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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 133, NWS Great Falls, MT
NWS Great Falls, MT issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 9, 2008, 6:48 PM MDT for Blaine County, Hill County, Montana. It was in force for 57 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, 6:48 PM MDT (00:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 9, 2008, 7:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 57 min
- Issued by
- NWS Great Falls, MT
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Blaine County, MT, Hill County, MT
The radar
The Great Falls radar (KTFX), 182 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:49 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, 1 hour 18 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 9, 5:30 PM MDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 9, 5:15 AM MDT, 13 hours 33 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, 4 hours 29 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Great Falls, MT issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 9, 6:06 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TFX | Blaine | 54 min |
| Aug 9, 6:30 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TFX | Gallatin, Madison | 60 min |
| Aug 9, 11:53 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TFX | Gallatin | 15 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Montana, 2008Every 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.