Alert archive / Montana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2013
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 33, NWS Great Falls, MT
NWS Great Falls, MT issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 4, 2013, 5:59 PM MDT for Blaine County, Montana. It was in force for 61 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 4, 2013, 5:59 PM MDT (23:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 4, 2013, 7:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Great Falls, MT
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Blaine County, MT
The radar
The Glasgow radar (KGGW), 174 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:02 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 4, 5:40 PM MDT, 19 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 4, 5:40 PM MDT, 19 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 4, 4:05 AM MDT, 13 hours 54 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT 405 AM MDT THU JUL 4 2013 MTZ008-011>013-015-047-050>055-051200- BEAVERHEAD-HILL-CASCADE-CHOUTEAU-MADISON-BLAINE-JUDITH BASIN- FERGUS-JEFFERSON-BROADWATER-MEAGHER-GALLATIN- 405 AM MDT THU JUL 4 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MONTANA...NORTH CENTRAL MONTANA AND SOUTHWEST MONTANA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP BY THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL MONTANA. ALONG AND EAST OF A LINE FROM DILLON TO HAVRE...SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY CONTAIN GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL...AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL IS ALSO POSSIBLE. THESE STORMS WILL LIKELY PERSIST INTO THE EVENING...THEN DIMINISH OVERNIGHT. IF YOU ARE PLANNING OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES FOR THE HOLIDAY...PLEASE BE MINDFUL OF THE WEATHER SITUATION IN YOUR AREA...AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY THE CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND. SOME STORMS ON FRIDAY MAY BECOME STRONG AGAIN WITH GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. HOWEVER...ANY REPORTS OF STRONG WIND GUSTS...HAIL...OR HEAVY RAINFALL TO LAW ENFORCEMENT OR THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN GREAT FALLS ARE ALWAYS APPRECIATED. MTZ009-010-014-044>046-048-049-051200- NORTHERN ROCKY MOUNTAIN FRONT-EASTERN GLACIER- CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN LEWIS AND CLARK-TOOLE-LIBERTY- EASTERN PONDERA-SOUTHERN ROCKY MOUNTAIN FRONT-EASTERN TETON- 405 AM MDT THU JUL 4 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL MONTANA AND SOUTHWEST MONTANA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY 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 4, 12:28 PM MDT, 5 hours 31 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
1228 PM MDT THU JUL 4 2013
MTZ051-041945-
FERGUS MT-
1228 PM MDT THU JUL 4 2013
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL FERGUS COUNTY UNTIL 145
PM MDT...
AT 1226 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
TWO STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...RANGING FROM 23 TO 35 MILES NORTH OF
LEWISTOWN...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
FERGUS...
ROY...
IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER IN A
STURDY BUILDING.
LAT...LON 4726 10869 4725 10871 4722 10873 4728 10941
4768 10934 4771 10881 4768 10877 4766 10877
4765 10872 4763 10867 4762 10855
TIME...MOT...LOC 1827Z 270DEG 17KT 4737 10924
MPJLocal storm report, Jul 4, 1:30 PM MDT, 4 hours 29 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
130 PM MDT THU JUL 04 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1225 PM HAIL 4 SW CHRISTINA 47.34N 109.39W
07/04/2013 E0.25 INCH FERGUS MT TRAINED SPOTTER
HEAVY RAIN WITH PEA SIZE HAIL.
&&
PNSpecial weather statement, Jul 4, 1:40 PM MDT, 4 hours 19 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
140 PM MDT THU JUL 4 2013
MTZ051-042045-
FERGUS MT-
140 PM MDT THU JUL 4 2013
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL FERGUS COUNTY UNTIL 245
PM MDT...
AT 135 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
ROY TO 7 MILES EAST OF LEWISTOWN...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
FORESTGROVE...
GRASS RANGE...
IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER IN A
STURDY BUILDING.
LAT...LON 4674 10864 4674 10916 4707 10941 4737 10879
4727 10866 4725 10871 4719 10870 4717 10873
4711 10873 4710 10862 4709 10860 4675 10861
TIME...MOT...LOC 1940Z 317DEG 21KT 4725 10881 4704 10925
MPJLocal storm report, Jul 4, 3:18 PM MDT, 2 hours 41 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
318 PM MDT THU JUL 04 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0255 PM HAIL 17 SSE GRASS RANGE 46.80N 108.67W
07/04/2013 E1.50 INCH FERGUS MT TRAINED SPOTTER
PING PONG SIZE HAIL FALLING ON HIGHWAY 191 NEAR MILE
MARKER 29.
&&
BRUSDASpecial weather statement, Jul 4, 3:31 PM MDT, 2 hours 28 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT 331 PM MDT THU JUL 4 2013 MTZ011-047-042215- BLAINE MT-HILL MT- 331 PM MDT THU JUL 4 2013 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EASTERN HILL AND NORTHWESTERN BLAINE COUNTIES UNTIL 415 PM MDT... AT 330 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 19 MILES NORTH OF HAVRE...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF DIMES AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN. LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...CHINOOK AND THE MUD LAKE AREA. LAT...LON 4891 10912 4853 10917 4872 10990 4894 10980 TIME...MOT...LOC 2131Z 277DEG 15KT 4882 10970 BRUSDA
Local storm report, Jul 4, 4:36 PM MDT, 1 hour 23 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 4, 6:41 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | TFX | Hill | 49 min |
| Jul 4, 7:29 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | TFX | Blaine | 46 min |
| Jul 4, 10:07 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | TFX | Fergus | 53 min |
| Jul 4, 11:29 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | TFX | Fergus | 76 min |
| Jul 4, 12:28 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | TFX | Fergus | 77 min |
| Jul 4, 1:40 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | TFX | Fergus | 65 min |
| Jul 4, 3:31 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | TFX | Hill | 44 min |
| Jul 4, 5:00 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TFX | Blaine | 60 min |
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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.