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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 40, NWS Great Falls, MT
NWS Great Falls, MT issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 2, 2010, 4:48 PM MDT for Fergus County, Montana. It was in force for 42 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 2, 2010, 4:48 PM MDT (22:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 2, 2010, 5:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Great Falls, MT
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Fergus County, MT
The radar
The Billings radar (KBLX), 164 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:51 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 2, 1:39 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 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 2, 2:53 PM MDT, 1 hour 55 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 2, 2:53 PM MDT, 1 hour 55 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT 347 AM MDT FRI JUL 2 2010 MTZ047-031200- BLAINE- 347 AM MDT FRI JUL 2 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL MONTANA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A FLOOD ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR RURAL AREAS NEAR THE MILK RIVER...FROM EAST OF HAVRE TO EAST OF HARLEM. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO EXPECTED TODAY. SOME STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE THIS AFTERNOON...WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL BEING THE MAIN THREATS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY A FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL EARLY SATURDAY MORNING FOR RURAL AREAS NEAR THE THE MILK RIVER...FROM EAST OF HAVRE TO EAST OF HARLEM. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. MTZ011>013-050-051-054-031200- HILL-CASCADE-CHOUTEAU-JUDITH BASIN-FERGUS-MEAGHER- 347 AM MDT FRI JUL 2 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MONTANA...NORTH CENTRAL MONTANA AND SOUTHWEST MONTANA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TODAY. SOME STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE THIS AFTERNOON...WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL BEING THE MAIN THREATS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. MTZ008>010-014-015-044>046-048-049-052-053-055-031200- BEAVERHEAD-NORTHERN ROCKY MOUNTAIN FRONT-EASTERN GLACIER- CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN LEWIS AND CLARK-MADISON-TOOLE-LIBERTY- EASTERN PONDERA-SOUTHERN ROCKY MOUNTAIN FRONT-EASTERN TETON- JEFFERSON-BROADWATER-GALLATIN- 347 AM MDT FRI JUL 2 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL MONTANA AND SOUTHWEST MONTANA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TODAY AS A COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE REGION. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jul 2, 10:57 AM MDT, 5 hours 51 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Great Falls, MT issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Jul 1, 6:12 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | TFX | Blaine | 48 min |
| Jul 1, 6:16 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TFX | Blaine, Chouteau, Hill | 44 min |
| Jul 1, 6:53 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TFX | Blaine | 67 min |
| Jul 2, 7:59 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | TFX | Pondera, Teton | 46 min |
| Jul 2, 8:41 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | TFX | Teton | 64 min |
| Jul 2, 9:16 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TFX | Chouteau, Liberty, Pondera, Teton, Toole | 44 min |
| Jul 2, 9:53 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TFX | Hill, Liberty, Pondera, Toole | 67 min |
| Jul 2, 10:43 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TFX | Hill, Liberty | 32 min |
| Jul 2, 2:27 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | TFX | Gallatin | 48 min |
| Jul 2, 2:40 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TFX | Broadwater, Gallatin, Madison | 50 min |
| Jul 2, 3:33 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | TFX | Meagher | 42 min |
| Jul 2, 5:32 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | TFX | Fergus | 43 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.