Alert archive / Montana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 48, NWS Great Falls, MT

July 26, 1996Glacier County, Montana

NWS Great Falls, MT issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 26, 1996, 8:42 PM MDT for Glacier County, Montana. It was in force for 63 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
Jul 26, 1996, 8:42 PM MDT (02:42 UTC)
Expired
Jul 26, 1996, 9:45 PM MDT
In force
63 min
Issued by
NWS Great Falls, MT
Area
Whole counties

County Glacier County, MT

The radar

The Great Falls radar (KTFX), 183 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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
Jul 26, 9:48 PM MDTHail 1Cut Bank, 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
Jul 26, 9:49 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTFXGlacier, Toole56 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.