A plentiful and re-enforcing source of moisture combined with surface low pressure and a series of storm systems to direct heavy rain over portions of Dawson County.
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The episode as NWS GGW wrote it up.
A plentiful and re-enforcing source of moisture combined with surface low pressure and a series of storm systems to direct heavy rain over portions of Dawson County.
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, 1:25 PM MST, 4 hours 45 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GLASGOW MT 225 PM MDT TUE JUN 17 2014 .SHORT TERM...FOR NORTHEAST MONTANA...TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY... DEEP MOISTURE IS IN PLACE ACROSS NORTHEAST MONTANA THIS AFTERNOON...SETTING THE STAGE FOR A GOOD PRECIP EVENT ACROSS MOST OF THE AREA. THE INITIAL PUSH OF PRECIPITATION ASSOCIATED WITH A LARGE UPPER LOW OVER THE NORTHERN ROCKIES HAS CLEARED ALL BUT THE FURTHEST NORTHERN REACHES OF NORTHEAST MONTANA AS OF 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON. FURTHER SOUTH A LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IS ERUPTING ALONG A STALLED FRONTAL BOUNDARY FROM BAKER THROUGH CIRCLE TO FORT PECK. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT...AND THESE STORMS WILL NEED TO BE MONITORED FOR HAIL...HEAVY RAIN...AND POSSIBLE TORNADOES THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. EXPECT AFTER THE DEEP INSTABILITY IS CHEWED UP A CONVECTIVE COMPLEX WILL SET UP...KEEPING EXCELLENT CHANCES FOR PRECIP GOING ACROSS THE EAST OVERNIGHT. GUSTY EASTERLY WINDS WILL ALSO CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS THANKS TO ONGOING CONVECTION AND A TIGHTENED PRESSURE GRADIENT AT THE SURFACE. THUS ISSUED A LAKE WIND ADVISORY FOR FORT PECK LAKE. WEDNESDAY MORNING PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN TO TAPER OFF SOME FROM SOUTH TO NORTH AS THE VERTICALLY STACKED LOW WRAPS IN DRIER AIR FROM THE SOUTH. HOWEVER...WITH LINGERING MOISTURE FROM TONIGHTS EXPECTED PRECIPITATION EVENT...SHOWERS AND POSSIBLE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP IN A SCATTERED FASHION. WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY THE UPPER LOW SLOWLY DRIFTS EASTWARD OVER NORTHEAST MONTANA. EXPECT CONTINUED SCATTERED SHOWER/THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY THANKS TO LINGERING MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY DRIVEN BY THE LOW OVERHEAD. GILCHRIST .LONG TERM...THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY... WITH CONTINUED CONCERNS REVOLVING AROUND THE CLOSED LOW IN THE SHORT TERM...NO CHANGES WERE MADE TO THE GOING LONG TERM FORECAST. GILCHRIST PREVIOUS LONG TERM DISCUSSION...BY THURSDAY NIGHT...THIS SLOW MOVING STORM SYSTEM WILL FINALLY BE PUSHING NORTHEAST OUT OF OUR CWA...BUT WHAT FORM IT TAKES AS IT LEAVES IS UNCERTAIN AS THE GFS WANTS TO KEEP IT AS ONE LARGE CLOSED LOW AND THE EC WANTS SPLIT IT INTO TWO SEPARATE SMALLER LOW CENTERS. LATE THURSDAY THROUGH LATE FRIDAY...A FEW LINGERING SHOWERS OR ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS COULD IMPACT PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST MONTANA. REGARDLESS OF THE DEPARTING STORM SYSTEM...WEAK UPPER-LEVEL RIDGING TAKES OVER EARLY SATURDAY THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY KEEPING PRECIPITATION AWAY FROM NORTHEAST MONTANA FOR THE MOST PART. SUNDAY NIGHT AND BEYOND...MODELS SHOWING A BROAD AREA OF BENIGN LARGE-SCALE FLOW...BUT STILL WITH ENOUGH MODEL DIFFERENCES THAT WARRANTED A GFS/EC BLEND WITH CLIMO POPS TO ACCOUNT FOR THE UNCERTAINTY THIS FAR OUT IN THE FORECAST PERIOD. THERE DOES NOT SEEM TO BE ANY SIGNIFICANT STORM SYSTEMS SET TO IMPACT OUR REGION IN THE EXTENDED FORECAST PERIOD. TEMPERATURES THROUGHOUT THE FORECAST PERIOD WILL GRADUALLY CLIMB TO ABOVE NORMAL LEVELS FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR. BMICKELSON && .AVIATION... SYNOPSIS: AN UPPER LOW FROM THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST WILL CONTINUE DIRECTING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTHEAST MONTANA THROUGH THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT HOURS. BEST CHANCES FOR WIDESPREAD ACCUMULATING PRECIPITATION IS DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS TODAY. