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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 34, NWS Great Falls, MT

August 4, 2014Glacier County, Montana

NWS Great Falls, MT issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 4, 2014, 7:38 PM MDT for Glacier County, Montana. It was in force for 37 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 4, 2014, 7:38 PM MDT (01:38 UTC)
Expired
Aug 4, 2014, 8:15 PM MDT
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS Great Falls, MT
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Glacier County, MT

The radar

The Great Falls radar (KTFX), 183 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:41 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 Aug 4, 2:55 PM MDT, 4 hours 43 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 4, 2:55 PM MDT, 4 hours 43 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 4, 7:14 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXGlacier46 min
Aug 4, 7:57 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXToole33 min
Aug 4, 8:16 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXToole44 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Montana, 2014Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2014

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.