGW | Roosevelt, Sheridan | 27 min |
| Jul 9, 9:43 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GGW | Daniels, Roosevelt, Sheridan | 14 min |
| Jul 9, 10:03 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GGW | Richland, Roosevelt | 57 min |
| Jul 9, 10:07 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GGW | Roosevelt, Sheridan | 23 min |
| Jul 9, 10:18 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GGW | Roosevelt, Sheridan | 42 min |
| Jul 9, 10:54 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GGW | Richland, Roosevelt, Sheridan | 51 min |
| Jul 10, 4:05 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GGW | Phillips | 40 min |
| Jul 10, 4:46 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GGW | Phillips | 59 min |
| Jul 10, 4:54 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GGW | Petroleum, Phillips | 66 min |
| Jul 10, 4:57 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GGW | Phillips, Valley | 63 min |
| Jul 10, 5:34 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GGW | Phillips, Valley | 56 min |
| Jul 10, 5:48 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GGW | Daniels, Phillips, Valley | 27 min |
| Jul 10, 5:54 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GGW | Garfield, Phillips, Valley | 66 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.