Alert archive / Montana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2013
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 31, NWS Great Falls, MT
NWS Great Falls, MT issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 2, 2013, 5:11 PM MDT for Broadwater County, Jefferson County, Lewis and Clark County, Montana. It was in force for 49 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
- Jul 2, 2013, 5:11 PM MDT (23:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 2, 2013, 6:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Great Falls, MT
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Broadwater County, MT, Jefferson County, MT, Lewis and Clark County, MT
The radar
The Great Falls radar (KTFX), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 Jul 2, 2:53 PM MDT, 2 hours 18 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 2, 2:53 PM MDT, 2 hours 18 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 2, 3:17 AM MDT, 13 hours 54 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT 317 AM MDT TUE JUL 2 2013 MTZ008>015-044>055-031145- BEAVERHEAD-NORTHERN ROCKY MOUNTAIN FRONT-EASTERN GLACIER-HILL- CASCADE-CHOUTEAU-CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN LEWIS AND CLARK-MADISON- TOOLE-LIBERTY-EASTERN PONDERA-BLAINE- SOUTHERN ROCKY MOUNTAIN FRONT-EASTERN TETON-JUDITH BASIN-FERGUS- JEFFERSON-BROADWATER-MEAGHER-GALLATIN- 317 AM MDT TUE JUL 2 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...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY 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, Jul 2, 4:18 PM MDT, 53 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT 418 PM MDT TUE JUL 2 2013 MTZ014-022300- CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN LEWIS AND CLARK MT- 418 PM MDT TUE JUL 2 2013 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL LEWIS AND CLARK COUNTY UNTIL 500 PM MDT... AT 415 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 13 MILES WEST OF WOLF CREEK...OR 33 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CASCADE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... WOLF CREEK AND HOLTER LAKE... IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING. LAT...LON 4697 11188 4678 11211 4705 11250 4719 11233 TIME...MOT...LOC 2218Z 311DEG 12KT 4706 11232 NL
The office that day
Everything else NWS Great Falls, MT issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2, 4:18 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | TFX | Lewis and Clark | 42 min |
| Jul 2, 4:24 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TFX | Lewis and Clark | 51 min |
| Jul 2, 5:55 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | TFX | Broadwater | 50 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.