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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 609
The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Jun 30, 2003, 5:35 PM MDT for 12 counties in Montana. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 30, 2003, 5:35 PM MDT (23:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 1, 2003, 12:00 AM MDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
Counties Daniels County, MT, Dawson County, MT, Garfield County, MT, McCone County, MT, Petroleum County, MT, Phillips County, MT, Prairie County, MT, Richland County, MT, Roosevelt County, MT, Sheridan County, MT, Valley County, MT, Wibaux County, MT
The radar
The Glasgow radar (KGGW), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:34 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
8 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 30, 6:16 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GGW | Valley | 59 min |
| Jun 30, 6:37 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GGW | Garfield | 53 min |
| Jun 30, 7:32 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GGW | Garfield | 58 min |
| Jun 30, 7:54 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GGW | Valley | 66 min |
| Jun 30, 8:20 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GGW | McCone | 55 min |
| Jun 30, 8:56 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GGW | Garfield | 64 min |
| Jun 30, 9:01 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GGW | Roosevelt | 59 min |
| Jun 30, 9:17 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GGW | McCone | 58 min |
Discussions around it
SPC mesoscale discussions over the same counties from four hours before the watch to its end.
SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2:48 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Blaine, Broadwater, Cascade, Chouteau, Fergus, Gallatin and 11 more | 87 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.