11 hail, 10 thunderstorm wind, 7 flash flood, 1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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NWS Glasgow, MT wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 28, 8:25 AM MST, 4 hours 5 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GLASGOW MT 925 AM MDT TUE JUN 28 2005 .SHORT TERM...FOR NORTHEAST MONTANA...UPDATE... AREA OF RAIN THAT AFFECTED THE REGION OVERNIGHT HAS LIFTED INTO CANADA. AIRMASS REMAINS VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE WITH CLOUDS QUICKLY REFORMING IN ANY CLEAR SKIES. ALSO A FEW SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO REDEVELOP. UPPER TROF WILL CONTINUE TO SHIFT EAST WITH INVERTED SURFACE TROF OVER THE WESTERN ZONES TODAY. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT WITH SOME POSSIBLY SEVERE. WITH THE SURFACE TROF OVERHEAD WINDS HAVE WEAKENED OVER FORT PECK LAKE SO WILL CANCEL THE LAKE WIND ADVISORY. OTHERWISE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR THE AREA WITH POTENTIAL OF HEAVY RAINFALL WITH ANY THUNDERSTORMS LATER TODAY. EBERT TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY... AT LEAST A TEMPORARY END IN SIGHT FOR OUR ACTIVE WEATHER PATTERN...BUT NO LET UP TODAY WITH FLOODING CONCERNS AND THE THREAT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS LATE IN THE DAY INTO TONIGHT. AN UPPER TROUGH PUSHING THROUGH THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST CROSSES EASTERN MONTANA TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. A PERIOD OF MODEST RIDGING EXPECTED IN THE WAKE OF THE UPPER TROUGH...ENDING OUR SEVERE WEATHER THREAT THROUGH AT LEAST THE END OF THE WORK WEEK. TEMPERATURES WILL AVERAGE BELOW NORMAL THE NEXT FEW DAYS. TODAY...LOOKS LIKE A ONE-TWO PUNCH KIND OF A DAY. HEAVY RAIN THIS MORNING AND POSSIBLE SEVERE WEATHER LATE IN THE DAY. FLOODING POTENTIAL LOOKS TO BE HIGH THROUGH AT LEAST THIS EVENING. WELL ADVERTISED UPPER TROUGH WORKING IT/S WAY ACROSS THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY MOVE EAST...AND THE CLOSED CENTER OF THE TROUGH SHOULD BE ACROSS SOUTHERN ALBERTA LATE IN THE DAY. THERE IS CURRENTLY A STRONG FRONTAL BOUNDARY WHICH BI-SECTS CENTRAL MONTANA. A STRONG OVERRUNNING PATTERN IS IN THE PROCESS OF SETTING UP ACROSS NORTHEAST MONTANA WITH A LARGE BAND OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL WITH EMBEDDED CONVECTION. THIS BAND OF OVERRUNNING RAIN SHOULD SHIFT TO SHIFT TO THE THE NORTHEAST AND OUT OF OUR CWA BY LATE MORNING/EARLY AFTERNOON. THE AIRMASS QUICKLY DESTABILIZES AFTER THIS BAND OF OVERRUNNING RAIN LIFTS OUT JUST AHEAD OF THE MAIN UPPER TROUGH AND SURFACE FRONTAL BOUNDARY. LI/S DROP DOWN TO AROUND -6C WITH 2000J/KG OF CAPE ALONG WITH GOOD SHEAR PROFILES. THE BEST CHANCE OF SEVERE WEATHER LOOKS TO BE ACROSS THE EASTERN TWO THIRDS OF THE CWA...WITH POTENTIAL FOR LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND. ISOLATED TORNADOES ALSO A THREAT WITH GOOD LOW LEVEL SHEAR PROFILES. PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES IN THE 1-1.5 INCH RANGE SO VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ALSO POSSIBLE OUT OF THE STORMS. PLAN TO EXTEND THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH THIS EVENING. WILL ALSO HAVE SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORIES FOR MUCH OF THE CWA TODAY. TONIGHT...THE SEVERE THREAT SHOULD COME TO AN END FAIRLY EARLY IN THE EVENING ACROSS OUR WESTERN ZONES...BUT LIKELY CONTINUES UNTIL MIDNIGHT OR A LITTLE LATER IN THE EAST. NOT THINKING IT WILL REPEAT OF OUR RECENT MAJOR SEVERE WEATHER OUTBREAK LAST SATURDAY EVENING...BUT LIKELY THAT SEVERAL STORMS TURN SEVERE. BY MORNING THE SURFACE COLD FRONT SHOULD BE OFF INTO WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND THE LAST OF ANY STEADY SHOWER/THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY SHOULD COME TO AN END. WEDNESDAY...THE UPPER TROUGH AXIS IS ACROSS NORTHEAST MONTANA DURING THE MORNING...BUT SHIFTS OFF INTO THE DAKOTAS DURING THE DAY. A DRIER AND MORE STABLE AIR MASS WORKS INTO THE AREA...FINALLY PUTTING TO REST THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT FOR A FEW DAYS. ADDITIONAL SHORTWAVE ENERGY PUSHING THROUGH MAY TOUCH OFF A SHOWER OR ISOLATED THUNDERSHOWER...BUT SHOULD NOT BE ANYTHING SEVERE. WED NIGHT & THURSDAY...THE UPPER TROUGH CONTINUES TO PUSH EAST WITH SOME MID LEVEL RIDGING TO BUILD ACROSS THE AREA BETWEEN THE DEPARTING TROUGH AND THE NEXT UPPER LOW WAITING IN THE WINGS OFF THE BRITISH COLUMBIA COAST. THERE WILL ALSO BE A SURFACE RIDGE OF PACIFIC ORIGINS DURING THIS TIME. DOWN THE ROAD MAY NEED TO CONSIDER SOME PATCHY FOG FOR LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY THURSDAY MORNING DUE TO SATURATED GROUND CONDITIONS IN SPOTS. OTHERWISE...THURSDAY LOOKS TO BE A NICE DAY WITH A FAIR AMOUNT OF SUNSHINE AND TEMPERATURES IN THE 70S. CB .LONG TERM...