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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 4, NWS Great Falls, MT

June 15, 2010Chouteau County, Teton County, Montana

NWS Great Falls, MT issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 15, 2010, 3:05 PM MDT for Chouteau County, Teton County, Montana. It was in force for 40 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: Jun 15, 2010, 3:05 PM MDT (21:05 UTC)
Expired: Jun 15, 2010, 3:45 PM MDT
In force: 40 min
Issued by: NWS Great Falls, MT
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Chouteau County, MT, Teton County, MT

The radar

The Great Falls radar (KTFX), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:06 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 Jun 15, 2:53 PM MDT, 12 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 15, 2:53 PM MDT, 12 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 15, 5:21 AM MDT, 9 hours 44 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 15, 2:55 PM MDT	High Wind Watch	TFX		37 hr
Jun 15, 3:40 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TFX	Chouteau	50 min
Jun 15, 4:47 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TFX	Fergus	41 hr
Jun 15, 5:40 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Petroleum	50 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Montana, 2010 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2010

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.