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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 131, NWS Great Falls, MT

August 9, 2008Blaine County, Montana

NWS Great Falls, MT issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 9, 2008, 6:06 PM MDT for Blaine County, Montana. It was in force for 54 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 9, 2008, 6:06 PM MDT (00:06 UTC)
Expired: Aug 9, 2008, 7:00 PM MDT
In force: 54 min
Issued by: NWS Great Falls, MT
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Blaine County, MT

The radar

The Glasgow radar (KGGW), 174 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Aug 9, 12:16 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	8 hr

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 9, 5:30 PM MDT, 36 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 9, 5:30 PM MDT, 36 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 9, 5:15 AM MDT, 12 hours 51 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
515 AM MDT SAT AUG 9 2008

MTZ008>015-044>055-101115-
BEAVERHEAD-NORTHERN ROCKY MOUNTAIN FRONT-EASTERN GLACIER-HILL-
CASCADE-CHOUTEAU-CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN LEWIS AND CLARK-MADISON-
TOOLE-LIBERTY-EASTERN PONDERA-BLAINE-
SOUTHERN ROCKY MOUNTAIN FRONT-EASTERN TETON-JUDITH BASIN-FERGUS-
JEFFERSON-BROADWATER-MEAGHER-GALLATIN-
515 AM MDT SAT AUG 9 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL
MONTANA...NORTH CENTRAL MONTANA AND SOUTHWEST MONTANA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TODAY AND TONIGHT. SOME
THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME STRONG WITH GUSTY WINDS...HEAVY
RAIN AND HAIL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 9, 2:19 PM MDT, 3 hours 47 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 9, 6:30 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TFX	Gallatin, Madison	60 min
Aug 9, 6:48 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TFX	Blaine, Hill	57 min
Aug 9, 11:53 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TFX	Gallatin	15 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Montana, 2008 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2008

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.