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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 8, NWS Great Falls, MT

June 9, 2021Blaine County, Fergus County, Montana

NWS Great Falls, MT issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 9, 2021, 8:42 PM MDT for Blaine County, Fergus County, Montana. It was in force for 33 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
Jun 9, 2021, 8:42 PM MDT (02:42 UTC)
Expired
Jun 9, 2021, 9:15 PM MDT
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Great Falls, MT
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Blaine County, MT, Fergus County, MT

The radar

The Great Falls radar (KTFX), 154 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 9, 9:00 PM MDTHAIL 112 N Winifred, MTALSO, 0.5 INCHES OF RAIN. DOWNPOUR IN ASSOCIATION WITH THUNDERSTORM.

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

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 9, 6:42 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Great_falls, MT (KTFX), launched 00:00Z, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 98 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, Great_falls, MT at 00:00Z on 2021-06-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 22 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, Great_falls, MT at 00:00Z on 2021-06-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 12 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
22 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-195 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1287 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
71 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
12 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
408 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
-0.0
Supercell composite
-0.1

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The text

As transmitted.

511 
WUUS55 KTFX 100242
SVRTFX
MTC005-027-100315-
/O.NEW.KTFX.SV.W.0008.210610T0242Z-210610T0315Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Great Falls MT
842 PM MDT Wed Jun 9 2021

The National Weather Service in Great Falls has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northern Fergus County in central Montana...
  Southwestern Blaine County in north central Montana...

* Until 915 PM MDT.

* At 841 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 11 miles north of
  Winifred, or 44 miles southeast of Big Sandy, moving north at 40
  mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage 
           to roofs, siding, and trees.

* This severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
  northern Fergus and southwestern Blaine Counties.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

When thunder roars, go indoors!

&&

LAT...LON 4761 10933 4763 10954 4797 10951 4796 10915
TIME...MOT...LOC 0241Z 190DEG 34KT 4773 10944 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

JAF

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 9, 6:18 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTFXBlaine42 min
Jun 9, 6:55 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTFXBlaine35 min
Jun 9, 7:08 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXFergus22 min
Jun 9, 7:19 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXTeton56 min
Jun 9, 7:26 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXFergus34 min
Jun 9, 7:28 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXJudith Basin32 min
Jun 9, 7:36 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXFergus24 min
Jun 9, 7:53 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTFXChouteau, Fergus37 min
Jun 9, 7:57 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXHill33 min
Jun 9, 8:04 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXJudith Basin26 min
Jun 9, 8:19 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXTeton26 min
Jun 9, 8:28 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTFXChouteau, Judith Basin32 min
Jun 9, 8:31 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXChouteau29 min
Jun 9, 8:45 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXPetroleum30 min
Jun 9, 8:48 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXHill27 min
Jun 9, 8:57 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXBlaine18 min
Jun 9, 9:04 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTFXChouteau, Hill26 min
Jun 9, 9:09 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTFXBlaine, Fergus21 min
Jun 9, 9:18 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXToole42 min
Jun 9, 9:26 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXBlaine49 min
Jun 9, 9:30 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTFXBlaine45 min
Jun 9, 9:37 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXBlaine23 min
Jun 9, 9:38 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXFergus37 min
Jun 9, 9:38 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTFXBlaine40 min
Jun 9, 9:51 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXBlaine24 min
Jun 9, 10:17 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXBlaine28 min
Jun 9, 10:32 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXFergus43 min
Jun 9, 10:48 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTFXBlaine42 min
Jun 9, 11:34 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXBlaine, Fergus, Hill116 min
Jun 10, 2:11 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXBlaine34 min
Jun 10, 2:53 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXFergus37 min
Jun 10, 3:08 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTFXFergus52 min
Jun 10, 3:53 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXFergus37 min
Jun 10, 4:22 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXCascade23 min
Jun 10, 4:56 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXCascade34 min
Jun 10, 5:33 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXCascade27 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.