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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 689

July 8, 20039 counties in Montana; 8 counties in North Dakota

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Jul 8, 2003, 6:00 PM MDT for 9 counties in Montana; 8 counties in North Dakota. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jul 8, 2003, 6:00 PM MDT (00:00 UTC)
Expired: Jul 8, 2003, 11:00 PM MDT
In force: 5 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

Counties Daniels County, MT, Dawson County, MT, McCone County, MT, Prairie County, MT, Richland County, MT, Roosevelt County, MT, Sheridan County, MT, Valley County, MT, Wibaux County, MT, Billings County, ND, Divide County, ND, Dunn County, ND, Golden Valley County, ND, McKenzie County, ND, Mountrail County, ND, Stark County, ND, Williams County, ND

The radar

The Glasgow radar (KGGW), 188 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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Discussions around it

SPC mesoscale discussions over the same counties from four hours before the watch to its end.

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 8, 7:45 PM MDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Fallon	5 hr
Jul 8, 10:30 PM MDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Dickey, Emmons, Logan, McIntosh	60 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Montana, 2003 Severe Thunderstorm Watches in North Dakota, 2003 Every severe thunderstorm watch 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.