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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 26, NWS Great Falls, MT

July 3, 1998Cascade County, Chouteau County, Teton County, Montana

NWS Great Falls, MT issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 3, 1998, 8:36 PM MDT for Cascade County, Chouteau County, Teton County, Montana. It was in force for 49 min. 1 report 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
Jul 3, 1998, 8:36 PM MDT (02:36 UTC)
Expired
Jul 3, 1998, 9:25 PM MDT
In force
49 min
Issued by
NWS Great Falls, MT
Area
Whole counties

Counties Cascade County, MT, Chouteau County, MT, Teton County, MT

The radar

The Great Falls radar (KTFX), 24 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:36 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 3, 9:20 PM MDTThunderstorm Wind 52Loma, 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 3, 7:00 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

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 Great Falls, MT issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 3, 6:18 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTFXPondera32 min
Jul 3, 6:33 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTFXLewis and Clark32 min
Jul 3, 6:56 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTFXJefferson34 min
Jul 3, 7:10 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTFXGlacier35 min
Jul 3, 7:22 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTFXCascade, Lewis and Clark43 min
Jul 3, 7:48 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTFXCascade47 min
Jul 3, 7:57 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTFXChouteau, Teton48 min
Jul 3, 8:01 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTFXLewis and Clark59 min
Jul 3, 8:06 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTFXMeagher29 min
Jul 3, 8:09 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTFXFergus, Judith Basin61 min
Jul 3, 8:16 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTFXLiberty, Pondera, Toole64 min
Jul 3, 8:17 PM MDTTornado WarningTFXCascade, Chouteau18 min
Jul 3, 8:36 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTFXLiberty, Pondera, Toole49 min
Jul 3, 8:39 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTFXFergus, Judith Basin, Meagher51 min
Jul 3, 8:59 PM MDTTornado WarningTFXCascade, Meagher21 min
Jul 3, 9:00 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningTFXChouteau, Fergus, Judith Basin3 hr
Jul 3, 9:06 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTFXBroadwater, Jefferson49 min
Jul 3, 9:26 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTFXChouteau, Fergus, Hill, Judith Basin, Liberty49 min
Jul 3, 9:30 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTFXBroadwater, Meagher50 min
Jul 3, 10:07 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTFXChouteau, Fergus, Judith Basin58 min
Jul 3, 10:07 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTFXBlaine, Hill58 min
Jul 3, 10:40 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTFXMeagher50 min
Jul 3, 11:10 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTFXJudith Basin60 min
Jul 4, 12:15 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTFXJudith Basin45 min
Jul 4, 2:42 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTFXJudith Basin63 min
Jul 4, 4:04 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTFXGallatin, Madison61 min
Jul 4, 4:27 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTFXFergus63 min
Jul 4, 4:47 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTFXGallatin48 min
Jul 4, 5:25 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTFXCascade60 min
Jul 4, 5:29 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTFXFergus51 min
Jul 4, 5:47 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTFXMeagher63 min

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.