Alert archive / Montana / Severe Thunderstorm Watches in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Watch 717
The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Aug 28, 1997, 8:15 PM MDT for 16 counties in Montana. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 28, 1997, 8:15 PM MDT (02:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 29, 1997, 2:00 AM MDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
Counties Blaine County, MT, Carbon County, MT, Daniels County, MT, Fergus County, MT, Garfield County, MT, Golden Valley County, MT, Musselshell County, MT, Park County, MT, Petroleum County, MT, Phillips County, MT, Stillwater County, MT, Sweet Grass County, MT, Treasure County, MT, Valley County, MT, Wheatland County, MT, Yellowstone County, MT
The radar
The Billings radar (KBLX), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:14 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.
Warnings issued inside it
7 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 28, 8:30 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BYZ | Wheatland | 35 min |
| Aug 28, 9:40 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TFX | Fergus | 50 min |
| Aug 28, 9:52 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GGW | Phillips | 68 min |
| Aug 28, 10:48 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GGW | Phillips | 57 min |
| Aug 28, 11:02 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GGW | Petroleum | 58 min |
| Aug 29, 12:01 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GGW | Valley | 59 min |
| Aug 29, 1:00 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GGW | Valley | 60 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 29, 1:00 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | McCone, Richland, Roosevelt, Sheridan | 5 hr |
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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.