Alert archive / Montana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 36, NWS Great Falls, MT
NWS Great Falls, MT issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 27, 1996, 12:41 AM MDT for Hill County, Liberty County, Montana. It was in force for 49 min. 4 reports 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 27, 1996, 12:41 AM MDT (06:41 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 27, 1996, 1:30 AM MDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Great Falls, MT
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Hill County, MT, Liberty County, MT
The radar
The Great Falls radar (KTFX), 140 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:43 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 27, 12:45 AM MDT | Hail 1 | Chester, MT | |
| Jun 27, 1:15 AM MDT | Hail 1.75 | Inverness, MT | |
| Jun 27, 1:15 AM MDT | Hail 0.75 | Inverness, MT | |
| Jun 27, 1:15 AM MDT | Thunderstorm Wind 78 | Inverness, 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 6:45 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TFX | Liberty | 30 min |
| Jun 26, 6:49 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TFX | Fergus | 26 min |
| Jun 26, 7:19 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TFX | Blaine, Fergus | 41 min |
| Jun 26, 9:58 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TFX | Petroleum | 47 min |
| Jun 26, 10:14 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | TFX | Petroleum | 31 min |
| Jun 26, 10:51 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TFX | Pondera, Teton | 54 min |
| Jun 26, 11:34 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TFX | Toole | 26 min |
| Jun 26, 11:51 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | TFX | Toole | 39 min |
| Jun 27, 12:00 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TFX | Liberty | 45 min |
| Jun 27, 12:16 AM MDT | Tornado Warning | TFX | Liberty | 29 min |
| Jun 27, 5:37 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TFX | Pondera, Toole | 53 min |
| Jun 27, 6:17 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TFX | Liberty | 43 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.