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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 74, NWS Glasgow, MT

August 27, 1997Roosevelt County, Montana

NWS Glasgow, MT issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 27, 1997, 12:36 PM MDT for Roosevelt County, Montana. It was in force for 69 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: Aug 27, 1997, 12:36 PM MDT (18:36 UTC)
Expired: Aug 27, 1997, 1:45 PM MDT
In force: 69 min
Issued by: NWS Glasgow, MT
Area: Whole counties

County Roosevelt County, MT

The radar

The Glasgow radar (KGGW), 120 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 Aug 27, 8:47 AM MDT, 3 hours 49 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 27, 8:47 AM MDT, 3 hours 49 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 27, 2:40 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GGW	Sheridan	65 min
Aug 27, 3:38 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GGW	Daniels, Roosevelt	67 min
Aug 27, 4:35 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GGW	McCone	55 min
Aug 27, 4:45 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GGW	Daniels, Roosevelt	60 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Montana, 1997 Every 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.