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Special Weather Statement, NWS Great Falls, MT
NWS Great Falls, MT issued this special weather statement at Aug 1, 2014, 10:49 PM MDT for Teton County, Montana. It was in force for 56 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 1, 2014, 10:49 PM MDT (04:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 1, 2014, 11:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 56 min
- Issued by
- NWS Great Falls, MT
County Teton County, MT
The radar
The Great Falls radar (KTFX), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Great_falls, MT (KTFX), launched 00:00Z, 4.8 hours before the alert went out and 145 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 50 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -29 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3442 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -12 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 12 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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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 1, 10:30 PM MDT, 19 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 1, 10:30 PM MDT, 19 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 1, 6:22 PM MDT, 4 hours 27 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT 622 PM MDT FRI AUG 1 2014 MTZ011-045-020100- HILL MT-LIBERTY MT- 622 PM MDT FRI AUG 1 2014 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL LIBERTY AND WESTERN HILL COUNTIES UNTIL 700 PM MDT... AT 620 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR CHESTER...MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH. HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... JOPLIN... THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. LAT...LON 4865 11068 4840 11066 4842 11109 4860 11111 TIME...MOT...LOC 0022Z 267DEG 6KT 4851 11096 COULSTON
Special weather statement, Aug 1, 6:25 PM MDT, 4 hours 24 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT 625 PM MDT FRI AUG 1 2014 MTZ011-013-020100- CHOUTEAU MT-HILL MT- 625 PM MDT FRI AUG 1 2014 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL HILL AND EXTREME NORTHEASTERN CHOUTEAU COUNTIES UNTIL 700 PM MDT... AT 625 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES EAST OF GILDFORD...OR 21 MILES WEST OF HAVRE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... KREMLIN... BOX ELDER... IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING. LAT...LON 4838 10974 4825 11002 4859 11032 4869 11009 TIME...MOT...LOC 0025Z 326DEG 23KT 4857 11013 COULSTON
Special weather statement, Aug 1, 6:56 PM MDT, 3 hours 53 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT 656 PM MDT FRI AUG 1 2014 MTZ011-045-020130- HILL MT-LIBERTY MT- 656 PM MDT FRI AUG 1 2014 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EASTERN LIBERTY AND WESTERN HILL COUNTIES UNTIL 730 PM MDT... AT 655 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR CHESTER...MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH. HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. THE HEAVY RAINFALL MAY CAUSE FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS AND STREETS WITH POOR DRAINAGE. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... JOPLIN... IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING. LAT...LON 4870 11073 4848 11062 4843 11099 4860 11108 TIME...MOT...LOC 0056Z 252DEG 6KT 4854 11090 COULSTON
Special weather statement, Aug 1, 7:08 PM MDT, 3 hours 41 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT 708 PM MDT FRI AUG 1 2014 MTZ044-045-020145- LIBERTY MT-TOOLE MT- 708 PM MDT FRI AUG 1 2014 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EASTERN TOOLE AND WESTERN LIBERTY COUNTIES UNTIL 745 PM MDT... AT 705 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 11 MILES WEST OF LOTHAIR...OR 18 MILES EAST OF SHELBY...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... DEVON... GALATA... IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING. LAT...LON 4844 11115 4829 11140 4852 11165 4864 11145 TIME...MOT...LOC 0108Z 319DEG 9KT 4851 11146 COULSTON
Local storm report, Aug 1, 7:27 PM MDT, 3 hours 22 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Great Falls, MT issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 1, 6:06 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | TFX | Chouteau | 39 min |
| Aug 1, 6:22 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | TFX | Liberty | 38 min |
| Aug 1, 6:25 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | TFX | Hill | 35 min |
| Aug 1, 6:56 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | TFX | Liberty | 34 min |
| Aug 1, 7:08 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | TFX | Liberty | 37 min |
| Aug 2, 5:02 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | TFX | 43 min |
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Special Weather Statements in Montana, 2014Every special weather statement 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.