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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 566

August 7, 20075 counties in Montana; 17 counties in North Dakota

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Aug 7, 2007, 2:51 PM MDT for 5 counties in Montana; 17 counties in North Dakota. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Aug 7, 2007, 2:51 PM MDT (20:51 UTC)
Expired
Aug 7, 2007, 9:00 PM MDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Largest hail expected
2 in
Strongest gust expected
60 kt
All 22 counties

Dawson County, MT, McCone County, MT, Prairie County, MT, Richland County, MT, Wibaux County, MT, Adams County, ND, Billings County, ND, Bowman County, ND, Burke County, ND, Divide County, ND, Dunn County, ND, Golden Valley County, ND, Hettinger County, ND, McKenzie County, ND, McLean County, ND, Mercer County, ND, Mountrail County, ND, Renville County, ND, Slope County, ND, Stark County, ND, Ward County, ND, Williams County, ND

The radar

The Glasgow radar (KGGW), 216 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:54 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.

What SPC expected

The probabilities SPC published with the watch, for the watch area over its life.

Two or more tornadoes
10%
One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes
5%
Ten or more severe wind reports
30%
One or more gusts of 65 knots or more
20%
Ten or more severe hail reports
30%
One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more
20%
Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports
70%

Warnings issued inside it

12 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 7, 3:49 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISBowman56 min
Aug 7, 3:56 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISMountrail64 min
Aug 7, 4:40 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISAdams, Hettinger, Slope48 min
Aug 7, 4:53 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISDunn, Mercer40 min
Aug 7, 4:56 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISBowman62 min
Aug 7, 5:50 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISDunn55 min
Aug 7, 5:59 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISBillings30 min
Aug 7, 6:30 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISDunn45 min
Aug 7, 7:30 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISWard30 min
Aug 7, 7:46 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISMountrail28 min
Aug 7, 8:08 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISMcLean67 min
Aug 7, 8:32 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISMcHenry, Ward58 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 7, 1:24 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCarter, Custer, Fallon, Powder River, Prairie, Rosebud2 hr
Aug 7, 1:59 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCCarter, Custer, Fallon, Powder River7 hr
Aug 7, 5:30 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCarter, Custer, Dawson, Fallon, McCone, Powder River and 3 more90 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Watches in North Dakota, 2007Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Montana, 2007Every severe thunderstorm watch in 2007

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.