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Special Weather Statement, NWS Great Falls, MT

June 19, 2020Cascade County, Montana

NWS Great Falls, MT issued this special weather statement at Jun 19, 2020, 2:44 PM MDT for Cascade County, Montana. It was in force for 31 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: Jun 19, 2020, 2:44 PM MDT (20:44 UTC)
Expired: Jun 19, 2020, 3:15 PM MDT
In force: 31 min
Issued by: NWS Great Falls, MT

County Cascade County, MT

The radar

The Great Falls radar (KTFX), 33 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:45 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 Jun 18, 5:30 PM MDT, 21 hours 14 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 18, 5:30 PM MDT, 21 hours 14 minutes before

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<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
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        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
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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 19, 7:53 AM MDT	River Flood Warning	TFX	Beaverhead, Madison	20 hr
Jun 19, 12:20 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Pondera	25 min
Jun 19, 2:15 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Teton	30 min
Jun 19, 2:18 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Cascade	27 min
Jun 19, 2:29 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Cascade	31 min
Jun 19, 2:35 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Pondera	25 min
Jun 19, 2:57 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Cascade	33 min
Jun 19, 3:12 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Cascade	33 min
Jun 19, 3:24 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Pondera	21 min
Jun 19, 3:35 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Cascade	25 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.