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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 117, NWS Great Falls, MT

August 17, 2007Hill County, Montana

NWS Great Falls, MT issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 17, 2007, 9:45 PM MDT for Hill County, Montana. It was in force for 60 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 17, 2007, 9:45 PM MDT (03:45 UTC)
Expired
Aug 17, 2007, 10:45 PM MDT
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS Great Falls, MT
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Hill County, MT

The radar

The Great Falls radar (KTFX), 161 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:45 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 Great Falls, MT wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Aug 17, 8:40 PM MDT, 1 hour 5 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 17, 8:40 PM MDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 17, 5:00 AM MDT, 16 hours 45 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 17, 10:47 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTFXHill58 min
Aug 18, 4:15 AM MDTFire Weather WatchTFXBlaine, Broadwater, Cascade, Chouteau, Fergus, Gallatin and 12 more11 hr
Aug 18, 2:42 PM MDTRed Flag WarningTFXBlaine, Broadwater, Cascade, Chouteau, Fergus, Gallatin and 12 more33 hr
Aug 18, 3:47 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTFXMadison43 min
Aug 18, 4:32 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTFXGallatin, Madison43 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Montana, 2007Every severe thunderstorm warning 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.