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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 10, NWS Glasgow, MT

June 2, 2011Garfield County, McCone County, Valley County, Montana

NWS Glasgow, MT issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 2, 2011, 3:50 PM MDT for Garfield County, McCone County, Valley County, Montana. It was in force for 25 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 2, 2011, 3:50 PM MDT (21:50 UTC)
Expired: Jun 2, 2011, 4:15 PM MDT
In force: 25 min
Issued by: NWS Glasgow, MT
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Garfield County, MT, McCone County, MT, Valley County, MT

The radar

The Glasgow radar (KGGW), 50 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:52 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
Jun 2, 2:09 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 Glasgow, MT wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 2, 2:25 PM MDT, 1 hour 25 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 2, 2:25 PM MDT, 1 hour 25 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 2, 2:39 PM MDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 2, 2:55 PM MDT, 55 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 2, 2:56 PM MDT, 54 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 2, 3:01 PM MDT, 49 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 2, 3:13 PM MDT, 37 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GLASGOW MT
313 PM MDT THU JUN 2 2011

MTZ016-017-061-022215-
PHILLIPS-VALLEY-
313 PM MDT THU JUN 2 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GLASGOW HAS ISSUED A

SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
  WESTERN VALLEY COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MONTANA...
  EASTERN PHILLIPS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MONTANA...

UNTIL 415 PM MDT.

AT 308 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES SOUTH OF
SACO TO 27 MILES SOUTH OF HINSDALE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.

LOCATIONS IN THE ADVISORY INCLUDE...
   HINSDALE...
   TAMPICO...
   GLASGOW...
   SAINT MARIE...

THIS ADVISORY SUPERCEDED THE PREVIOUS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING.

THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...AND A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN
EFFECT FOR THIS AREA. 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 4869 10654 4823 10639 4787 10756 4837 10761
TIME...MOT...LOC 2111Z 242DEG 35KT 4836 10730 4804 10723

GAH
WEATHER.GOV/GLASGOW

Local storm report, Jun 2, 3:14 PM MDT, 36 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 2, 3:38 PM MDT, 12 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Glasgow, MT issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 2, 2:39 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	GGW	Phillips	36 min
Jun 2, 9:34 AM MDT	Lake Wind Advisory	GGW	Garfield, McCone, Petroleum, Phillips, Valley	35 hr
Jun 2, 1:36 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	GGW	Phillips	24 min
Jun 2, 1:40 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	GGW	Phillips	35 min
Jun 2, 1:45 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GGW	Phillips	45 min
Jun 2, 2:04 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GGW	Phillips	41 min
Jun 2, 2:16 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GGW	Garfield, Phillips, Valley	59 min
Jun 2, 2:20 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GGW	Garfield	43 min
Jun 2, 2:21 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	GGW	Phillips	39 min
Jun 2, 2:23 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GGW	Phillips, Valley	52 min
Jun 2, 2:40 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GGW	Phillips, Valley	49 min
Jun 2, 2:55 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	GGW	Garfield	65 min
Jun 2, 3:01 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	GGW		59 min
Jun 2, 3:06 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GGW	Phillips, Valley	39 min
Jun 2, 3:10 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GGW	Valley	65 min
Jun 2, 3:13 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	GGW	Valley	62 min
Jun 2, 3:38 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	GGW	Valley	52 min
Jun 2, 3:49 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GGW	Prairie	29 min
Jun 2, 4:08 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GGW	Garfield, McCone, Roosevelt, Valley	52 min
Jun 2, 4:28 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	GGW	Dawson	32 min
Jun 2, 4:46 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GGW	Dawson, Prairie	24 min
Jun 2, 4:49 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	GGW	Valley	3 hr

Nearby

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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.