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Special Weather Statement, NWS Great Falls, MT

August 3, 2013

NWS Great Falls, MT issued this special weather statement at Aug 3, 2013, 2:30 PM MDT. It was in force for 45 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Aug 3, 2013, 2:30 PM MDT (20:30 UTC)
Expired: Aug 3, 2013, 3:15 PM MDT
In force: 45 min
Issued by: NWS Great Falls, MT

The radar

The Great Falls radar (KTFX), 130 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Aug 2, 5:20 PM MDT, 21 hours 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 2, 5:20 PM MDT, 21 hours 10 minutes before

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<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
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        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
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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
Aug 3, 12:57 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Judith Basin	48 min
Aug 3, 1:09 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Blaine	51 min
Aug 3, 1:19 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TFX	Cascade, Judith Basin	41 min
Aug 3, 1:25 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Judith Basin	50 min
Aug 3, 1:36 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TFX	Fergus, Judith Basin	39 min
Aug 3, 1:59 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Chouteau	46 min
Aug 3, 2:19 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TFX	Fergus, Judith Basin	56 min
Aug 3, 2:37 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Blaine	38 min
Aug 3, 3:03 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TFX	Fergus	72 min
Aug 3, 3:05 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Lewis and Clark	40 min
Aug 3, 3:22 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Toole	38 min
Aug 3, 4:01 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Blaine	44 min
Aug 3, 4:04 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Liberty	41 min
Aug 3, 5:52 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TFX	Blaine, Hill	6 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.