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Tornado Warning 19, NWS Glasgow, MT
NWS Glasgow, MT issued this tornado warning at Aug 6, 2010, 10:13 PM MDT for McCone County, Richland County, Montana. It was in force for 32 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 6, 2010, 10:13 PM MDT (04:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 6, 2010, 10:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Glasgow, MT
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties McCone County, MT, Richland County, MT
The radar
The Glasgow radar (KGGW), 121 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:15 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 6, 3:03 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Aug 6, 10:04 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Glasgow, MT wrote its last area forecast discussion before this tornado warning went out at Aug 6, 9:45 PM MDT, 28 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 6, 9:45 PM MDT, 28 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 6, 3:35 PM MDT, 6 hours 38 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GLASGOW MT 335 PM MDT FRI AUG 6 2010 MTZ016>027-059>062-071200- CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PHILLIPS-CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN VALLEY- DANIELS-SHERIDAN-WESTERN ROOSEVELT-PETROLEUM-GARFIELD-MCCONE- RICHLAND-DAWSON-PRAIRIE-WIBAUX-NORTHERN PHILLIPS- SOUTHWEST PHILLIPS-NORTHERN VALLEY-EASTERN ROOSEVELT- 335 PM MDT FRI AUG 6 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST MONTANA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE ARRIVING FROM THE SOUTHWEST THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A FEW OF THE STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE...WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS TO 60 MPH A POSSIBILITY. THE STRONGER STORMS WILL ALSO HAVE HEAVY SHOWERS... WITH RESULTING RAPID RUNOFF AND POOR VISIBILITY FOR A SHORT TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY ANOTHER ROUND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL POSSIBLY MOVE THROUGH NORTHEAST MONTANA MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND HAIL LOOK TO BE THE MAIN THREATS AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 6, 5:36 PM MDT, 4 hours 37 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GLASGOW MT
536 PM MDT FRI AUG 6 2010
MTZ016-059-070000-
PHILLIPS-
536 PM MDT FRI AUG 6 2010
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GLASGOW HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
NORTHERN PHILLIPS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MONTANA...
UNTIL 600 PM MDT/700 PM CDT/.
AT 533 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM LORING TO 7 MILES
WEST OF MALTA...AND MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.
HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.
LOCATIONS IN THE ADVISORY INCLUDE...
LORING...
MALTA...
THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND
TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
LAT...LON 4900 10795 4900 10740 4826 10749 4826 10818
4884 10828 4891 10827 4892 10825 4900 10825
4901 10823
TIME...MOT...LOC 2336Z 270DEG 14KT 4882 10794 4835 10801
MICKELSON
WEATHER.GOV/GLASGOWSpecial weather statement, Aug 6, 6:27 PM MDT, 3 hours 46 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Glasgow, MT issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 6:27 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GGW | 33 min | |
| Aug 6, 7:32 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GGW | Valley | 58 min |
| Aug 6, 8:29 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GGW | McCone, Roosevelt, Valley | 61 min |
| Aug 6, 8:53 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GGW | Valley | 37 min |
| Aug 6, 9:16 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GGW | McCone, Roosevelt, Valley | 59 min |
| Aug 6, 9:24 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GGW | McCone, Roosevelt, Valley | 66 min |
| Aug 6, 9:50 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GGW | McCone, Richland, Roosevelt | 25 min |
| Aug 6, 10:15 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GGW | Dawson, McCone | 60 min |
| Aug 6, 10:23 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GGW | Dawson, McCone, Richland | 67 min |
| Aug 6, 10:35 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GGW | McCone, Roosevelt, Valley | 2 hr |
| Aug 6, 10:47 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GGW | Dawson, McCone, Richland | 58 min |
| Aug 6, 11:01 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GGW | Sheridan | 3 hr |
| Aug 6, 11:32 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GGW | Dawson, Richland, Roosevelt, Wibaux | 58 min |
| Aug 6, 11:43 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GGW | Sheridan | 3 hr |
| Aug 6, 11:47 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GGW | Richland | 3 hr |
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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.