Alert archive / Montana / Special Weather Statements in 2021

Special Weather Statement, NWS Great Falls, MT

June 3, 2021Judith Basin County, Montana

NWS Great Falls, MT issued this special weather statement at Jun 3, 2021, 7:53 PM MDT for Judith Basin County, Montana. It was in force for 52 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 3, 2021, 7:53 PM MDT (01:53 UTC)
Expired
Jun 3, 2021, 8:45 PM MDT
In force
52 min
Issued by
NWS Great Falls, MT

County Judith Basin County, MT

The radar

The Great Falls radar (KTFX), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The text

As transmitted.

<!doctype html>
<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.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

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.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 3, 6:42 PM MDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Great Falls MT
642 PM MDT Thu Jun 3 2021

MTZ012-013-046-049-040115-
Chouteau MT-Cascade MT-Eastern Teton MT-Eastern Pondera MT-
642 PM MDT Thu Jun 3 2021

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN PONDERA...EAST
CENTRAL TETON...SOUTHWESTERN CHOUTEAU AND NORTHEASTERN CASCADE
COUNTIES UNTIL 715 PM MDT...

At 641 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from 10 miles northeast of Dutton to near Great
Falls. Movement was east at 20 mph.

Half inch hail, winds in excess of 40 mph, and brief heavy rainfall
will be possible with these storms.

Locations impacted include...
Great Falls, The Knees, Black Eagle, Malmstrom Afb, Floweree and
Portage.

LAT...LON 4813 11120 4744 11085 4739 11147 4799 11172
TIME...MOT...LOC 0041Z 250DEG 15KT 4796 11156 4750 11137

Ludwig
Special weather statement, Jun 3, 7:11 PM MDT, 42 minutes before
<!doctype html>
<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.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>
Local storm report, Jun 3, 7:18 PM MDT, 35 minutes before
<!doctype html>
<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.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>
Local storm report, Jun 3, 7:24 PM MDT, 29 minutes before
<!doctype html>
<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.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>
Special weather statement, Jun 3, 7:53 PM MDT, 0 minutes before
<!doctype html>
<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.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 3, 6:42 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXCascade33 min
Jun 3, 7:11 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXCascade49 min
Jun 4, 2:47 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXBeaverhead28 min
Jun 4, 3:10 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXBeaverhead35 min
Jun 4, 3:10 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXMeagher65 min
Jun 4, 3:14 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXBeaverhead31 min
Jun 4, 3:36 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXMadison24 min
Jun 4, 4:03 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXMeagher42 min
Jun 4, 4:10 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXMadison35 min
Jun 4, 4:19 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTFXMeagher26 min
Jun 4, 4:42 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXWheatland33 min
Jun 4, 4:56 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXJudith Basin34 min
Jun 4, 5:32 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXGallatin28 min
Jun 4, 5:52 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXFergus, Judith Basin53 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Montana, 2021Every special weather statement in 2021

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.