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Special Weather Statement, NWS Great Falls, MT
NWS Great Falls, MT issued this special weather statement at Jul 3, 2011, 7:29 PM MDT for Fergus County, Montana. It was in force for 46 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 3, 2011, 7:29 PM MDT (01:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 3, 2011, 8:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Great Falls, MT
County Fergus County, MT
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NWS Great Falls, MT wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Jul 3, 5:31 PM MDT, 1 hour 58 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 3, 5:31 PM MDT, 1 hour 58 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 3, 2:32 PM MDT, 4 hours 57 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT 232 PM MDT SUN JUL 3 2011 MTZ008-015-055-032100- BEAVERHEAD MT-GALLATIN MT-MADISON MT- 232 PM MDT SUN JUL 3 2011 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL GALLATIN...CENTRAL MADISON AND CENTRAL BEAVERHEAD COUNTIES UNTIL 300 PM MDT... AT 230 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR ENNIS...OR 8 MILES EAST OF VIRGINIA CITY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE MCALLISTER AND NORRIS. ANOTHER STORMS WERE DEVELOPING QUICKLY OVER LOCATIONS JUST SOUTH OF DILLON...AND JUST NORTH OF BIG SKY. ALL OF THESE STORMS ARE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AROUND 30 MPH. AGAIN THE MAIN THREAT FROM THESE STORMS WILL BE WIND GUSTS OVER 40 MPH AS WELL. ANY OF THESE STORMS MAY INTENSIFY...SO 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 4580 11141 4514 11109 4487 11250 4517 11281 TIME...MOT...LOC 2031Z 238DEG 36KT 4534 11177 BRUSDA
Local storm report, Jul 3, 2:55 PM MDT, 4 hours 34 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
255 PM MDT SUN JUL 03 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0253 PM HAIL VIRGINIA CITY 45.30N 111.94W
07/03/2011 E0.25 INCH MADISON MT TRAINED SPOTTER
PEA SIZE HAIL FALLING IN VIRGINIA CITY.
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BRUSDASpecial weather statement, Jul 3, 3:05 PM MDT, 4 hours 24 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT 305 PM MDT SUN JUL 3 2011 MTZ015-055-032130- GALLATIN MT-MADISON MT- 305 PM MDT SUN JUL 3 2011 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHERN GALLATIN AND EASTERN MADISON COUNTIES UNTIL 330 PM MDT... AT 300 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 13 MILES NORTHEAST OF ENNIS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. WIND GUSTS BETWEEN 40 AND 50 MPH AND PEA SIZE HAIL ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE GALLATIN GATEWAY...BOZEMAN HOT SPRINGS...AMSTERDAM...BELGRADE AND BOZEMAN. THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO 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 4612 11083 4564 11088 4522 11155 4562 11178 TIME...MOT...LOC 2104Z 220DEG 53KT 4550 11147 BRUSDA
Special weather statement, Jul 3, 3:50 PM MDT, 3 hours 39 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
350 PM MDT SUN JUL 3 2011
MTZ015-055-032215-
GALLATIN MT-MADISON MT-
350 PM MDT SUN JUL 3 2011
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL GALLATIN AND EASTERN
MADISON COUNTIES UNTIL 415 PM MDT...
AT 348 PM...STORM SPOTTERS REPORTED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 16 MILES
EAST OF ENNIS...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
HAIL UP TO ONE-HALF INCH IN DIAMETER...AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH
ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN.
LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE GALLATIN GATEWAY...AND
LOCATIONS ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE CITY OF BOZEMAN.
THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO 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 4575 11095 4536 11092 4536 11105 4528 11107
4522 11155 4540 11169
TIME...MOT...LOC 2149Z 253DEG 47KT 4539 11139
BRUSDALocal storm report, Jul 3, 3:53 PM MDT, 3 hours 36 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 3, 6:20 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | TFX | Fergus | 25 min |
| Jul 3, 6:24 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | TFX | Petroleum | 21 min |
| Jul 3, 6:47 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | TFX | Fergus | 43 min |
| Jul 3, 8:03 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | TFX | Fergus | 27 min |
| Jul 4, 5:46 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | TFX | Madison | 29 min |
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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.