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Special Weather Statement, NWS Glasgow, MT
NWS Glasgow, MT issued this special weather statement at Aug 2, 2012, 10:36 AM MDT for Dawson County, Montana. It was in force for 54 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
- Aug 2, 2012, 10:36 AM MDT (16:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 2, 2012, 11:30 AM MDT
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- NWS Glasgow, MT
County Dawson County, MT
The radar
The Glasgow radar (KGGW), 199 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:38 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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</html>What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Aug 2, 10:00 AM MDT, 36 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 2, 10:00 AM MDT, 36 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 2, 3:50 AM MDT, 6 hours 46 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GLASGOW MT 350 AM MDT THU AUG 2 2012 MTZ016-017-021-022-059>061-031000- CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PHILLIPS-CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN VALLEY- PETROLEUM-GARFIELD-NORTHERN PHILLIPS-SOUTHWEST PHILLIPS- NORTHERN VALLEY- 350 AM MDT THU AUG 2 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST MONTANA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR PHILLIPS... VALLEY... PETROLEUM... AND GARFIELD COUNTIES FROM NOON TODAY THROUGH MIDNIGHT AND THEN WILL CONFINE ITSELF TO MISSOURI BREAKS SOUTH UNTIL 6AM. VERY DRY DOWNSLOPE WIND FROM THE SOUTHEAST THIS MORNING FOLLOWED BY A WINDSHIFT TO THE NORTHEAST AND INCREASE IN SPEEDS WITH THE PASSAGE OF A COLD FRONT THIS AFTERNOON COULD EASILY LEAD TO CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS AND POSSIBLY EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY 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. MTZ018>020-023>027-062-031000- DANIELS-SHERIDAN-WESTERN ROOSEVELT-MCCONE-RICHLAND-DAWSON-PRAIRIE- WIBAUX-EASTERN ROOSEVELT- 350 AM MDT THU AUG 2 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST MONTANA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE THROUGH THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS BEFORE MIDNIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY 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, Aug 2, 10:36 AM MDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GLASGOW MT 1036 AM MDT THU AUG 2 2012 MTZ025>027-021730- DAWSON-PRAIRIE-WIBAUX- 1036 AM MDT THU AUG 2 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GLASGOW HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR... WESTERN WIBAUX COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MONTANA... EASTERN PRAIRIE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MONTANA... SOUTHEASTERN DAWSON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MONTANA... UNTIL 1130 AM MDT. AT 1033 AM MDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FALLON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES IS EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IN THE ADVISORY INCLUDE... FALLON... 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 4711 10456 4687 10439 4664 10522 4680 10533 TIME...MOT...LOC 1636Z 243DEG 23KT 4676 10516 TFJ WEATHER.GOV/GLASGOW
The office that day
Everything else NWS Glasgow, MT issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Aug 2, 11:47 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GGW | Garfield | 58 min |
| Aug 2, 12:47 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GGW | Garfield | 58 min |
| Aug 2, 1:41 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GGW | Dawson | 64 min |
| Aug 2, 2:40 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GGW | Dawson, Prairie, Wibaux | 62 min |
| Aug 2, 3:03 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GGW | Daniels | 57 min |
| Aug 2, 3:17 PM MDT | Lake Wind Advisory | GGW | Garfield, McCone, Phillips, Valley | 30 hr |
| Aug 2, 3:23 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GGW | Wibaux | 22 min |
| Aug 2, 3:57 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GGW | Daniels | 63 min |
Nearby
Special Weather Statements in Montana, 2012Every special weather statement in 2012
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.