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Special Weather Statement, NWS Great Falls, MT

June 9, 2016Fergus County, Montana

NWS Great Falls, MT issued this special weather statement at Jun 9, 2016, 1:13 PM MDT for Fergus County, Montana. It was in force for 47 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: Jun 9, 2016, 1:13 PM MDT (19:13 UTC)
Expired: Jun 9, 2016, 2:00 PM MDT
In force: 47 min
Issued by: NWS Great Falls, MT

County Fergus County, MT

The radar

The Great Falls radar (KTFX), 151 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The text

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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 Jun 8, 5:42 PM MDT, 19 hours 31 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 8, 5:42 PM MDT, 19 hours 31 minutes before

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        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
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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
Jun 8, 6:22 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Glacier	38 min
Jun 8, 6:28 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Jefferson	47 min
Jun 8, 6:29 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Teton	31 min
Jun 8, 6:43 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TFX	Cascade	47 min
Jun 8, 8:44 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Liberty	31 min
Jun 8, 9:42 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Lewis and Clark	48 min
Jun 9, 1:19 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Judith Basin	41 min
Jun 9, 1:22 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Hill	38 min
Jun 9, 1:22 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TFX	Fergus	53 min
Jun 9, 1:42 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TFX	Hill	48 min
Jun 9, 1:43 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TFX	Cascade, Chouteau, Fergus, Judith Basin	47 min
Jun 9, 1:55 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TFX	Fergus	38 min
Jun 9, 2:11 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Meagher	64 min
Jun 9, 2:17 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TFX	Blaine, Hill	37 min
Jun 9, 2:18 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TFX	Chouteau, Fergus, Judith Basin	42 min
Jun 9, 2:24 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TFX	Cascade, Judith Basin, Meagher	66 min
Jun 9, 2:28 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TFX	Broadwater, Cascade, Judith Basin, Meagher	39 min
Jun 9, 2:29 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Petroleum	46 min
Jun 9, 2:31 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TFX	Fergus	29 min
Jun 9, 2:34 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TFX	Broadwater, Cascade, Lewis and Clark, Meagher	56 min
Jun 9, 2:51 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TFX	Fergus	54 min
Jun 9, 2:57 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TFX	Fergus	33 min
Jun 9, 3:13 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Blaine	47 min
Jun 9, 3:18 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TFX	Cascade, Chouteau, Fergus, Judith Basin	57 min
Jun 9, 3:21 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TFX	Cascade, Chouteau, Judith Basin, Meagher	54 min
Jun 9, 3:42 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TFX	Fergus	16 min
Jun 9, 4:12 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TFX	Fergus, Judith Basin	13 min
Jun 9, 4:41 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Meagher	34 min
Jun 9, 5:03 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Fergus	27 min
Jun 9, 5:30 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Petroleum	30 min
Jun 9, 5:43 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Meagher	47 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.