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Tornado Warning 1, NWS Glasgow, MT
NWS Glasgow, MT issued this tornado warning at Jul 18, 2022, 5:56 PM MDT for Daniels County, Valley County, Montana. It was in force for 34 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 18, 2022, 5:56 PM MDT (23:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 18, 2022, 6:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Glasgow, MT
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties Daniels County, MT, Valley County, MT
The radar
The Glasgow radar (KGGW), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:57 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 18, 12:44 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Great_falls, MT (KTFX), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 356 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
- 4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -404 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2137 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 122 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 210 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado 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 tornado warning went out at Jul 18, 1:52 PM MDT, 4 hours 4 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 18, 1:52 PM MDT, 4 hours 4 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Glasgow MT 152 PM MDT Mon Jul 18 2022 .DISCUSSION... Wind threat seems to be greater for the southwest half of the CWA late this afternoon into Tuesday with gusts to 60 mph. Therefore, issued a High Wind Warning for these zones. Thunderstorms could produce stronger gusts. A Severe Thunderstorm Watch is in effect for all of Northeast Montana till 8 pm. Wind and hail are the main threats with hail less of a threat south of Fort Peck Lake. TFJ Previous Discussion... Warm airmass remains over the forecast area overnight with temperatures in the 70s and 80s at 2 am (09Z). NE Montana will have one more hot day although it will be not as hot as yesterday in some areas. Will extend Heat Advisory through 6 pm today in most areas where highs will be upper 90s to 105. Will cancel advisory along the Canadian Border where highs will be in the lower to mid 90s. Upper low will move east along the MT/Canada border this afternoon and tonight. A cold front will move across NE Montana in the late afternoon and early evening. An unstable atmosphere will allow thunderstorms to develop along this front with some storms becoming severe. SPC has Daniels, Sheridan, and Roosevelt Counties in an Enhanced Risk for severe wx where the most unstable conditions are expected while most of the remainder of the forecast area is in a Slight Risk. Large hail and damaging winds are the main risk with the severe wx. Strong west to NW wind are expected behind the cold front tonight and Tuesday. With 850 mb winds approaching 50 knots, higher elevations of the Little Rockies in SW Phillips County will have gusts near 60 mph that are synoptically driven starting in the late afternoon and continuing tonight. Will issue a High Wind Warning there. Will keep Lake Wind Advisory for Fort Peck Lake in effect for tonight and Tuesday. A second round of showers and thunderstorms are possible late tonight and Tuesday morning mainly in the north as the wrap around precipitation with the upper low moves through the area. Surface high moves in Tuesday Night with diminishing winds and the high will keep winds light on Wednesday. Temperatures warm into the 90s in most areas late in the week with upper ridge. && .AVIATION... LAST UPDATED: 1950Z Thunderstorms will move east across the area late this afternoon bringing mainly strong/damaging winds with a more scattered threat of large hail by 8 pm (a Severe Thunderstorm Watch is in effect until then). Strong west to NW winds will follow these storms that will continue into Tuesday. TFJ && .GLASGOW WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... High Wind Warning until 3 PM MDT Tuesday for Garfield... Petroleum...Southwest Phillips. Heat Advisory until 6 PM MDT this evening for Central and Southeast Phillips...Central and Southern Valley...Dawson... Eastern Roosevelt...Garfield...McCone...Petroleum...Prairie... Richland...Southwest Phillips...Western Roosevelt...Wibaux. High Wind Warning until 6 PM MDT Tuesday for Dawson...McCone... Prairie...Wibaux. High Wind Warning until midnight MDT tonight for Central and Southeast Phillips...Central and Southern Valley. && weather.gov/glasgow
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 18, 4:22 PM MDT, 1 hour 34 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Glasgow MT
422 PM MDT Mon Jul 18 2022
MTZ023>026-182315-
Richland MT-Dawson MT-Prairie MT-McCone MT-
422 PM MDT Mon Jul 18 2022
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of central McCone,
northwestern Prairie, Dawson and west central Richland Counties
through 515 PM MDT...
At 421 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 14
miles east of Nelson Creek Rec Area, or 18 miles northwest of Circle,
moving east at 55 mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and penny size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is
possible.
Locations impacted include...
Glendive, Circle, Richey, Bloomfield, West Glendive, Brockway,
Lindsay, Hoyt, Enid, Mccloud, Weldon, Watkins, Forest Park and
Stipek.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
This storm may intensify, so be certain to monitor local radio
stations and available television stations for additional information
and possible warnings from the National Weather Service.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 800 PM MDT for
northeastern Montana.
&&
LAT...LON 4687 10599 4777 10610 4784 10466 4694 10459
TIME...MOT...LOC 2221Z 260DEG 48KT 4758 10591
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
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Everything else NWS Glasgow, MT issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 17, 6:40 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GGW | Phillips | 65 min |
| Jul 17, 7:46 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GGW | Phillips | 59 min |
| Jul 18, 3:06 AM MDT | High Wind Warning | GGW | Dawson, Garfield, McCone, Petroleum, Phillips, Prairie and 2 more | 36 hr |
| Jul 18, 8:02 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GGW | Phillips | 58 min |
| Jul 18, 8:56 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GGW | Phillips | 64 min |
| Jul 18, 1:07 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GGW | Petroleum | 53 min |
| Jul 18, 1:31 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GGW | Phillips | 59 min |
| Jul 18, 2:00 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GGW | Garfield | 60 min |
| Jul 18, 3:05 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GGW | Garfield, McCone | 55 min |
| Jul 18, 3:43 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GGW | Phillips | 62 min |
| Jul 18, 3:46 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GGW | Phillips | 59 min |
| Jul 18, 4:01 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GGW | Phillips, Valley | 59 min |
| Jul 18, 4:05 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GGW | Phillips, Valley | 55 min |
| Jul 18, 4:22 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GGW | Dawson, McCone | 53 min |
| Jul 18, 4:29 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GGW | Phillips, Valley | 61 min |
| Jul 18, 4:53 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GGW | Dawson, McCone, Richland | 36 min |
| Jul 18, 4:58 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GGW | Garfield, McCone | 62 min |
| Jul 18, 5:00 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GGW | Garfield, McCone, Roosevelt, Valley | 50 min |
| Jul 18, 5:04 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GGW | Valley | 56 min |
| Jul 18, 5:29 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GGW | Daniels, Roosevelt, Sheridan, Valley | 61 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.