Shortwave moved through the southwesterly flow aloft that's been parked over the area this week and set off another round of severe thunderstorms over the area this afternoon into the overnight hours.
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
The episode as NWS GGW wrote it up.
Shortwave moved through the southwesterly flow aloft that's been parked over the area this week and set off another round of severe thunderstorms over the area this afternoon into the overnight hours.
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 Jul 8, 6:59 PM MST, 46 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Glasgow MT 759 PM MDT Fri Jul 8 2022 .DISCUSSION... Update: Strong to severe thunderstorms have formed over western and central portions of Montana and are tracking east. They are eventually expected to evolve into lines and possibly bowing segments overnight, leading to damaging wind concerns as well as large hail, heavy rain, and frequent lightning. A Severe Thunderstorm Watch is in effect until 3 AM MDT Saturday which includes all of NE Montana. Previous Discussion: Fairly straight-forward forecast. Expecting strong to severe thunderstorms later this evening and through tonight, approaching from the southwest. SPC will likely treat the threat as a multi- staged event: west first then us later in the east. Storms will easily linger into Saturday morning in our eastern zones. Saturday, the upper level trough finally begins to move eastward, moving the threat of severe thunderstorms more toward North Dakota. By Sunday, a cold front will bring some much-needed relief as the main forcing and energy for severe storms push more into the Dakotas. Next focus will be next week's high temperatures climbing into the triple digits. ---BMickelson && .AVIATION... Updated: 2100Z Expected Flight Category: VFR-MVFR Discussion: Cumulus development underway will increase through this afternoon and evening, with thunderstorms threatening from the southwest toward 23Z or 00Z. Some of the stronger storms will contain large hail and gusty winds and frequent lightning. Winds: East to SE winds 5-15 kts for much of the time across the region, though underneath thunderstorms and even regular showers, erratic strong winds may be possible. ---BMickelson && .GLASGOW WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && weather.gov/glasgow
The Glasgow radar (KGGW), 131 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 02:45 UTC.
12 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
The BLM Zortman E mesonet site (MTM38) recorded a thunderstorm wind gust of 62 mph.
A trained spotter estimated a thunderstorm wind gust of 60 mph.
The Zortman BLM RAWS site (ALDM8) measured a thunderstorm wind gust of 73 mph.
The Luftborough Hill MT-200 DOT site (MTLUF) measured a thunderstorm wind gust of 59 mph.
A trained spotter estimated thunderstorm wind gusts of 70 mph. Some tree limbs were knocked down.
The Jordan Airport AWOS (KJDN) measured a thunderstorm wind gust of 73 mph.
The Glasgow Airport ASOS (KGGW) measured a thunderstorm wind gust of 60 mph.
National Weather Service Employees observed a lightning strike on the Glasgow Radome. |The radar was rendered inoperable for a few days. Estimated damage was 1,000 dollars.
A trained spotter estimated thunderstorm wind gusts of 60 mph.
The Wolf Point Airport ASOS (KOLF) measured a thunderstorm wind gust of 72 mph.
The Navajo MT-5 DOT site (MTRED) measured a thunderstorm wind gust of 60 mph.
The GW0525 Bloomfield mesonet site (G0525) measured a thunderstorm wind gust of 58 mph.
The Sioux Pass MT-16 DOT site (MTSOO) measured a thunderstorm wind gust of 68 mph.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Montana in 2022Every state in 2022This day in weather historyWarnings in Montana, July 2022
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: 1039907, 1039918, 1039920, 1039921, 1039922, 1039923, 1039929, 1039898, 1039930, 1039931, 1039932, 1039935, 1039938.