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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 53, NWS Glasgow, MT

July 5, 2011Garfield County, McCone County, Montana

NWS Glasgow, MT issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 5, 2011, 8:02 PM MDT for Garfield County, McCone County, Montana. It was in force for 58 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 5, 2011, 8:02 PM MDT (02:02 UTC)
Expired
Jul 5, 2011, 9:00 PM MDT
In force
58 min
Issued by
NWS Glasgow, MT
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Garfield County, MT, McCone County, MT

The radar

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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 Glasgow, MT wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jul 5, 7:25 PM MDT, 37 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 5, 7:25 PM MDT, 37 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 5, 3:10 AM MDT, 16 hours 52 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GLASGOW MT
310 AM MDT TUE JUL 5 2011

MTZ024>026-061100-
RICHLAND-DAWSON-PRAIRIE-
310 AM MDT TUE JUL 5 2011

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST
MONTANA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THE YELLOWSTONE RIVER WILL BE ON THE RISE THROUGH THIS WEEK.
LEVELS MAY COME WITHIN A FOOT OF FLOOD STAGE AT GLENDIVE THIS
MORNING...AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT IN SIDNEY.

RANCHERS AND WATER USERS MAY WANT TO TAKE PRECAUTIONS IF THE
HIGHER RIVER LEVELS AFFECT THEIR OPERATIONS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED 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, Jul 5, 4:46 PM MDT, 3 hours 16 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GLASGOW MT
446 PM MDT TUE JUL 5 2011

MTZ017-052345-
VALLEY-
446 PM MDT TUE JUL 5 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GLASGOW HAS ISSUED A

SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
  SOUTHERN VALLEY COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MONTANA...

UNTIL 545 PM MDT.

AT 439 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 16 MILES NORTHWEST OF THE PINES REC AREA...MOVING
EAST AT 10 MPH.

HAIL UP TO ONE-HALF INCH IN DIAMETER IS EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IN THE ADVISORY INCLUDE...
  RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHERN VALLEY COUNTY...
  INCLUDING FORT PECK LAKE

LAT...LON 4804 10658 4790 10658 4796 10693 4806 10692
TIME...MOT...LOC 2244Z 279DEG 10KT 4800 10685

SIMONSEN
WEATHER.GOV/GLASGOW
Local storm report, Jul 5, 6:46 PM MDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jul 5, 7:03 PM MDT, 59 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 5, 6:23 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGGWGarfield, McCone52 min
Jul 5, 7:15 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGGWGarfield, McCone60 min
Jul 5, 9:02 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGGWMcCone, Prairie48 min
Jul 5, 10:23 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGGWDawson67 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Montana, 2011Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2011

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.