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Special Weather Statement, NWS Great Falls, MT

August 5, 2018Broadwater County, Montana

NWS Great Falls, MT issued this special weather statement at Aug 5, 2018, 3:21 PM MDT for Broadwater County, Montana. It was in force for 24 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 5, 2018, 3:21 PM MDT (21:21 UTC)
Expired: Aug 5, 2018, 3:45 PM MDT
In force: 24 min
Issued by: NWS Great Falls, MT

County Broadwater County, MT

The radar

The Great Falls radar (KTFX), 152 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:23 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 Aug 4, 5:05 PM MDT, 22 hours 16 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 4, 5:05 PM MDT, 22 hours 16 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
Aug 5, 3:13 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Wheatland	32 min
Aug 5, 3:18 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Jefferson	27 min
Aug 5, 3:26 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX		34 min
Aug 5, 3:53 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX		22 min
Aug 5, 3:56 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Teton	19 min
Aug 5, 3:59 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Broadwater	31 min
Aug 5, 4:06 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Broadwater	24 min
Aug 5, 4:26 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Teton	34 min
Aug 5, 4:43 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Broadwater	32 min
Aug 5, 5:07 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Gallatin	23 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Montana, 2018 Every special weather statement in 2018

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.