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Special Weather Statement, NWS Great Falls, MT

August 4, 2021Teton County, Montana

NWS Great Falls, MT issued this special weather statement at Aug 4, 2021, 7:44 PM MDT for Teton 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
Aug 4, 2021, 7:44 PM MDT (01:44 UTC)
Expired
Aug 4, 2021, 8:15 PM MDT
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS Great Falls, MT
Hail
0.50 in
Wind
30

County Teton County, MT

The radar

The Great Falls radar (KTFX), 34 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:47 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.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 4, 7:26 PM MDT, 18 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 4, 7:28 PM MDT, 16 minutes before
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Local storm report, Aug 4, 7:33 PM MDT, 11 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 4, 7:35 PM MDT, 9 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 4, 7:40 PM MDT, 4 minutes before
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      <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.
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      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
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Special weather statement, Aug 4, 7:44 PM MDT, 0 minutes before
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        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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 4, 6:12 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXToole48 min
Aug 4, 6:12 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXMeagher33 min
Aug 4, 6:23 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXCascade52 min
Aug 4, 6:30 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXCascade30 min
Aug 4, 6:31 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXToole44 min
Aug 4, 6:36 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTFXLiberty, Toole24 min
Aug 4, 6:42 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTFXCascade2 hr
Aug 4, 6:55 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXCascade35 min
Aug 4, 6:55 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTFXLiberty, Toole35 min
Aug 4, 7:01 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXTeton29 min
Aug 4, 7:02 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXTeton28 min
Aug 4, 7:16 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXLiberty44 min
Aug 4, 7:28 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXJudith Basin32 min
Aug 4, 7:35 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXCascade25 min
Aug 4, 7:40 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXChouteau50 min
Aug 4, 7:48 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXGlacier42 min
Aug 4, 7:53 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXJudith Basin37 min
Aug 4, 7:55 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXPondera50 min
Aug 4, 7:56 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXCascade34 min
Aug 4, 8:03 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXCascade27 min
Aug 4, 8:06 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXChouteau39 min
Aug 4, 8:07 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXTeton23 min
Aug 4, 8:09 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXGlacier51 min
Aug 4, 8:15 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXTeton30 min
Aug 4, 8:23 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXGlacier37 min
Aug 4, 8:30 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXLiberty45 min
Aug 4, 8:36 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXChouteau24 min
Aug 4, 8:37 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXJudith Basin23 min
Aug 4, 8:39 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXTeton36 min
Aug 4, 8:47 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXToole43 min
Aug 4, 8:49 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXCascade26 min
Aug 4, 8:49 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXLiberty41 min
Aug 4, 8:52 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXFergus38 min
Aug 4, 8:53 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXGlacier37 min
Aug 4, 8:57 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXChouteau33 min
Aug 4, 9:40 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXToole65 min
Aug 5, 12:54 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXBeaverhead51 min
Aug 5, 1:22 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXBeaverhead38 min
Aug 5, 1:39 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXBeaverhead36 min
Aug 5, 2:31 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXMadison59 min
Aug 5, 2:54 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXMadison66 min
Aug 5, 3:45 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXDeer Lodge15 min
Aug 5, 3:46 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXSilver Bow14 min
Aug 5, 4:07 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXGallatin, Jefferson38 min
Aug 5, 4:09 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXJefferson51 min
Aug 5, 4:23 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXGallatin, Jefferson52 min
Aug 5, 4:54 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXBroadwater36 min
Aug 5, 5:07 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTFXLewis and Clark38 min
Aug 5, 5:13 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXBroadwater, Jefferson32 min
Aug 5, 5:35 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXBroadwater25 min
Aug 5, 5:37 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXBroadwater23 min
Aug 5, 5:41 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXLewis and Clark64 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.