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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 33, NWS Great Falls, MT

July 1, 2010Blaine County, Montana

NWS Great Falls, MT issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 1, 2010, 5:27 PM MDT for Blaine County, Montana. It was in force for 48 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 1, 2010, 5:27 PM MDT (23:27 UTC)
Expired: Jul 1, 2010, 6:15 PM MDT
In force: 48 min
Issued by: NWS Great Falls, MT
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Blaine County, MT

The radar

The Glasgow radar (KGGW), 174 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:30 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
Jul 1, 1:37 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 Jul 1, 2:27 PM MDT, 3 hours earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 1, 2:27 PM MDT, 3 hours before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 1, 4:14 AM MDT, 13 hours 13 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 1, 4:05 PM MDT, 1 hour 22 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 1, 4:40 PM MDT, 47 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 1, 4:49 PM MDT, 38 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 1, 4:51 PM MDT, 36 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 1, 5:04 PM MDT, 23 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 1, 5:20 PM MDT, 7 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
Jun 30, 7:42 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX		63 min
Jul 1, 1:23 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Gallatin	52 min
Jul 1, 1:35 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Jefferson	40 min
Jul 1, 1:41 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TFX	Broadwater, Jefferson, Lewis and Clark	49 min
Jul 1, 2:10 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Jefferson	50 min
Jul 1, 2:17 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TFX	Jefferson, Lewis and Clark	34 min
Jul 1, 2:18 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Beaverhead	42 min
Jul 1, 2:27 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TFX	Jefferson, Madison	29 min
Jul 1, 2:27 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TFX	Broadwater, Jefferson, Lewis and Clark, Meagher	48 min
Jul 1, 2:48 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Lewis and Clark	42 min
Jul 1, 2:50 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Gallatin	40 min
Jul 1, 3:16 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TFX	Broadwater, Lewis and Clark, Meagher	44 min
Jul 1, 3:18 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TFX	Lewis and Clark	42 min
Jul 1, 3:21 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Madison	39 min
Jul 1, 3:48 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Lewis and Clark	42 min
Jul 1, 3:59 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Meagher	46 min
Jul 1, 4:00 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Madison	45 min
Jul 1, 4:05 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Fergus	40 min
Jul 1, 4:26 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TFX	Fergus, Judith Basin	49 min
Jul 1, 4:40 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Fergus	50 min
Jul 1, 4:42 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TFX	Jefferson	48 min
Jul 1, 4:51 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Broadwater	39 min
Jul 1, 4:58 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TFX	Gallatin, Madison	32 min
Jul 1, 5:04 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Judith Basin	41 min
Jul 1, 5:20 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Blaine	40 min
Jul 1, 5:36 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Chouteau	39 min

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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.