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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 29, NWS Great Falls, MT

July 29, 20234 counties in Montana

NWS Great Falls, MT issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 29, 2023, 7:14 PM MDT for 4 counties in 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 29, 2023, 7:14 PM MDT (01:14 UTC)
Expired
Jul 29, 2023, 8:00 PM MDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Great Falls, MT
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.25 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Cascade County, MT, Chouteau County, MT, Fergus County, MT, Judith Basin County, MT

The radar

The Great Falls radar (KTFX), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:14 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Spokane, WA (KOTX), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 458 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 00:00Z on 2023-07-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 13 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, Spokane, WA at 00:00Z on 2023-07-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 29 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
13 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-193 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
3499 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
29 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
96 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 29, 6:04 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXLewis and Clark26 min
Jul 29, 6:06 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXCascade39 min
Jul 29, 6:30 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXCascade45 min
Jul 29, 6:49 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXCascade41 min
Jul 29, 6:51 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTFXCascade, Chouteau, Judith Basin24 min
Jul 29, 7:54 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFX36 min
Jul 29, 7:57 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXChouteau33 min
Jul 29, 8:22 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTFXGlacier, Toole38 min
Jul 29, 8:27 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFX33 min
Jul 29, 8:46 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXFergus29 min
Jul 29, 8:51 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTFXFergus, Judith Basin24 min
Jul 29, 8:57 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXLiberty33 min
Jul 29, 9:15 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTFXFergus30 min
Jul 29, 9:32 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXLiberty43 min
Jul 29, 9:48 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXFergus42 min
Jul 29, 9:53 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXBlaine22 min
Jul 29, 9:58 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXHill32 min
Jul 29, 10:29 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXPetroleum31 min
Jul 29, 10:33 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXHill42 min
Jul 29, 11:03 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXBlaine57 min
Jul 29, 11:56 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXBlaine49 min
Jul 30, 5:12 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXPondera33 min
Jul 30, 5:47 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXLiberty28 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.