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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 82, NWS Great Falls, MT
NWS Great Falls, MT issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 18, 2008, 3:49 PM MDT for Gallatin County, Montana. It was in force for 41 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
- Jul 18, 2008, 3:49 PM MDT (21:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 18, 2008, 4:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Great Falls, MT
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Gallatin County, MT
The radar
The Billings radar (KBLX), 202 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:52 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 Jul 18, 2:18 PM MDT, 1 hour 31 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 18, 2:18 PM MDT, 1 hour 31 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Great Falls, MT issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 17, 11:24 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TFX | Cascade, Judith Basin, Meagher | 36 min |
| Jul 18, 2:06 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TFX | Hill, Liberty | 24 min |
| Jul 18, 3:11 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TFX | Hill | 34 min |
| Jul 18, 3:48 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TFX | Hill | 42 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.