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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 61, NWS Great Falls, MT

July 11, 1995Cascade County, Judith Basin County, Montana

NWS Great Falls, MT issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 11, 1995, 3:38 PM MDT for Cascade County, Judith Basin County, Montana. It was in force for 82 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 11, 1995, 3:38 PM MDT (21:38 UTC)
Expired
Jul 11, 1995, 5:00 PM MDT
In force
82 min
Issued by
NWS Great Falls, MT
Area
Whole counties

Counties Cascade County, MT, Judith Basin County, MT

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, Jul 11, 11:01 AM MDT, 4 hours 37 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 11, 11:02 AM MDT, 4 hours 36 minutes before
MTZ001-111800-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
1101 AM MDT TUE JUL 11 1995

...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE ACROSS NORTHWEST MONTANA...EAST OF THE
CONTINENTAL DIVIDE...

AT 11:00 AM...DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR IN GREAT FALLS INDICATE SEVERAL
THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS NORTHERN LEWIS AND CLARK...TETON...PONDERA
AND EASTERN TOOLE COUNTIES...THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING RAPIDLY
TO THE NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS IN THE
CHOTEAU AREA. A WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTED HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT
LIGHTNING.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. SOME MAY
CONTAIN BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AND FREQUENT
LIGHTNING.

WILLIAMSON DC

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Local storm report, Jul 11, 12:00 PM MDT, 3 hours 38 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS, MT
1200 PM MDT TUE JUL 11 1995

DELAYED REPORT FROM JUL 11 1995

0615PM     8 NE MOCCASIN(KOLIN)      MT   GOLF BALL AND LARGER HAIL
           JUDITH BASIN                   BROKE WINDOWS/TREES DOWN/
                                          70-80 PERCENT CROP LOSS.
Local storm report, Jul 11, 12:05 PM MDT, 3 hours 33 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS, MT
1200 PM MDT TUE JUL 11 1995

DELAYED REPORT FROM JUL 11 1995

0615PM     8 NE MOCCASIN(KOLIN)      MT   GOLF BALL AND LARGER HAIL
           JUDITH BASIN                   BROKE WINDOWS/TREES DOWN/
                                          70-80 PERCENT CROP LOSS.
Special weather statement, Jul 11, 12:06 PM MDT, 3 hours 32 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 11, 12:07 PM MDT, 3 hours 31 minutes before
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
1206 PM MDT TUE JUL 11 1995

...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER NORTH CENTRAL MONTANA...

AT 1205 PM...DOPPLER RADAR IN GREAT FALLS INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS
CONTINUING OVER CENTRAL TETON THROUGH EASTERN LIBERTY COUNTIES.  THE
STRONGEST STORM IN THIS AREA WAS JUST SOUTH OF CHESTER.  THESE STORMS
WILL AFFECT AREAS FROM WESTERN HILL COUNTY...THROUGH THE
SHELBY...CHESTER...AND CONRAD AREAS THROUGH 1 PM.

ANOTHER STORM  WAS NORTHWEST OF DEER LODGE.  THIS STORM WILL MOVE TO THE
AUGUSTA AREA BY 1 PM. ALL THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND MOVE ACROSS THE AREA THIS
AFTERNOON.  SOME WILL CONTAIN BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AND
FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Great Falls, MT issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 10, 6:35 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTFXBlaine, Fergus, Judith Basin55 min
Jul 11, 1:35 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTFXCascade55 min
Jul 11, 2:03 PM MDTTornado WarningTFXCascade27 min
Jul 11, 2:35 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTFXCascade, Judith Basin55 min
Jul 11, 3:04 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTFXMeagher56 min
Jul 11, 3:15 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTFXChouteau, Fergus60 min
Jul 11, 3:28 PM MDTTornado WarningTFXMeagher32 min
Jul 11, 3:52 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTFXBroadwater, Meagher68 min
Jul 11, 3:56 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTFXPetroleum64 min
Jul 11, 4:36 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTFXBlaine54 min
Jul 11, 4:53 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTFXJudith Basin46 min
Jul 11, 4:53 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTFXFergus67 min
Jul 11, 5:28 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTFXFergus62 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Montana, 1995Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1995

Sources

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