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Special Weather Statement, NWS Great Falls, MT

June 10, 2016Liberty County, Montana

NWS Great Falls, MT issued this special weather statement at Jun 10, 2016, 9:35 PM MDT for Liberty County, Montana. It was in force for 40 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

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The facts

Issued
Jun 10, 2016, 9:35 PM MDT (03:35 UTC)
Expired
Jun 10, 2016, 10:15 PM MDT
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Great Falls, MT

County Liberty County, MT

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What forecasters said that day

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NWS Great Falls, MT wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Jun 10, 9:16 PM MDT, 19 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 10, 9:16 PM MDT, 19 minutes before
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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 10, 7:52 PM MDT, 1 hour 43 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 10, 7:53 PM MDT, 1 hour 42 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
753 PM MDT FRI JUN 10 2016

MTZ048-049-110230-
SOUTHERN ROCKY MOUNTAIN FRONT MT-EASTERN TETON MT-
753 PM MDT FRI JUN 10 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TETON AND CENTRAL
LEWIS AND CLARK COUNTIES UNTIL 830 PM MDT...

AT 752 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
AUGUSTA...OR 21 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CHOTEAU...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45
MPH.

DIME SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CHOTEAU...FAIRFIELD AND AUGUSTA.

LAT...LON 4740 11237 4755 11255 4790 11208 4768 11180
TIME...MOT...LOC 0152Z 231DEG 39KT 4753 11237

KJ
Local storm report, Jun 10, 8:02 PM MDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
802 PM MDT FRI JUN 10 2016

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0745 PM     HAIL             6 NNE HILGER            47.33N 109.31W
06/10/2016  M1.75 INCH       FERGUS             MT   TRAINED SPOTTER

            BROKEN WINDOW.

&&

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Local storm report, Jun 10, 8:03 PM MDT, 1 hour 32 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 10, 8:16 PM MDT, 1 hour 19 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
816 PM MDT FRI JUN 10 2016

MTZ013-050-051-110300-
FERGUS MT-JUDITH BASIN MT-CHOUTEAU MT-
816 PM MDT FRI JUN 10 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN CHOUTEAU...NORTH
CENTRAL JUDITH BASIN AND NORTHWESTERN FERGUS COUNTIES UNTIL 900 PM
MDT...

AT 816 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8
MILES NORTHWEST OF STANFORD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 55 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
DENTON...SQUARE BUTTE AND COFFEE CREEK.

THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO
STATIONS AND AVAILABLE TELEVISION STATIONS FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM MDT FOR
NORTH CENTRAL MONTANA.

LAT...LON 4716 11034 4737 11051 4768 10989 4737 10950
TIME...MOT...LOC 0216Z 239DEG 33KT 4727 11030
Special weather statement, Jun 10, 9:35 PM MDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
935 PM MDT FRI JUN 10 2016

MTZ011-044-045-110415-
TOOLE MT-HILL MT-LIBERTY MT-
935 PM MDT FRI JUN 10 2016

...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...

AT 934 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 9
MILES SOUTH OF LOTHAIR...OR 14 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CHESTER...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

HEAVY RAINFALL...PEA SIZED HAIL...AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH WILL
BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CHESTER...JOPLIN...INVERNESS AND TIBER DAM.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD
TO LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.

&&

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM MDT FOR
NORTH CENTRAL MONTANA.

LAT...LON 4822 11114 4834 11134 4892 11067 4874 11036
TIME...MOT...LOC 0334Z 221DEG 45KT 4834 11116

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 10, 6:00 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXJudith Basin30 min
Jun 10, 6:00 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTFXBlaine, Chouteau, Fergus30 min
Jun 10, 6:03 PM MDTTornado WarningTFXFergus27 min
Jun 10, 6:17 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTFXFergus28 min
Jun 10, 6:24 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTFXCascade, Judith Basin35 min
Jun 10, 6:31 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTFXFergus29 min
Jun 10, 6:52 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTFXBlaine, Fergus38 min
Jun 10, 6:58 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXFergus32 min
Jun 10, 7:16 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTFXChouteau, Fergus57 min
Jun 10, 7:30 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTFXFergus15 min
Jun 10, 7:53 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXTeton37 min
Jun 10, 8:12 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTFXBlaine, Fergus45 min
Jun 10, 8:16 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXJudith Basin44 min
Jun 10, 8:28 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTFXBlaine, Chouteau, Fergus, Judith Basin47 min
Jun 10, 9:15 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTFXBlaine, Chouteau, Fergus, Judith Basin30 min
Jun 10, 9:43 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTFXFergus32 min
Jun 10, 9:50 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFX40 min
Jun 10, 10:16 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXFergus44 min
Jun 10, 10:31 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTFXBlaine, Chouteau, Fergus, Judith Basin6 hr
Jun 10, 10:51 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFX24 min
Jun 10, 11:29 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFX61 min
Jun 11, 4:50 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTFXCascade, Chouteau25 min
Jun 11, 4:50 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTFXCascade, Chouteau25 min
Jun 11, 5:13 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTFXCascade, Chouteau47 min
Jun 11, 5:18 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTFXChouteau, Hill, Liberty42 min
Jun 11, 5:32 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXCascade28 min
Jun 11, 5:59 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTFXChouteau, Hill46 min
Jun 11, 6:04 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXChouteau41 min
Jun 11, 6:32 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTFXBlaine, Hill43 min
Jun 11, 7:17 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXBlaine43 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.