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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 81, NWS Great Falls, MT

August 1, 2013Beaverhead County, Montana

NWS Great Falls, MT issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 1, 2013, 2:21 PM MDT for Beaverhead County, Montana. It was in force for 39 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
Aug 1, 2013, 2:21 PM MDT (20:21 UTC)
Expired
Aug 1, 2013, 3:00 PM MDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Great Falls, MT
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Beaverhead County, MT

The radar

The Pocatello radar (KSFX), 226 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Aug 1, 1:26 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC10 hr

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 Aug 1, 11:55 AM MDT, 2 hours 26 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 1, 11:55 AM MDT, 2 hours 26 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 1, 2:12 PM MDT, 9 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 1, 2:06 PM MDT, 15 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 1, 12:29 PM MDTFlood WatchTFX40 hr
Aug 1, 2:06 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXJefferson39 min
Aug 1, 2:44 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTFXBroadwater, Cascade, Jefferson, Lewis and Clark46 min
Aug 1, 2:56 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXJefferson49 min
Aug 1, 2:56 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTFXBeaverhead, Madison49 min
Aug 1, 3:30 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTFXBroadwater, Cascade, Lewis and Clark, Meagher45 min
Aug 1, 3:32 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXJefferson28 min
Aug 1, 3:40 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTFXBeaverhead, Gallatin, Madison50 min
Aug 1, 4:00 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTFXBroadwater, Jefferson, Lewis and Clark45 min
Aug 1, 4:15 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTFXCascade, Judith Basin, Meagher45 min
Aug 1, 4:26 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXJefferson49 min
Aug 1, 4:26 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTFXBroadwater, Gallatin, Jefferson, Madison49 min
Aug 1, 4:41 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXMeagher49 min
Aug 1, 4:57 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXGallatin48 min
Aug 1, 5:05 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTFXGallatin40 min
Aug 1, 5:27 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXBroadwater33 min
Aug 1, 5:39 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTFXGallatin, Meagher51 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.