Alert archive / Montana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 71, NWS Glasgow, MT
NWS Glasgow, MT issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 8, 1997, 2:10 PM MDT for Daniels County, Montana. It was in force for 65 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
- Aug 8, 1997, 2:10 PM MDT (20:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 8, 1997, 3:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 65 min
- Issued by
- NWS Glasgow, MT
- Area
- Whole counties
County Daniels County, MT
The radar
The Glasgow radar (KGGW), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:10 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 8, 2:30 PM MDT | Thunderstorm Wind 60 | Four Buttes, MT | |
| Aug 8, 2:35 PM MDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Peerless, MT | Thunderstorm winds and hail completely flattened wheat crops in a ten mile long path. |
| Aug 8, 2:40 PM MDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Four Buttes, MT | Thunderstorm winds destoryed a house trailer and flattened soon to be combined wheat. One field of corn was completely stripped of its leaves. |
| Aug 8, 2:45 PM MDT | Thunderstorm Wind 52 | Madoc, 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 watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 8, 1:30 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Aug 8, 1:30 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
Nearby
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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.