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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 45, NWS Glasgow, MT
NWS Glasgow, MT issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 7, 2020, 4:33 PM MDT for Phillips County, Montana. It was in force for 57 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 7, 2020, 4:33 PM MDT (22:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 7, 2020, 5:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 57 min
- Issued by
- NWS Glasgow, MT
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Possible
- Hail
- 1.25 in
- Wind
- 70.0 mph
County Phillips County, MT
The radar
The Glasgow radar (KGGW), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:33 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 7, 1:14 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
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 7, 1:15 PM MDT, 3 hours 18 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 7, 1:15 PM MDT, 3 hours 18 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Glasgow MT 115 PM MDT Tue Jul 7 2020 .DISCUSSION... A widespread severe weather event is on track for all of Northeast Montana from late afternoon through the evening hours. Storms are forming across the higher terrain in central and southwest Montana and will progress eastward into Northeast Montana. Storms may be semi-discrete initially as they enter Phillips and Petroleum Counties. If they are able to remain discrete then very large hail to the size of baseballs, damaging winds in excess of 70 mph, and an isolated tornado will be possible. Once the storms merge into one or more line segments destructive wind gusts in excess of 70 to 80 mph will become the primary threat. Look for this main line of storms to arrive in Phillips and Petroleum Counties around 4 or 5 PM, Opheim to Glasgow to Jordan around 6 to 7 PM, and the ND border by 9 to 10 PM or so. It is possible a few isolated storms could enter the Yellowstone River Valley ahead of this primary line of storms during the early evening hours. If this were to happen, all severe modes would be possible. An upper trough moves across the state on Wednesday with slightly cooler and generally drier weather. A few storms are possible near the Canadian border with the proximity of a stacked low pressure system moving from Saskatchewan into Manitoba. Ridge then builds north from the Desert Southwest for hot and dry weather for the remainder of the week. Could see a few thunderstorms on Friday as a shortwave pushes through the top of the ridge. -Mottice/RAE && .AVIATION... A line of severe storms should reach KGGW around 00-01Z, KOLF 01-02z, and KGDV and KSDY between 02 and 03z this evening. This line of storms will bring intense and erratic winds as well as hail, heavy rain, and brief IFR conditions. Skies should be clearing out by 06z for much of the region. && .GLASGOW WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... Lake Wind Advisory until 10 PM MDT this evening For Fort Peck Lake for Central and Southeast Phillips...Central and Southern Valley...Garfield...McCone...Petroleum. && weather.gov/glasgow
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jul 7, 4:17 PM MDT, 16 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GLASGOW MT
417 PM MDT TUE JUL 7 2020
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0410 PM TORNADO 2 NE TIEGEN 47.06N 108.57W
07/07/2020 PETROLEUM MT LAW ENFORCEMENT
LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTS TORNADO WEST OF
WINNETT.
&&The office that day
Everything else NWS Glasgow, MT issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 7, 9:52 AM MDT | Lake Wind Advisory | GGW | Garfield, McCone, Petroleum, Phillips, Valley | 11 hr |
| Jul 7, 3:47 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GGW | Garfield, Petroleum, Phillips | 58 min |
| Jul 7, 4:10 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GGW | Petroleum | 38 min |
| Jul 7, 4:46 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GGW | Garfield, Petroleum, Phillips, Valley | 59 min |
| Jul 7, 4:53 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GGW | Phillips, Valley | 23 min |
| Jul 7, 5:12 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GGW | Daniels, Phillips, Roosevelt, Valley | 63 min |
| Jul 7, 5:25 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GGW | Dawson, Garfield, McCone, Petroleum, Phillips, Prairie and 2 more | 65 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.