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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 91, NWS Great Falls, MT

July 8, 2022Liberty County, Pondera County, Toole County, Montana

NWS Great Falls, MT issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 8, 2022, 5:29 PM MDT for Liberty County, Pondera County, Toole County, Montana. It was in force for 46 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 8, 2022, 5:29 PM MDT (23:29 UTC)
Expired
Jul 8, 2022, 6:15 PM MDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Great Falls, MT
Area
Storm-based polygon
Damage threat
Considerable
Hail
2.5 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Liberty County, MT, Pondera County, MT, Toole County, MT

The radar

The Great Falls radar (KTFX), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:29 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 8, 3:09 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Spokane, WA (KOTX), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 363 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, Spokane, WA at 12:00Z on 2022-07-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Spokane, WA at 12:00Z on 2022-07-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 49 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1396 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
49 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
94 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 7, 6:13 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXLewis and Clark32 min
Jul 7, 6:22 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatTFXChouteau, Fergus53 min
Jul 7, 6:25 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTFXLewis and Clark65 min
Jul 7, 6:29 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXGallatin46 min
Jul 7, 6:30 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatTFXBlaine, Hill32 min
Jul 7, 6:36 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXFergus54 min
Jul 7, 6:38 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXTeton52 min
Jul 7, 6:48 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXMusselshell42 min
Jul 7, 6:56 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXFergus49 min
Jul 7, 7:01 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXHill44 min
Jul 7, 7:08 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTFXChouteau, Fergus31 min
Jul 7, 7:09 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXHill36 min
Jul 7, 7:26 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXFergus64 min
Jul 7, 7:31 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXBlaine59 min
Jul 7, 7:35 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXCascade40 min
Jul 7, 7:38 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXPondera52 min
Jul 7, 7:40 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXChouteau35 min
Jul 7, 7:41 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFX49 min
Jul 7, 7:48 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTFXFergus25 min
Jul 7, 8:00 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXLewis and Clark45 min
Jul 7, 8:11 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXCascade49 min
Jul 7, 8:13 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTFXChouteau, Fergus45 min
Jul 7, 8:17 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTFXCascade28 min
Jul 7, 8:24 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTFXFergus, Judith Basin51 min
Jul 7, 8:31 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXTeton29 min
Jul 7, 8:40 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTFXCascade, Teton23 min
Jul 7, 8:49 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTFXCascade, Chouteau, Judith Basin25 min
Jul 7, 8:57 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFX33 min
Jul 7, 9:02 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFX28 min
Jul 7, 9:09 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTFXCascade, Chouteau, Fergus, Judith Basin51 min
Jul 7, 9:22 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXBlaine38 min
Jul 7, 9:26 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXChouteau34 min
Jul 7, 9:57 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTFXBlaine3 hr
Jul 8, 1:59 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXBeaverhead46 min
Jul 8, 2:41 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXBeaverhead34 min
Jul 8, 2:47 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXGlacier43 min
Jul 8, 2:48 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTFXBeaverhead, Madison19 min
Jul 8, 2:50 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXBeaverhead40 min
Jul 8, 3:16 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXMadison44 min
Jul 8, 3:25 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXToole35 min
Jul 8, 3:57 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXToole33 min
Jul 8, 4:08 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTFXToole22 min
Jul 8, 4:13 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXJefferson47 min
Jul 8, 4:14 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXMadison46 min
Jul 8, 4:16 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXCascade44 min
Jul 8, 4:36 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXGallatin54 min
Jul 8, 4:43 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXBroadwater32 min
Jul 8, 4:44 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXToole31 min
Jul 8, 4:47 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXPondera28 min
Jul 8, 4:54 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTFXPondera, Toole51 min
Jul 8, 5:01 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTFXBroadwater, Jefferson, Lewis and Clark14 min
Jul 8, 5:16 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTFXLewis and Clark43 min
Jul 8, 5:22 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXMeagher38 min
Jul 8, 5:22 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatTFXLiberty, Toole38 min
Jul 8, 5:41 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatTFXLiberty, Toole34 min
Jul 8, 5:42 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXLewis and Clark33 min
Jul 8, 5:49 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXCascade41 min
Jul 8, 5:50 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXPondera25 min
Jul 8, 5:56 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTFXLewis and Clark34 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.