1 lightning, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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The local office's own words before the first event, 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 the first event at Jun 17, 2:45 AM MST, 5 hours 15 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GLASGOW MT 345 AM MDT FRI JUN 17 2005 .SHORT TERM...FOR NORTHEAST MONTANA TODAY THRU SUNDAY... SEVERE MCS MOVING NE ACROSS EASTERN HALF OF CWA EARLY THIS MORNING...WITH ANY VERIFICATION HARD TO COME BY AT THIS HOUR. WILL HAVE A VERY HIGH POP IN OUR EAST UNTIL 15Z. THE AIRMASS WILL REMAIN VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE TODAY UNDER INCREASINGLY STRONG SE LOW LEVEL FLOW ASSOCIATED WITH INTENSIFYING SURFACE LOW OVER MONTANA. MODELS SHOW STRONG LOW LEVEL WARM ADVECTION AHEAD OF DEVELOPING SURFACE LOW. THICKNESSES REACH 580 DM AND 850 MB TEMPS TO NEARLY 30C IN OUR EXTREME SOUTH. THIS SPELLS HOT WEATHER AND DESTABILIZES THE AIRMASS EVEN MORE. WILL LEAN CLOSER TO ETA FOR HIGHS TODAY...IN 90S IN ALL EXCEPT OUR NORTHERN BORDER ZONES. AN ASSOCIATED STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH CWA TONIGHT. SATELLITE PICTURES SHOW CONTINUED LOTS OF MOISTURE ASSOCIATED WITH STATIONARY UPPER LOW OFF OREGON COAST HEADING OUR WAY IN STRONG SW FLOW. PER SPC SWODY1 SEVERE WEATHER LOOKS HIGHLY LIKELY TONIGHT. WITH THE STRONG SURFACE SYSTEM...MODELS SHOW A VERY DEEPLY MIXED AIRMASS TO NEARLY 600 MB AND UP TO 50 KT 0-6KM WIND SHEAR...STRONG VERTICAL VELOCITIES TO 15 MICROBARS/SEC. WHILE DRIER AIR IS ABSORBED FROM SW STATES INTO TONIGHT SYSTEM...WHERE MONSOONAL MOISTURE NOT YET IN PLACE THIS EARLY IN SEASON...IT WILL TEND TO ONLY LIMIT A LITTLE EXTENT OF STORMS. SW FLOW ALOFT CONTINUES BEHIND THE COLD FRONT FOR SATURDAY AND SUNDAY...BUT DRIER...COOLER AND MORE STABLE AIRMASS OVER THE AREA...SO WILL LIMIT POPS AND DECREASE CLOUDINESS. SIMONSEN .LONG TERM...SUNDAY NIGHT THRU THURSDAY... SOUTHERN PLAINS UPPER RIDGE EXPECTED TO BUILD NORTHWESTWARD EARLY NEXT WEEK AND EXTEND ACROSS EASTERN MONTANA. THIS SHOULD HELP SHUNT THE SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT FROM THE WEST COAST LOW FARTHER WEST AND DECREASE THE AMOUNT OF CONVECTION. THIS WILL BE SHORT LIVED HOWEVER AS THAT RIDGE AXIS SWINGS EAST OF THE AREA RATHER QUICKLY ALLOWING A BETTER CHANCE FOR CONVECTION TO RETURN WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. COLD FRONT EXPECTED TO COME THRU WEDNESDAY NIGHT OR EARLY THURSDAY WHICH WILL COOL THINGS OFF A BIT...AS TEMPERATURES EARLY TO MID NEXT WEEK WILL BE ON THE WARM SIDE WITH READINGS IN THE 80S. END OF NEXT WEEK GETS A LITTLE MURKY AS SOME DIFFERENCES IN THE MODELS AS TO WHAT THE WEST COAST LOW DOES. && AVIATION... VFR THRU MID AFTERNOON...THEN SCATTERED MFVR-LIFR DUE TO STORMS. BREEZY FROM THE SOUTHEAST. && .GLASGOW WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...LAKE WIND ADVISORY FOR FORT PECK LAKE UNITL 6 PM TODAY. && WEATHER.GOV/GLASGOW
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GLASGOW MT 556 AM MDT FRI JUN 17 2005 MTZ016>027-059>062-181200- CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PHILLIPS-CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN VALLEY- DANIELS-SHERIDAN-WESTERN ROOSEVELT-PETROLEUM-GARFIELD-MCCONE- RICHLAND-DAWSON-PRAIRIE-WIBAUX-NORTHERN PHILLIPS- SOUTHWEST PHILLIPS-NORTHERN VALLEY-EASTERN ROOSEVELT- 556 AM MDT FRI JUN 17 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST MONTANA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTHEAST MONTANA LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A LAKE WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR FORT PECK LAKE THROUGH 6 PM. FOR MORE DETAILS PLEASE SEE GTFNPWGGW OR WWUS75 KGGW. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE AREA SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GLASGOW MT 548 AM MDT FRI JUN 17 2005 MTZ016>027-059>062-172200- CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PHILLIPS-CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN VALLEY- DANIELS-SHERIDAN-WESTERN ROOSEVELT-PETROLEUM-GARFIELD-MCCONE- RICHLAND-DAWSON-PRAIRIE-WIBAUX-NORTHERN PHILLIPS- SOUTHWEST PHILLIPS-NORTHERN VALLEY-EASTERN ROOSEVELT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MALTA...SACO...GLASGOW...FORT PECK... HINSDALE...FRAZER...SCOBEY...PLENTYWOOD...MEDICINE LAKE... WOLF POINT...POPLAR...WINNETT...JORDAN...CIRCLE...SIDNEY... FAIRVIEW...GLENDIVE...RICHEY...TERRY...WIBAUX...WHITEWATER... ZORTMAN...OPHEIM...CULBERTSON 548 AM MDT FRI JUN 17 2005 ...SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW ALOFT AND A SURFACE COLD FRONT WILL BRING A THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER TO THE AREA ONCE AGAIN LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND WILL BE THE MAIN THREATS...ALTHOUGH ISOLATED TORNADOES REMAIN A POSSIBILITY.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GLASGOW MT
852 AM MDT FRI JUN 17 2005
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..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1245 AM TSTM WND GST 30 E JORDAN 47.32N 106.27W
06/17/2005 60 MPH GARFIELD MT TRAINED SPOTTER
0330 AM TSTM WND GST POPLAR 48.11N 105.20W
06/17/2005 60 MPH ROOSEVELT MT TRAINED SPOTTER
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BBThe Glasgow radar (KGGW), 166 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 15:01 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Lightning caused a fire at the Reserve oil station along Highway 13. The oil station was struck by lightning, and a cow directly across the highway was also struck and instantly killed. The lightning ignited the vent pipes at the top of two 400 barrel oil tanks.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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