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Special Weather Statement, NWS Great Falls, MT
NWS Great Falls, MT issued this special weather statement at Jun 24, 2012, 11:20 PM MDT for Hill County, Montana. It was in force for 40 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
- Jun 24, 2012, 11:20 PM MDT (05:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 25, 2012, 12:00 AM MDT
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Great Falls, MT
County Hill County, MT
The radar
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The text
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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 Great Falls, MT wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Jun 24, 10:55 PM MDT, 25 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 24, 10:55 PM MDT, 25 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 24, 11:20 PM MDT, 0 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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| Jun 24, 8:35 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | TFX | Broadwater, Cascade, Fergus, Gallatin, Jefferson, Judith Basin and 2 more | 24 hr |
| Jun 24, 11:52 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TFX | Hill | 38 min |
| Jun 25, 12:23 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TFX | Hill | 37 min |
| Jun 25, 12:58 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TFX | Blaine, Hill | 30 min |
| Jun 25, 2:42 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | TFX | Broadwater, Cascade, Fergus, Gallatin, Jefferson, Judith Basin and 2 more | 33 hr |
| Jun 25, 2:45 PM MDT | High Wind Watch | TFX | 21 hr | |
| Jun 25, 4:19 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TFX | Fergus | 26 min |
| Jun 25, 4:44 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TFX | Fergus | 46 min |
| Jun 25, 5:33 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | TFX | Pondera | 42 min |
| Jun 25, 5:38 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TFX | Glacier, Pondera, Teton | 52 min |
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.