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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 113, NWS Great Falls, MT

July 9, 2022Chouteau County, Hill County, Liberty County, Montana

NWS Great Falls, MT issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 9, 2022, 5:46 PM MDT for Chouteau County, Hill County, Liberty County, Montana. It was in force for 59 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, 2022, 5:46 PM MDT (23:46 UTC)
Expired
Jul 9, 2022, 6:45 PM MDT
In force
59 min
Issued by
NWS Great Falls, MT
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Possible
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Chouteau County, MT, Hill County, MT, Liberty County, MT

The radar

The Great Falls radar (KTFX), 119 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:46 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 9, 2:59 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Great_falls, MT (KTFX), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 100 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 12:00Z on 2022-07-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 216 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 12:00Z on 2022-07-09The 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
216 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-186 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1820 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-12 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
98 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.0

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 8, 6:02 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXTeton43 min
Jul 8, 6:13 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTFXChouteau, Hill, Liberty47 min
Jul 8, 6:13 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTFXCascade47 min
Jul 8, 6:14 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatTFXHill, Liberty46 min
Jul 8, 6:21 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXToole39 min
Jul 8, 6:22 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXJudith Basin23 min
Jul 8, 6:44 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXChouteau31 min
Jul 8, 6:49 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTFXChouteau26 min
Jul 8, 6:53 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXLiberty37 min
Jul 8, 6:54 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXFergus66 min
Jul 8, 6:56 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTFXChouteau, Hill49 min
Jul 8, 7:00 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXCascade30 min
Jul 8, 7:03 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTFXChouteau, Hill, Liberty27 min
Jul 8, 7:05 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTFXFergus, Judith Basin40 min
Jul 8, 7:08 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTFXChouteau, Fergus31 min
Jul 8, 7:13 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTFXHill47 min
Jul 8, 7:16 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXToole29 min
Jul 8, 7:18 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXFergus27 min
Jul 8, 7:23 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatTFXChouteau, Hill, Liberty37 min
Jul 8, 7:45 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXFergus30 min
Jul 8, 7:53 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXFergus67 min
Jul 8, 7:54 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatTFXBlaine, Chouteau, Hill51 min
Jul 8, 8:09 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXLewis and Clark36 min
Jul 8, 8:15 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFX60 min
Jul 8, 8:22 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatTFXBlaine, Hill53 min
Jul 8, 8:26 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatTFXBlaine, Fergus34 min
Jul 8, 8:41 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatTFXBlaine, Hill64 min
Jul 8, 8:53 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXTeton37 min
Jul 8, 8:58 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatTFXBlaine32 min
Jul 8, 9:08 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threatTFXBlaine37 min
Jul 8, 9:17 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTFXLewis and Clark, Teton9 min
Jul 8, 11:26 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXFergus34 min
Jul 8, 11:30 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTFXFergus15 min
Jul 9, 2:16 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXBeaverhead44 min
Jul 9, 3:20 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXMadison25 min
Jul 9, 3:32 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXLewis and Clark28 min
Jul 9, 3:35 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXPondera25 min
Jul 9, 3:44 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXGallatin46 min
Jul 9, 3:55 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXRavalli35 min
Jul 9, 4:06 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXLewis and Clark24 min
Jul 9, 4:07 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXPondera38 min
Jul 9, 4:23 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXBeaverhead37 min
Jul 9, 4:32 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXJefferson43 min
Jul 9, 4:36 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXTeton39 min
Jul 9, 4:44 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXCascade31 min
Jul 9, 4:48 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXLewis and Clark27 min
Jul 9, 4:52 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXLiberty23 min
Jul 9, 4:52 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXLewis and Clark38 min
Jul 9, 5:13 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXLiberty47 min
Jul 9, 5:21 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTFXJefferson, Lewis and Clark99 min
Jul 9, 5:23 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXBroadwater, Cascade, Jefferson37 min
Jul 9, 5:26 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXMeagher19 min
Jul 9, 5:43 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTFXCascade, Chouteau, Teton46 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.