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Special Weather Statement, NWS Great Falls, MT
NWS Great Falls, MT issued this special weather statement at Aug 26, 2021, 1:46 PM MDT for Lewis and Clark County, Montana. It was in force for 29 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 26, 2021, 1:46 PM MDT (19:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 26, 2021, 2:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Great Falls, MT
- Hail
- 0.25 in
- Wind
- 40
County Lewis and Clark County, MT
The radar
The Great Falls radar (KTFX), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The text
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</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.
NWS Great Falls, MT wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Aug 25, 5:45 PM MDT, 20 hours 1 minute earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 25, 5:45 PM MDT, 20 hours 1 minute before
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<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.
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Please try again in a few minutes.
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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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| Aug 25, 6:27 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | TFX | Jefferson | 48 min |
| Aug 25, 6:34 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | TFX | Madison | 26 min |
| Aug 25, 8:26 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | TFX | Madison | 34 min |
| Aug 25, 8:32 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | TFX | Meagher | 28 min |
| Aug 26, 1:10 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | TFX | Lewis and Clark | 35 min |
| Aug 26, 2:04 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | TFX | Cascade | 26 min |
| Aug 26, 2:26 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | TFX | Fergus | 34 min |
| Aug 26, 2:58 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | TFX | Fergus | 47 min |
| Aug 26, 3:32 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | TFX | Judith Basin | 28 min |
| Aug 26, 3:57 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | TFX | Judith Basin | 33 min |
| Aug 26, 4:11 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | TFX | Fergus | 34 min |
| Aug 26, 4:20 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | TFX | Blaine | 25 min |
| Aug 26, 4:31 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | TFX | Chouteau | 29 min |
| Aug 26, 4:33 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | TFX | Fergus | 27 min |
| Aug 26, 4:44 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | TFX | Fergus | 31 min |
| Aug 26, 4:58 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | TFX | Fergus | 32 min |
| Aug 26, 5:10 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | TFX | Fergus | 35 min |
| Aug 26, 5:16 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | TFX | Chouteau | 29 min |
| Aug 26, 5:42 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | TFX | Fergus | 33 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.