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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 653
The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Jul 2, 2008, 1:27 PM MDT for 4 states. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 2, 2008, 1:27 PM MDT (19:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 2, 2008, 9:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Largest hail expected
- 2.5 in
- Strongest gust expected
- 60 kt
All 22 counties
Big Horn County, MT, Carbon County, MT, Box Butte County, NE, Dawes County, NE, Sioux County, NE, Custer County, SD, Fall River County, SD, Pennington County, SD, Big Horn County, WY, Campbell County, WY, Converse County, WY, Fremont County, WY, Goshen County, WY, Hot Springs County, WY, Johnson County, WY, Natrona County, WY, Niobrara County, WY, Park County, WY, Platte County, WY, Sheridan County, WY, Washakie County, WY, Weston County, WY
What SPC expected
The probabilities SPC published with the watch, for the watch area over its life.
- Two or more tornadoes
- 20%
- One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes
- 5%
- Ten or more severe wind reports
- 30%
- One or more gusts of 65 knots or more
- 30%
- Ten or more severe hail reports
- 40%
- One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more
- 30%
- Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports
- 70%
Warnings issued inside it
6 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2, 5:01 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RIW | Natrona | 44 min |
| Jul 2, 6:42 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RIW | Johnson | 31 min |
| Jul 2, 7:10 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | UNR | Campbell | 65 min |
| Jul 2, 7:48 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RIW | Fremont | 42 min |
| Jul 2, 8:04 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | UNR | Campbell | 34 min |
| Jul 2, 8:15 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RIW | Fremont | 45 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 1, 6:02 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Big Horn, Blaine, Carbon, Cascade, Chouteau, Fergus and 12 more | 118 min |
| Jul 1, 9:24 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Carter, Powder River | 66 min |
| Jul 2, 4:57 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Carbon, Stillwater, Sweet Grass | 63 min |
| Jul 2, 12:19 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Boone, Buffalo, Burt, Butler, Cass and 44 more | 116 min |
| Jul 2, 4:59 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Nemaha, Richardson | 61 min |
| Jul 2, 12:34 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Albany, Campbell, Converse, Crook, Goshen, Johnson and 7 more | 116 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.