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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 124, NWS Great Falls, MT

September 6, 2013Fergus County, Montana

NWS Great Falls, MT issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 6, 2013, 4:27 PM MDT for Fergus County, Montana. It was in force for 63 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
Sep 6, 2013, 4:27 PM MDT (22:27 UTC)
Expired
Sep 6, 2013, 5:30 PM MDT
In force
63 min
Issued by
NWS Great Falls, MT
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Fergus County, MT

The radar

The Billings radar (KBLX), 164 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:26 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Sep 6, 2:09 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 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 Great Falls, MT wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Sep 5, 4:30 PM MDT, 23 hours 57 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 5, 4:30 PM MDT, 23 hours 57 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 5, 6:03 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXLiberty42 min
Sep 5, 6:05 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFX40 min
Sep 5, 6:08 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTFXBeaverhead, Madison52 min
Sep 5, 6:13 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTFXBeaverhead47 min
Sep 5, 6:40 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXBlaine50 min
Sep 5, 6:41 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXHill49 min
Sep 5, 7:15 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTFXHill, Liberty30 min
Sep 5, 7:18 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXJefferson42 min
Sep 5, 7:37 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTFXBroadwater, Jefferson38 min
Sep 5, 7:56 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXGallatin64 min
Sep 5, 8:00 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXBlaine60 min
Sep 5, 8:17 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXBroadwater43 min
Sep 5, 8:37 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXBeaverhead53 min
Sep 5, 10:38 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXGallatin52 min
Sep 5, 11:35 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXFergus55 min
Sep 6, 12:09 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXBroadwater, Meagher51 min
Sep 6, 12:29 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXPetroleum46 min
Sep 6, 2:17 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXLewis and Clark43 min
Sep 6, 2:27 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXJudith Basin48 min
Sep 6, 3:03 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXLewis and Clark42 min
Sep 6, 3:10 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXGlacier50 min
Sep 6, 3:25 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXGlacier50 min
Sep 6, 3:26 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTFXCascade, Lewis and Clark49 min
Sep 6, 3:29 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXGlacier46 min
Sep 6, 3:40 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXTeton50 min
Sep 6, 3:41 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXJudith Basin49 min
Sep 6, 3:48 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXCascade42 min
Sep 6, 3:55 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTFXCascade, Lewis and Clark50 min
Sep 6, 4:04 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXGlacier41 min
Sep 6, 4:09 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTFXCascade66 min
Sep 6, 4:15 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXGlacier45 min
Sep 6, 4:34 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTFXCascade41 min
Sep 6, 4:35 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFX40 min
Sep 6, 4:37 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXTeton38 min
Sep 6, 5:05 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXGlacier40 min
Sep 6, 5:09 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXTeton51 min
Sep 6, 5:11 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTFXCascade, Chouteau, Judith Basin49 min
Sep 6, 5:20 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXLewis and Clark40 min
Sep 6, 5:23 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXTeton52 min
Sep 6, 5:55 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTFXChouteau, Judith Basin65 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Montana, 2013Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2013

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.