Alert archive / Montana / Severe Thunderstorm Watches in 1997

Severe Thunderstorm Watch 382

June 5, 199714 counties in Montana

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Jun 5, 1997, 5:45 PM MDT for 14 counties in Montana. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 5, 1997, 5:45 PM MDT (23:45 UTC)
Expired
Jun 5, 1997, 11:00 PM MDT
In force
5 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center

Counties Broadwater County, MT, Cascade County, MT, Chouteau County, MT, Deer Lodge County, MT, Jefferson County, MT, Lewis and Clark County, MT, Liberty County, MT, Madison County, MT, Meagher County, MT, Pondera County, MT, Powell County, MT, Silver Bow County, MT, Teton County, MT, Toole County, MT

The radar

The Great Falls radar (KTFX), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:37 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.

Warnings issued inside it

1 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 5, 6:34 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTFXBroadwater41 min

The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 5, 4:30 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBig Horn, Blaine, Carbon, Chouteau, Fergus, Golden Valley and 11 more6 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Montana, 1997Every severe thunderstorm watch 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.