Alert archive / Montana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 18, NWS Great Falls, MT

June 17, 1996Blaine County, Hill County, Montana

NWS Great Falls, MT issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 17, 1996, 5:10 PM MDT for Blaine County, Hill County, Montana. It was in force for 50 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jun 17, 1996, 5:10 PM MDT (23:10 UTC)
Expired
Jun 17, 1996, 6:00 PM MDT
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Great Falls, MT
Area
Whole counties

Counties Blaine County, MT, Hill County, MT

The radar

The Great Falls radar (KTFX), 182 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 17, 5:29 PM MDTThunderstorm Wind 71Chinook, MT

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.

The text

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

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 16, 6:10 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTFXCascade50 min
Jun 17, 2:36 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTFXCascade69 min
Jun 17, 3:18 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTFXChouteau57 min
Jun 17, 5:33 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTFXBlaine57 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Montana, 1996Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1996

Sources

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