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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 18, NWS Great Falls, MT

June 18, 2019Chouteau County, Hill County, Liberty County, Montana

NWS Great Falls, MT issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 18, 2019, 9:01 PM MDT for Chouteau County, Hill County, Liberty County, Montana. It was in force for 29 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 18, 2019, 9:01 PM MDT (03:01 UTC)
Expired: Jun 18, 2019, 9:30 PM MDT
In force: 29 min
Issued by: NWS Great Falls, MT
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Chouteau County, MT, Hill County, MT, Liberty County, MT

The radar

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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 severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 18, 8:49 PM MDT, 12 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 18, 8:49 PM MDT, 12 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 18, 7:00 PM MDT, 2 hours 1 minute before

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Special weather statement, Jun 18, 7:14 PM MDT, 1 hour 47 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 18, 7:38 PM MDT, 1 hour 23 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 18, 7:40 PM MDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 18, 8:17 PM MDT, 44 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 18, 8:22 PM MDT, 39 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
Jun 18, 6:21 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Pondera	24 min
Jun 18, 6:23 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Blaine	37 min
Jun 18, 6:49 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Toole	26 min
Jun 18, 7:00 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Blaine	30 min
Jun 18, 7:14 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Toole	31 min
Jun 18, 7:35 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TFX	Toole	25 min
Jun 18, 7:47 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TFX	Liberty, Toole	28 min
Jun 18, 8:17 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Liberty	28 min
Jun 18, 8:22 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Petroleum	38 min
Jun 18, 9:31 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Chouteau	29 min
Jun 18, 10:34 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX		56 min
Jun 18, 11:04 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Liberty	41 min
Jun 18, 11:49 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Hill	56 min
Jun 19, 12:02 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Liberty	58 min
Jun 19, 12:53 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Hill	22 min
Jun 19, 1:06 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Liberty	24 min
Jun 19, 1:23 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Hill	37 min
Jun 19, 2:01 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Chouteau	29 min
Jun 19, 2:10 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Hill	35 min
Jun 19, 2:19 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX		26 min
Jun 19, 2:47 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Madison	28 min
Jun 19, 2:54 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Liberty	36 min
Jun 19, 2:57 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Blaine	33 min
Jun 19, 4:02 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Hill	28 min
Jun 19, 4:14 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TFX	Blaine, Hill	31 min

Nearby

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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.