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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 76, NWS Great Falls, MT
NWS Great Falls, MT issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 28, 2013, 4:25 PM MDT for Blaine County, Montana. It was in force for 65 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 28, 2013, 4:25 PM MDT (22:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 28, 2013, 5:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 65 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 22:27 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 28, 2:40 PM MDT, 1 hour 45 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 28, 2:40 PM MDT, 1 hour 45 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT 447 AM MDT SUN JUL 28 2013 MTZ008>015-044>055-291100- 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- 447 AM MDT SUN JUL 28 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 IN SOUTHWEST MONTANA AND ALONG THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN FRONT THIS AFTERNOON AND SPREAD INTO CENTRAL MONTANA THIS EVENING. WIND GUSTS AROUND 40 TO 45 MPH AND SMALL HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH SOME OF THE STRONGER STORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY A SIGNIFICANT SHIFT TO COOLER AND WETTER CONDITIONS IS EXPECTED FOR THE LATTER HALF OF THIS WEEK AS A PACIFIC WEATHER SYSTEM BRINGS IN WIDESPREAD MOISTURE...RESULTING IN SEVERAL PERIODS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 28, 3:31 PM MDT, 54 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Great Falls, MT issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 28, 12:25 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | TFX | Blaine | 50 min |
| Jul 28, 1:09 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | TFX | Chouteau | 51 min |
| Jul 28, 1:27 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | TFX | Blaine | 33 min |
| Jul 28, 3:31 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | TFX | Blaine | 59 min |
| Jul 28, 3:44 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TFX | Blaine | 61 min |
| Jul 28, 3:48 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | TFX | Glacier | 57 min |
| Jul 28, 4:30 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | TFX | Glacier | 45 min |
| Jul 28, 5:18 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | TFX | Toole | 42 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.