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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 284
The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at May 17, 2005, 1:30 PM MDT for 14 counties in Montana; 11 counties in North Dakota; Harding County, Perkins County, South Dakota. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 17, 2005, 1:30 PM MDT (19:30 UTC)
- Expired
- May 17, 2005, 9:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 27 counties
Carter County, MT, Custer County, MT, Daniels County, MT, Dawson County, MT, Fallon County, MT, Garfield County, MT, McCone County, MT, Powder River County, MT, Prairie County, MT, Richland County, MT, Roosevelt County, MT, Sheridan County, MT, Valley County, MT, Wibaux County, MT, Adams County, ND, Billings County, ND, Bowman County, ND, Divide County, ND, Dunn County, ND, Golden Valley County, ND, Hettinger County, ND, McKenzie County, ND, Slope County, ND, Stark County, ND, Williams County, ND, Harding County, SD, Perkins County, SD
The radar
The Glasgow radar (KGGW), 181 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:33 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
1 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 17, 3:15 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GGW | McCone, Valley | 65 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 17, 11:53 AM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Carter, Custer, Daniels, Dawson, Fallon, Garfield and 8 more | 2 hr |
| May 17, 5:20 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Daniels, Dawson, Fallon, Richland, Roosevelt, Sheridan and 1 more | 85 min |
| May 17, 12:29 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bennett, Todd, Tripp | 2 hr |
| May 17, 12:50 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bennett, Butte, Corson, Dewey, Haakon, Harding and 11 more | 8 hr |
| May 17, 4:29 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Brule, Buffalo, Dewey, Gregory, Haakon, Hughes and 10 more | 31 min |
| May 17, 4:45 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Brule, Buffalo, Campbell, Charles Mix, Corson, Dewey and 14 more | 6 hr |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Montana, 2005Severe Thunderstorm Watches in North Dakota, 2005Severe Thunderstorm Watches in South Dakota, 2005Every severe thunderstorm watch in 2005
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.