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE LOWER YELLOWSTONE RIVER VALLEY...INCLUDING THE KSDY AND KGDV TERMINALS. FLIGHT CATEGORY: VFR BECOMING MVFR THIS AFTERNOON WITH VCTS AT MOST LOCATIONS. IF A STORM HAPPENS TO PASS DIRECTLY OVER A TAF SITE...LIFR CONDITIONS OR WORSE WOULD BE LIKELY UNDER HEAVY RAINFALL. EXPECT AMENDMENTS THIS THROUGH THIS EVENING. MVFR CIGS ARE EXPECTED TO LINGER INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING AS SHOWERS PERSIST ACROSS THE REGION. WINDS: EASTERLY WINDS UP TO 30 MPH ARE POSSIBLE TODAY AND COULD BECOME VARIABLE AND GUSTIER NEAR THE STRONGER STORMS. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO SLACKEN SOME OVERNIGHT TONIGHT BEFORE AGAIN BECOMING GUSTY WEDNESDAY MORNING. BMICKELSON/GILCHRIST && .GLASGOW WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... LAKE WIND ADVISORY UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT FOR FORT PECK LAKE FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PHILLIPS...CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN VALLEY...GARFIELD...MCCONE...PETROLEUM. && WEATHER.GOV/GLASGOW
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GLASGOW MT 107 PM MDT TUE JUN 17 2014 MTZ016>021-059>062-180600- CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PHILLIPS-CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN VALLEY- DANIELS-SHERIDAN-WESTERN ROOSEVELT-PETROLEUM-NORTHERN PHILLIPS- SOUTHWEST PHILLIPS-NORTHERN VALLEY-EASTERN ROOSEVELT- 107 PM MDT TUE JUN 17 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST MONTANA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT A LARGE AND STRONG STORM SYSTEM OVER THE WESTERN STATES WILL SPREAD MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL OVER MOST OF NORTHEAST MONTANA THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. AT THIS TIME FLOODING IS NOT EXPECTED...HOWEVER SOME PONDING OF WATER OVER LOW LAND AREAS WILL BE POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. MTZ022>027-180600- GARFIELD-MCCONE-RICHLAND-DAWSON-PRAIRIE-WIBAUX- 107 PM MDT TUE JUN 17 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST MONTANA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT A LARGE AND STRONG STORM SYSTEM OVER THE WESTERN STATES WILL SPREAD MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL OVER MOST OF NORTHEAST MONTANA THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. SOME STRONGER STORMS SOUTHEAST OF FORT PECK LAKE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING MAY BECOME SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS BEING THE MAIN THREATS. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GLASGOW MT
340 PM MDT TUE JUN 17 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0330 PM HEAVY RAIN 15 E MILDRED 46.68N 104.65W
06/17/2014 M1.99 INCH PRAIRIE MT TRAINED SPOTTER
RAINFALL TOTAL IS FROM 2 TO 330 PM
&&
BBSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GLASGOW MT
342 PM MDT TUE JUN 17 2014
MTZ025>027-172245-
DAWSON-PRAIRIE-WIBAUX-
342 PM MDT TUE JUN 17 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GLASGOW HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
WIBAUX COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MONTANA...
SOUTHEASTERN PRAIRIE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MONTANA...
SOUTHEASTERN DAWSON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MONTANA...
UNTIL 445 PM MDT.
AT 338 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 25 MILES WEST OF CARLYLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25
MPH.
