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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 36, NWS Great Falls, MT

July 5, 2013Glacier County, Pondera County, Montana

NWS Great Falls, MT issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 5, 2013, 7:18 PM MDT for Glacier County, Pondera County, Montana. It was in force for 42 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 5, 2013, 7:18 PM MDT (01:18 UTC)
Expired: Jul 5, 2013, 8:00 PM MDT
In force: 42 min
Issued by: NWS Great Falls, MT
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Glacier County, MT, Pondera County, MT

The radar

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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.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 5, 6:16 PM MDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 5, 6:36 PM MDT, 42 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 5, 6:58 PM MDT, 20 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 5, 7:13 PM MDT, 5 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 5, 6:16 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Meagher	44 min
Jul 5, 6:36 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Pondera	39 min
Jul 5, 6:58 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Meagher	47 min
Jul 5, 7:13 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Pondera	47 min
Jul 5, 7:59 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Glacier	31 min
Jul 5, 8:29 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Glacier	31 min
Jul 5, 9:12 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Glacier	48 min
Jul 5, 10:19 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Cascade	41 min
Jul 5, 10:50 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TFX	Glacier, Toole	40 min
Jul 5, 11:28 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Chouteau	47 min
Jul 5, 11:32 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Pondera, Toole	43 min
Jul 5, 11:58 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TFX	Blaine, Chouteau, Fergus, Hill, Liberty, Toole	6 hr
Jul 6, 12:14 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Chouteau, Hill, Liberty	46 min
Jul 6, 12:57 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Blaine, Hill	63 min
Jul 6, 2:22 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Blaine	38 min
Jul 6, 4:55 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX		35 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.