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY... MODELS ARE IN AGREEMENT IN THE EARLY PART OF THE EXTENDED. THEY DO DEVELOP TIMING DIFFERENCES WITH AN UPPER TROUGH EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS MONTANA OVER THE WEEKEND WITH THE GFS AND DGEX FASTER THAN THE ECMWF. SHORTWAVE RIDGE MOVES THROUGH EASTERN MONTANA THU NIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING. THEN...SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT DEVELOPS ON FRIDAY AHEAD OF THE UPPER TROUGH. WITH FREQUENT SHORTWAVES EXPECTED AHEAD OF AND DURING THE PASSAGE OF THE UPPER TROUGH...WILL BROADBRUSH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH MOST OF THE WEEKEND. GFS/DGEX/CANADIAN BRING THE UPPER TROUGH THROUGH MONTANA ON SUNDAY AND RETURN TO SOUTHWEST ALOFT FOR MONDAY AND TUESDAY WHILE THE ECMWF WAITS UNTIL MONDAY TO BRING THE UPPER TROUGH ACROSS THE STATE. EITHER WAY...THE WEATHER LOOKS UNSETTLED. WILL MAINTAIN A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS FOR NOW. && .AVIATION...WITH ON AND OFF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED INTO WEDNESDAY...WILL SEE A WIDE RANGE OF CEILINGS AND VISIBILITIES AT THE TAF SITES. CONDITIONS WILL BE GENERALLY VFR WHEN THERE IS NO PRECIPITATION AND FALL TO AS LOW AS IFR WHEN A SHOWER OR THUNDERSTORM PASSES. GUSTY EAST WINDS AT GGW WILL DIMINISH THIS MORNING. HOWEVER...ERRATIC AND GUSTY WINDS ARE POSSIBLE WITH ANY STORMS THAT PASS OVER A TAF SITE TODAY AND TONIGHT. FORRESTER && .GLASGOW WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT FOR ALL OF NORTHEAST MONTANA. && WEATHER.GOV/GLASGOW
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GLASGOW MT 1003 AM MDT TUE JUN 28 2005 MTZ016>027-059>062-291615- 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- 1003 AM MDT TUE JUN 28 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST MONTANA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF NORTHEAST MONTANA THROUGH THIS EVENING. REFER TO WGUS65 KGGW OR GTFFFAGGW FOR MORE INFORMATION. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.
The Billings radar (KBLX), 128 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:27 UTC.
11 hail, 10 thunderstorm wind, 7 flash flood, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
A weak tornado was spotted by the county sheriff. No damage was reported.
Measured at the Jordan ASOS.
A trailer at the old Montana State Department of Transportation maintenance shop in Jordan was blown over on its side.
Water flowing over County Road 245.
50 to 60 foot cottonwood trees downed.
Areas from approximately 17 miles northeast of Jordan to 25 miles east of Jordan experienced heavy rainfall. The rain washed across numerous county gravel roads. At least two culverts were washed out. The runoff from tributaries of the Big Dry Creek brought the creek up significantly, but it remained within its banks.
Wind gusts estimated in the 60 to 70 mph range.
Roanwood Creek and the confluence of the west fork of the Poplar River had water running out of its banks and over Mason Road.
An area that is normally dry was under 2 to 3 feet of water across an area of approximately 75 to 100 feet.
Very heavy rain fell in the Larb Creek basin, and a trained weather spotter report of 2.3 inches of rain in a short period of time. Water was over Larb Creek Road where the Fourth Creek flows into the Larb Creek. At least one culvert washed out. This area includes both Phillips and Valley counties as the Larb Creek meanders across the county line.
Thunderstorms which produced up to 4 inches of rainfall caused the water in the Glendive Creek approximately 6 miles east of Glendive to go from 6 inches deep and 6 feet wide to approximately 12 feet deep and nearly 100 feet wide. The water crossed old Highway 10. About 6 miles northeast of Glendive a bridge on Belle Prairie Road was washed out as well as a culvert on Road 311.
Water from Smith Creek went out of its banks about 125 feet wide and flooded over Skaar Road. A bridge is significantly damaged. The flooding washed over roads in nearly 100 places according to the Highway Department. The roads in the northern portion of Wibaux County were out in so many places that the highway department ran out of flags to mark the flooding. Two ranches in the area measured 3 to 3.5 inches of rain.
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