Alert archive / Montana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 97, NWS Glasgow, MT

August 13, 1998McCone County, Montana

NWS Glasgow, MT issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 13, 1998, 6:40 PM MDT for McCone County, Montana. It was in force for 60 min. 3 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 13, 1998, 6:40 PM MDT (00:40 UTC)
Expired
Aug 13, 1998, 7:40 PM MDT
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS Glasgow, MT
Area
Whole counties

County McCone County, MT

The radar

The Glasgow radar (KGGW), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:40 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 13, 6:55 PM MDTThunderstorm WindVida, MTA roof was blown off of a small machine shed.
Aug 13, 7:00 PM MDTHail 1Vida, MT
Aug 13, 7:07 PM MDTHail 0.75Vida, 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 text

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

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 14, 3:09 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGGWRichland, Roosevelt61 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Montana, 1998Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1998

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.