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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 15, NWS Great Falls, MT
NWS Great Falls, MT issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 4, 2009, 2:29 PM MDT for Lewis and Clark County, Montana. It was in force for 30 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 4, 2009, 2:29 PM MDT (20:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 4, 2009, 2:59 PM MDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Great Falls, MT
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Lewis and Clark County, MT
The radar
The Great Falls radar (KTFX), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:32 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 3, 5:48 PM MDT, 20 hours 41 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 3, 5:48 PM MDT, 20 hours 41 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Great Falls, MT issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 3, 7:51 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | TFX | Broadwater | 54 min |
| Jul 3, 8:34 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | TFX | 56 min | |
| Jul 3, 8:51 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TFX | Blaine | 40 min |
| Jul 4, 1:56 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | TFX | Lewis and Clark | 49 min |
| Jul 4, 2:21 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | TFX | Lewis and Clark | 39 min |
| Jul 4, 2:34 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | TFX | Judith Basin | 41 min |
| Jul 4, 2:44 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | TFX | Cascade | 46 min |
| Jul 4, 3:00 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | TFX | Lewis and Clark | 45 min |
| Jul 4, 3:50 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | TFX | Cascade | 40 min |
| Jul 4, 4:06 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TFX | Chouteau | 39 min |
| Jul 4, 4:13 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | TFX | Glacier | 47 min |
| Jul 4, 4:16 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | TFX | Judith Basin | 59 min |
| Jul 4, 4:23 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TFX | Glacier | 37 min |
| Jul 4, 4:35 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TFX | Chouteau, Fergus | 40 min |
| Jul 4, 4:53 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TFX | Chouteau | 37 min |
| Jul 4, 5:03 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | TFX | Glacier | 42 min |
| Jul 4, 5:21 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | TFX | Hill | 39 min |
| Jul 4, 5:21 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TFX | Glacier, Pondera | 24 min |
| Jul 4, 5:29 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TFX | Chouteau | 5 min |
| Jul 4, 5:35 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TFX | Chouteau | 25 min |
| Jul 4, 5:46 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TFX | Glacier, Pondera | 29 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.