Alert archive / Montana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2013
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 28, NWS Great Falls, MT
NWS Great Falls, MT issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 24, 2013, 5:46 PM MDT for Chouteau County, Montana. It was in force for 44 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
- Jun 24, 2013, 5:46 PM MDT (23:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 24, 2013, 6:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Great Falls, MT
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Chouteau County, MT
The radar
The Great Falls radar (KTFX), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
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 Jun 24, 2:53 PM MDT, 2 hours 53 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 24, 2:53 PM MDT, 2 hours 53 minutes before
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
<title>Service Notice</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
<main class="wrap">
<section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
<div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
<h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
<p id="message1">
The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
</p>
<p id="message2">
Please try again in a few minutes.
</p>
<p class="small" id="detail">
If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
</p>
</section>
</main>
<script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 24, 3:32 AM MDT, 14 hours 14 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT 332 AM MDT MON JUN 24 2013 MTZ011-013-047-050-051-251200- HILL-CHOUTEAU-BLAINE-JUDITH BASIN-FERGUS- 332 AM MDT MON JUN 24 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MONTANA AND NORTH CENTRAL MONTANA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT AN UNSTABLE SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW ALOFT WILL PREVAIL OVER NORTH CENTRAL MONTANA TODAY. AS A RESULT...PERIODS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED OVER NORTH CENTRAL MONTANA TODAY. SOME OF THE STORMS WILL BE STRONG...WITH AN ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. THE MOST FAVORED AREA TO SEE THE STRONGER STORMS WILL BE FOR LOCATIONS GENERALLY EAST OF A LINE FROM HAVRE TO STANFORD. THE BEST TIME FRAME FOR THE STRONGER STORMS TO OCCUR WILL BE FROM 2 PM UNTIL 10 PM TODAY. THE MAIN THREAT FROM THE STRONGER STORMS WILL BE HEAVY RAINFALL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...HAIL AND STRONG WIND GUSTS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ANY SPOTTER REPORTS OF STRONG WINDS GUSTS...HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL WOULD GREATLY BE APPRECIATED. MTZ008>010-012-014-015-044>046-048-049-052>055-251200- BEAVERHEAD-NORTHERN ROCKY MOUNTAIN FRONT-EASTERN GLACIER-CASCADE- CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN LEWIS AND CLARK-MADISON-TOOLE-LIBERTY- EASTERN PONDERA-SOUTHERN ROCKY MOUNTAIN FRONT-EASTERN TETON- JEFFERSON-BROADWATER-MEAGHER-GALLATIN- 332 AM MDT MON JUN 24 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MONTANA...NORTH CENTRAL MONTANA AND SOUTHWEST MONTANA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 24, 3:59 PM MDT, 1 hour 47 minutes before
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
<title>Service Notice</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
<main class="wrap">
<section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
<div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
<h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
<p id="message1">
The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
</p>
<p id="message2">
Please try again in a few minutes.
</p>
<p class="small" id="detail">
If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
</p>
</section>
</main>
<script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>Special weather statement, Jun 24, 5:00 PM MDT, 46 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT 500 PM MDT MON JUN 24 2013 MTZ051-242345- FERGUS MT- 500 PM MDT MON JUN 24 2013 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL FERGUS COUNTY UNTIL 545 PM MDT... AT 457 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 12 MILES NORTH OF LEWISTOWN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... HILGER... CHRISTINA... SUFFOLK... WINIFRED... 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 4770 10933 4754 10893 4713 10941 4721 10964 TIME...MOT...LOC 2300Z 209DEG 24KT 4726 10946 UTTECH
Local storm report, Jun 24, 5:26 PM MDT, 20 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
526 PM MDT MON JUN 24 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0502 PM HAIL 5 WNW HILGER 47.29N 109.46W
06/24/2013 E0.88 INCH FERGUS MT TRAINED SPOTTER
ESTIMATED NICKEL SIZE HAIL
&&
UTTECHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Great Falls, MT issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 24, 3:59 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | TFX | Cascade | 31 min |
| Jun 24, 5:00 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | TFX | Fergus | 45 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.