HAIL UP TO ONE-HALF INCH IN DIAMETER AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN.
LOCATIONS IN THE ADVISORY INCLUDE...
WIBAUX...
LAT...LON 4664 10405 4664 10435 4666 10437 4668 10443
4668 10459 4665 10461 4665 10472 4661 10474
4661 10485 4656 10487 4656 10498 4669 10504
4715 10439 4710 10404
TIME...MOT...LOC 2140Z 216DEG 23KT 4668 10459
RJM
WEATHER.GOV/GLASGOWSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GLASGOW MT
500 PM MDT TUE JUN 17 2014
MTZ017-018-022-023-061-180000-
DANIELS-GARFIELD-MCCONE-VALLEY-
500 PM MDT TUE JUN 17 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GLASGOW HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
EASTERN VALLEY COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MONTANA...
NORTHWESTERN MCCONE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MONTANA...
NORTHEASTERN GARFIELD COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MONTANA...
SOUTHWESTERN DANIELS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MONTANA...
UNTIL 600 PM MDT.
AT 456 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS 7 MILES SOUTH OF FORT PECK AND 10 MILES SOUTH
OF LARSLAN...MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH.
HAIL UP TO ONE-HALF INCH IN DIAMETER AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN.
LOCATIONS IN THE ADVISORY INCLUDE...
DUCK CREEK FISHING AND DUCK CREEK REC AREA...
FORT PECK...
NASHUA...
THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND
TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
LAT...LON 4827 10670 4821 10636 4871 10625 4870 10584
4813 10611 4760 10626 4767 10663
TIME...MOT...LOC 2259Z 189DEG 11KT 4793 10639
RJM
WEATHER.GOV/GLASGOWSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GLASGOW MT
514 PM MDT TUE JUN 17 2014
MTZ025>027-180015-
DAWSON-PRAIRIE-WIBAUX-
514 PM MDT TUE JUN 17 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GLASGOW HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
SOUTHERN WIBAUX COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MONTANA...
EASTERN PRAIRIE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MONTANA...
SOUTHEASTERN DAWSON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MONTANA...
UNTIL 615 PM MDT.
AT 511 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 22 MILES WEST OF CARLYLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20
MPH.
HAIL UP TO ONE-HALF INCH IN DIAMETER AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN.
LOCATIONS IN THE ADVISORY INCLUDE...
WIBAUX...
THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND
TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
LAT...LON 4663 10426 4664 10435 4666 10437 4667 10442
4668 10443 4668 10459 4665 10461 4665 10472
4661 10474 4661 10482 4714 10450 4698 10403
4695 10403
TIME...MOT...LOC 2313Z 216DEG 16KT 4674 10451
RJM
WEATHER.GOV/GLASGOWPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GLASGOW MT
642 PM MDT TUE JUN 17 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0624 PM HEAVY RAIN 17 SE HOYT 46.78N 104.58W
06/17/2014 M5.29 INCH WIBAUX MT MESONET
RAINFALL AMOUNT OVER A 4 HR PERIOD. REPORT FROM PINE HILL
RAWS
&&
BBSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GLASGOW MT
642 PM MDT TUE JUN 17 2014
MTZ018-061-180145-
DANIELS-VALLEY-
642 PM MDT TUE JUN 17 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GLASGOW HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
NORTHEASTERN VALLEY COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MONTANA...
DANIELS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MONTANA...
UNTIL 745 PM MDT.
AT 639 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF RICHLAND...MOVING NORTH AT
20 MPH.
HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IN THE ADVISORY INCLUDE...
RICHLAND...
LAT...LON 4892 10506 4891 10504 4865 10504 4865 10497
4857 10498 4856 10601 4865 10602 4866 10631
4901 10637 4900 10506
TIME...MOT...LOC 0042Z 184DEG 16KT 4872 10616
TEMPLER
WEATHER.GOV/GLASGOWThe Glasgow radar (KGGW), 167 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:09 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
A family had to be rescued from their vehicle due to the rapid rise of Upper Sevenmile Creek along Highway 200S west of Glendive.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Montana in 2014Every state in 2014This day in weather historyWarnings in Montana, June 2014
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 524645.