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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 93, NWS Great Falls, MT

August 3, 2013Cascade County, Judith Basin County, Montana

NWS Great Falls, MT issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 3, 2013, 1:19 PM MDT for Cascade County, Judith Basin County, Montana. It was in force for 41 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 3, 2013, 1:19 PM MDT (19:19 UTC)
Expired
Aug 3, 2013, 2:00 PM MDT
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS Great Falls, MT
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Cascade County, MT, Judith Basin County, MT

The radar

The Great Falls radar (KTFX), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

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 2, 5:20 PM MDT, 19 hours 59 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 2, 5:20 PM MDT, 19 hours 59 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 3, 12:57 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXJudith Basin48 min
Aug 3, 1:09 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXBlaine51 min
Aug 3, 1:25 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXJudith Basin50 min
Aug 3, 1:36 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTFXFergus, Judith Basin39 min
Aug 3, 1:59 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXChouteau46 min
Aug 3, 2:19 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTFXFergus, Judith Basin56 min
Aug 3, 2:30 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFX45 min
Aug 3, 2:37 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXBlaine38 min
Aug 3, 3:03 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTFXFergus72 min
Aug 3, 3:05 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXLewis and Clark40 min
Aug 3, 3:22 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXToole38 min
Aug 3, 4:01 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXBlaine44 min
Aug 3, 4:04 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXLiberty41 min
Aug 3, 5:52 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTFXBlaine, Hill6 hr

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.