Alert archive / Montana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1999

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS Great Falls, MT

July 21, 1999Blaine County, Montana

NWS Great Falls, MT issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 21, 1999, 5:15 PM MDT for Blaine County, Montana. It was in force for 35 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 21, 1999, 5:15 PM MDT (23:15 UTC)
Expired
Jul 21, 1999, 5:50 PM MDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Great Falls, MT
Area
Whole counties

County Blaine County, MT

The radar

The Glasgow radar (KGGW), 174 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:17 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
Jul 21, 5:45 PM MDTHail 0.75Ft Belknap, 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 Great Falls, MT issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 21, 4:11 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTFXLewis and Clark34 min
Jul 21, 4:45 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTFXChouteau50 min
Jul 21, 5:06 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTFXCascade34 min
Jul 21, 5:36 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTFXChouteau, Liberty34 min
Jul 21, 5:43 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTFXChouteau32 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Montana, 1999Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1999

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.