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Special Weather Statement, NWS Great Falls, MT

July 4, 2009Lewis and Clark County, Montana

NWS Great Falls, MT issued this special weather statement at Jul 4, 2009, 2:21 PM MDT for Lewis and Clark County, Montana. It was in force for 39 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jul 4, 2009, 2:21 PM MDT (20:21 UTC)
Expired: Jul 4, 2009, 3:00 PM MDT
In force: 39 min
Issued by: NWS Great Falls, MT

County Lewis and Clark County, MT

The radar

The Great Falls radar (KTFX), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The text

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Jul 4, 12:05 PM MDT, 2 hours 16 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 4, 12:05 PM MDT, 2 hours 16 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 4, 4:33 AM MDT, 9 hours 48 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
433 AM MDT SAT JUL 4 2009

MTZ009>011-013-044>049-051045-
NORTHERN ROCKY MOUNTAIN FRONT-EASTERN GLACIER-HILL-CHOUTEAU-TOOLE-
LIBERTY-EASTERN PONDERA-BLAINE-SOUTHERN ROCKY MOUNTAIN FRONT-
EASTERN TETON-
433 AM MDT SAT JUL 4 2009

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING...SOME STORMS MAY BE STRONG WITH GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL
HAIL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE AGAIN ON SUNDAY AND BECOME
MORE SCATTERED ON MONDAY AS MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY INCREASE.
SOME STORMS MAY BECOME STRONG AND PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

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

MTZ008-012-014-015-050>055-051045-
BEAVERHEAD-CASCADE-CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN LEWIS AND CLARK-MADISON-
JUDITH BASIN-FERGUS-JEFFERSON-BROADWATER-MEAGHER-GALLATIN-
433 AM MDT SAT JUL 4 2009

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING
WITH SOME STORMS BECOMING STRONG AND PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS AND
HAIL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ON SUNDAY AND BECOME MORE
SCATTERED ON MONDAY. SOME STORMS MAY BECOME STRONG AND PRODUCE
GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL. THE THREAT FOR HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED
TO DECREASE FOR TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

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

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 4, 1:56 PM MDT, 25 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 4, 2:21 PM MDT, 0 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
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, 2:29 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TFX	Lewis and Clark	30 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

Special Weather Statements in Montana, 2009 Every special weather statement in 2009

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.