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Special Weather Statement, NWS Great Falls, MT
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
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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
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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
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Great Falls, MT issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Jun 3, 6:42 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | TFX | Cascade | 33 min |
| Jun 3, 7:11 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | TFX | Cascade | 49 min |
| Jun 4, 2:47 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | TFX | Beaverhead | 28 min |
| Jun 4, 3:10 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | TFX | Beaverhead | 35 min |
| Jun 4, 3:10 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | TFX | Meagher | 65 min |
| Jun 4, 3:14 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | TFX | Beaverhead | 31 min |
| Jun 4, 3:36 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | TFX | Madison | 24 min |
| Jun 4, 4:03 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | TFX | Meagher | 42 min |
| Jun 4, 4:10 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | TFX | Madison | 35 min |
| Jun 4, 4:19 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TFX | Meagher | 26 min |
| Jun 4, 4:42 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | TFX | Wheatland | 33 min |
| Jun 4, 4:56 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | TFX | Judith Basin | 34 min |
| Jun 4, 5:32 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | TFX | Gallatin | 28 min |
| Jun 4, 5:52 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | TFX | Fergus, Judith Basin | 53 min |
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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.