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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 30, NWS Great Falls, MT

June 13, 2025Fergus County, Montana

NWS Great Falls, MT issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 13, 2025, 4:14 PM MDT for Fergus County, Montana. It was in force for 20 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
Jun 13, 2025, 4:14 PM MDT (22:14 UTC)
Expired
Jun 13, 2025, 4:34 PM MDT
In force
20 min
Issued by
NWS Great Falls, MT
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Possible
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Fergus County, MT

The radar

The Billings radar (KBLX), 164 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:16 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
Jun 13, 1:03 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC10 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Riverton, WY (KRIW), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 471 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, Riverton, WY at 12:00Z on 2025-06-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 215 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Riverton, WY at 12:00Z on 2025-06-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 140 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
215 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-234 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1418 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
140 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
195 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 12, 6:06 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXBroadwater24 min
Jun 12, 6:47 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXLewis and Clark43 min
Jun 12, 8:10 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXCascade20 min
Jun 13, 3:08 AM MDTDense Fog AdvisoryTFXBlaine, Chouteau, Fergus, Glacier, Hill, Liberty and 3 more8 hr
Jun 13, 11:45 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXJudith Basin45 min
Jun 13, 11:49 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXJefferson26 min
Jun 13, 12:14 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXJefferson31 min
Jun 13, 1:09 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXBroadwater36 min
Jun 13, 1:16 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTFXBroadwater, Gallatin29 min
Jun 13, 1:39 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTFXBroadwater, Gallatin, Meagher36 min
Jun 13, 1:59 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXWheatland16 min
Jun 13, 3:29 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTFXFergus46 min
Jun 13, 3:40 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTFXChouteau, Hill19 min
Jun 13, 4:07 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTFXBlaine, Hill38 min
Jun 13, 4:20 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTFXBlaine, Hill40 min
Jun 13, 5:29 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXHill61 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.