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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 28, NWS Glasgow, MT

July 3, 2020Dawson County, Wibaux County, Montana

NWS Glasgow, MT issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 3, 2020, 8:06 PM MDT for Dawson County, Wibaux County, Montana. It was in force for 43 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
Jul 3, 2020, 8:06 PM MDT (02:06 UTC)
Expired
Jul 3, 2020, 8:49 PM MDT
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Glasgow, MT
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Dawson County, MT, Wibaux County, MT

The radar

The Glasgow radar (KGGW), 196 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 3, 5:30 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 3, 7:08 PM MDT, 58 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jul 3, 7:31 PM MDT, 35 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jul 3, 7:48 PM MDT, 18 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 3, 7:54 PM MDT, 12 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 3, 6:11 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGGWGarfield, McCone64 min
Jul 3, 6:48 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGGWGarfield, McCone42 min
Jul 3, 7:04 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGGWMcCone56 min
Jul 3, 7:24 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGGWGarfield, McCone51 min
Jul 3, 7:45 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGGWGarfield, McCone3 hr
Jul 3, 7:54 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGGWWibaux51 min
Jul 3, 8:56 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGGWRichland34 min
Jul 3, 9:35 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGGWRichland40 min
Jul 3, 10:36 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGGWSheridan54 min
Jul 3, 10:58 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGGWDaniels47 min
Jul 3, 11:28 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGGWSheridan62 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.