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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 50, NWS Glasgow, MT

July 17, 1997Dawson County, Richland County, Montana

NWS Glasgow, MT issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 17, 1997, 9:39 PM MDT for Dawson County, Richland County, Montana. It was in force for 66 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 17, 1997, 9:39 PM MDT (03:39 UTC)
Expired
Jul 17, 1997, 10:45 PM MDT
In force
66 min
Issued by
NWS Glasgow, MT
Area
Whole counties

Counties Dawson County, MT, Richland County, MT

The radar

The Glasgow radar (KGGW), 160 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 17, 4:00 PM MDTTornado WatchSPC8 hr

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.

NWS Glasgow, MT wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jul 17, 8:41 PM MDT, 58 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 17, 8:41 PM MDT, 58 minutes before
MTZ016>027-180800-

NORTHEAST MONTANA AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GLASGOW MT
835 PM MDT THU JUL 17 1997

LINE OF SEVERE T-STORMS MOVING EAST THROUGH CENTRAL PORTION OF CWA WITH
CLEARING BEHIND MAIN LINE AS COOL OUTFLOW STABILIZES AIRMASS. THE
SURFACE LOW MOVES INTO THE DKTAS TOMORROW WITH THE EASTERLY FLOW
TURNING NRTHLY AROUND NOON BEHIND COLD FRONT FOR SLIGHTLY COOLER TEMPS
THROUGH THE PERIOD. SCATTERED T-STORMS ARE IN STORE FOR NE TOMORROW
AFTERNOON WITH THE BEST POSSIBILITY OF ACTION IN S MT AHEAD OF UPPER
TROUGH MOVING INTO W MT BY FRI PM. S MT WILL ALSO HAVE BETTER HEATING
AND MOISTURE. PREVIOUS NUMBERS LOOK GOOD...SO NO CHANGES TO NUMBERS IN
STORE IN ZONES. LOCKHART

GGW 6232 062/085/060/078
GDV 9233 063/088/064/082

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 17, 6:20 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGGWGarfield55 min
Jul 17, 6:32 PM MDTTornado WarningGGWValley58 min
Jul 17, 7:04 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGGWValley56 min
Jul 17, 7:17 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGGWGarfield58 min
Jul 17, 8:11 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGGWValley64 min
Jul 17, 8:17 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGGWGarfield, McCone58 min
Jul 17, 8:33 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGGWRoosevelt57 min
Jul 17, 8:55 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGGWMcCone65 min
Jul 17, 9:05 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGGWPrairie55 min
Jul 17, 9:26 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGGWDaniels64 min
Jul 17, 9:48 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGGWRoosevelt57 min
Jul 17, 10:04 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGGWPrairie56 min
Jul 17, 10:42 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGGWDawson, Richland63 min
Jul 17, 11:12 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGGWWibaux48 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Montana, 1997Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1997

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.