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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 3, NWS Great Falls, MT

June 15, 1987Cascade County, Teton County, Montana

NWS Great Falls, MT issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 15, 1987, 7:14 PM MDT for Cascade County, Teton County, Montana. It was in force for 61 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 15, 1987, 7:14 PM MDT (01:14 UTC)
Expired
Jun 15, 1987, 8:15 PM MDT
In force
61 min
Issued by
NWS Great Falls, MT
Area
Whole counties

Counties Cascade County, MT, Teton County, MT

The radar

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 15, 2:24 PM MDT, 4 hours 50 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS, MT
218 PM MDT MON JUN 15 1987

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FORMING IN EASTERN MONTANA THIS AFTERNOON...

THUNDERSTORMS WITH GUSTY WINDS IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH HAVE BEEN
REPORTED IN PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST MONTANA EARLY THIS AFTERNOON.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING OUT INTO THE PLAINS OF EASTERN
MONTANA AND WILL CAUSE LOCAL STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLE HAIL
THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

CAUSE OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE A COMBINATION OF INCREASING MOIST
SOUTHERLY FLOW AND UNUSUALLY HOT TEMPERATURES OVER THE STATE.
AS THE MOIST FLOW INCREASES LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT
MORE THUNDERSTORMS WILL  FORM OVER THE STATE WITH THE PROSPEC)T
OF GUSTY WINDS...RAIN AND POSSIBLE HAIL.

OLSEN
Special weather statement, Jun 15, 3:51 PM MDT, 3 hours 23 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAVRE MT
345 PM MDT MON JUN 15 1987

...STRONG THUNDERSTROMS IN CENTRAL AND SOUTHWESTERN MONTANA...

THE NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS FORECAST CENTER IN KANSAS CITY HAS ISSUED
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR SOUTHWESTERN MONTANA UNTIL 10:00PM
MDT THIS EVENING.

THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS HAVE ALREADY OCCURRED
IN THIS AREA.  EARLIER DILLON REPORTED WIND GUSTS TO 55 MPH WITH
UNCONFIRMED REPORTS OF 3/4" HAIL.  LIVINGSTON HAD WINDS GUSTS TO 61
MPH AS A THUNDERSTORM PASSED THROUGH AND AT 3:30PM MDT THIS AFTERNOON
GREAT FALLS REPORTED MODERATE RAIN SHOWERS AND WIND GUSTING TO 45
MPH.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING NORTHWARD AND SHOULD BE IN NORTH-
CENTRAL MONTANA WITHIN THE NEXT FEW HOURS.  NORTH-CENTRAL MONTANA
,CAN EXPECT BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS WITH A FEW OF
THESE STORM CELLS.
/CORP/
Special weather statement, Jun 15, 5:41 PM MDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before
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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.