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Special Weather Statement, NWS Great Falls, MT
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.
The area
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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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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 10, 9:16 PM MDT, 19 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 10, 9:16 PM MDT, 19 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jun 10, 7:52 PM MDT, 1 hour 43 minutes before
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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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MLSLocal storm report, Jun 10, 8:03 PM MDT, 1 hour 32 minutes before
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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 COULSTON
The office that day
Everything else NWS Great Falls, MT issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Jun 10, 6:00 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | TFX | Judith Basin | 30 min |
| Jun 10, 6:00 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TFX | Blaine, Chouteau, Fergus | 30 min |
| Jun 10, 6:03 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | TFX | Fergus | 27 min |
| Jun 10, 6:17 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TFX | Fergus | 28 min |
| Jun 10, 6:24 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TFX | Cascade, Judith Basin | 35 min |
| Jun 10, 6:31 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TFX | Fergus | 29 min |
| Jun 10, 6:52 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TFX | Blaine, Fergus | 38 min |
| Jun 10, 6:58 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | TFX | Fergus | 32 min |
| Jun 10, 7:16 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TFX | Chouteau, Fergus | 57 min |
| Jun 10, 7:30 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TFX | Fergus | 15 min |
| Jun 10, 7:53 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | TFX | Teton | 37 min |
| Jun 10, 8:12 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TFX | Blaine, Fergus | 45 min |
| Jun 10, 8:16 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | TFX | Judith Basin | 44 min |
| Jun 10, 8:28 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TFX | Blaine, Chouteau, Fergus, Judith Basin | 47 min |
| Jun 10, 9:15 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TFX | Blaine, Chouteau, Fergus, Judith Basin | 30 min |
| Jun 10, 9:43 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TFX | Fergus | 32 min |
| Jun 10, 9:50 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | TFX | 40 min | |
| Jun 10, 10:16 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | TFX | Fergus | 44 min |
| Jun 10, 10:31 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TFX | Blaine, Chouteau, Fergus, Judith Basin | 6 hr |
| Jun 10, 10:51 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | TFX | 24 min | |
| Jun 10, 11:29 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | TFX | 61 min | |
| Jun 11, 4:50 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TFX | Cascade, Chouteau | 25 min |
| Jun 11, 4:50 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TFX | Cascade, Chouteau | 25 min |
| Jun 11, 5:13 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TFX | Cascade, Chouteau | 47 min |
| Jun 11, 5:18 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TFX | Chouteau, Hill, Liberty | 42 min |
| Jun 11, 5:32 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | TFX | Cascade | 28 min |
| Jun 11, 5:59 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TFX | Chouteau, Hill | 46 min |
| Jun 11, 6:04 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | TFX | Chouteau | 41 min |
| Jun 11, 6:32 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TFX | Blaine, Hill | 43 min |
| Jun 11, 7:17 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | TFX | Blaine | 43 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.