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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 59, NWS Glasgow, MT

August 6, 2003Dawson County, McCone County, Montana

NWS Glasgow, MT issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 6, 2003, 11:53 PM MDT for Dawson County, McCone County, Montana. It was in force for 52 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 6, 2003, 11:53 PM MDT (05:53 UTC)
Expired
Aug 7, 2003, 12:45 AM MDT
In force
52 min
Issued by
NWS Glasgow, MT
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Dawson County, MT, McCone County, MT

The radar

The Glasgow radar (KGGW), 127 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:55 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Glasgow, MT wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Aug 6, 3:15 PM MDT, 8 hours 38 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 6, 3:15 PM MDT, 8 hours 38 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 6, 5:14 PM MDT, 6 hours 39 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GLASGOW MT
514 PM MDT WED AUG 6 2003

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST MONTANA

DAY ONE...

A LAKE WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR FORT PECK LAKE THIS
TONIGHT. REFER TO GTFNPWGGW OR WWUS75 KGGW FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION.

ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE OVER NORTHEAST MONTANA
BEGINNING THIS EVENING IN WESTERN SECTIONS...PHILLIPS AND PETROLEUM
COUNTIES...SPREADING TO EASTERN SECTIONS OF NORTHEAST MONTANA LATE
TONIGHT. THE GREATEST THREAT FROM THE STORMS WILL BE STRONG GUSTY
WINDS AND LARGE HAIL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...
MOIST SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT WILL CONTINUE TO BRING THE SLIGHT RISK
FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TO NORTHEAST MONTANA ON THURSDAY. STRONG
GUSTY WINDS AND LARGE HAIL WILL REMAIN THE BIGGEST THREAT FROM ANY
SEVERE STORMS THAT DEVELOP IN THE AREA ON THURSDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.

SIMONSEN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 6, 6:14 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGGWPhillips61 min
Aug 6, 7:16 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGGWPhillips59 min
Aug 6, 8:12 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGGWGarfield, Petroleum, Phillips, Valley63 min
Aug 6, 8:30 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGGWGarfield, Phillips, Valley60 min
Aug 6, 9:18 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGGWGarfield57 min
Aug 6, 9:29 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGGWValley61 min
Aug 6, 10:13 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGGWGarfield62 min
Aug 6, 10:30 PM MDTTornado WarningGGWGarfield60 min
Aug 6, 11:20 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGGWGarfield55 min
Aug 7, 12:15 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGGWGarfield, Valley60 min
Aug 7, 12:53 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGGWDawson67 min
Aug 7, 1:25 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGGWRichland, Wibaux65 min
Aug 7, 2:50 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGGWValley55 min
Aug 7, 5:43 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGGWPetroleum62 min
Aug 7, 5:48 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGGWPhillips57 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Montana, 2003Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2003

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.