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Special Weather Statement, NWS Great Falls, MT

July 27, 2016Lewis and Clark County, Teton County, Montana

NWS Great Falls, MT issued this special weather statement at Jul 27, 2016, 2:49 PM MDT for Lewis and Clark County, Teton County, Montana. It was in force for 26 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: Jul 27, 2016, 2:49 PM MDT (20:49 UTC)
Expired: Jul 27, 2016, 3:15 PM MDT
In force: 26 min
Issued by: NWS Great Falls, MT

Counties Lewis and Clark County, MT, Teton County, MT

The radar

The Great Falls radar (KTFX), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:51 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 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 Jul 27, 11:45 AM MDT, 3 hours 4 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 27, 11:45 AM MDT, 3 hours 4 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 27, 1:35 PM MDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 27, 2:37 PM MDT, 12 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 27, 2:49 PM MDT, 0 minutes before

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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
Jul 26, 6:19 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Cascade	41 min
Jul 26, 6:21 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Beaverhead	39 min
Jul 26, 6:25 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Cascade	50 min
Jul 26, 6:30 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Hill	45 min
Jul 26, 6:40 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TFX	Hill	35 min
Jul 26, 6:47 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Judith Basin	43 min
Jul 26, 7:00 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Fergus	30 min
Jul 26, 7:20 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Hill	40 min
Jul 26, 7:24 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Lewis and Clark	51 min
Jul 26, 7:38 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Fergus	22 min
Jul 26, 8:14 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Blaine	46 min
Jul 27, 1:35 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Blaine	25 min
Jul 27, 2:37 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Blaine	23 min
Jul 27, 3:05 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Blaine	25 min
Jul 27, 3:35 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Teton	40 min
Jul 27, 4:02 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Glacier	28 min
Jul 27, 4:05 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Lewis and Clark	25 min
Jul 27, 5:32 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Glacier	28 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Montana, 2016 Every special weather statement in 2016

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.