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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 86, NWS Great Falls, MT

July 19, 1995Pondera County, Teton County, Montana

NWS Great Falls, MT issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 19, 1995, 7:23 PM MDT for Pondera County, Teton County, Montana. It was in force for 67 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 19, 1995, 7:23 PM MDT (01:23 UTC)
Expired
Jul 19, 1995, 8:30 PM MDT
In force
67 min
Issued by
NWS Great Falls, MT
Area
Whole counties

Counties Pondera County, MT, Teton County, MT

The radar

The Great Falls radar (KTFX), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The text

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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 19, 3:05 PM MDT, 4 hours 18 minutes before
MTZ003-005-006-192300-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
305 PM MDT WED JUL 19 1995

...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER CENTRAL MONTATNA...

AT 300 PM MDT DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING
OVER PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL MONTANA.

THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED IN SOUTHERN LEWIS AND CLARK
COUNTY 15 MILES NORTH OF HELENA...ALONG THE MADISION/JEFFERSON
COUNTY LINE 35 MILES NORTHWEST OF BOZEMAN AND 40 MILES NORTH OF
LIVINGSTON ALONG THE MEAGHER/WHEATLAND COUNTY LINE. THE THUNDERSTORMS
WILL PRODUCE LIGHTNING...POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS...AS WELL
AS PERIODS OF BRIEF HEAVY RAIN.

THESE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 TO 20 MPH. PERSONS IN PATH OF
THESE STORMS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR RAPDILY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND
TAKE SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES.

OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED 15 MILES WEST AND 25 MILES SOUTH OF
HAVRE..NEAR CHOTEAU IN TETON COUNTY SOUTH INTO LEWIS AND CLARK
COUNTY SOUTHWEST OF GREAT FALLS AND IN WESTERN MEAGHER COUNTY. THESE
STORMS WERE ALSO MOVING SOUTHEAST AT ABOUT 15 MPH.

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 19, 6:17 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTFXGlacier58 min
Jul 19, 7:02 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTFXGlacier58 min
Jul 19, 8:39 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTFXTeton66 min
Jul 19, 9:20 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTFXLewis and Clark55 min
Jul 20, 1:21 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTFXFergus69 min

Nearby

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

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.