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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 25, NWS Great Falls, MT

June 28, 2022Gallatin County, Madison County, Montana

NWS Great Falls, MT issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 28, 2022, 4:54 PM MDT for Gallatin County, Madison County, Montana. It was in force for 38 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 28, 2022, 4:54 PM MDT (22:54 UTC)
Expired: Jun 28, 2022, 5:32 PM MDT
In force: 38 min
Issued by: NWS Great Falls, MT
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Gallatin County, MT, Madison County, MT

The radar

The Great Falls radar (KTFX), 227 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jun 28, 3:45 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 28, 3:59 PM MDT, 55 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 28, 3:59 PM MDT, 55 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 28, 4:30 PM MDT, 24 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 28, 4:31 PM MDT, 23 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 28, 4:35 PM MDT, 19 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 28, 4:36 PM MDT, 18 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 28, 4:40 PM MDT, 14 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 28, 4:47 PM MDT, 7 minutes before

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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 28, 7:23 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Teton	37 min
Jun 28, 12:28 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Judith Basin	32 min
Jun 28, 12:58 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Lewis and Clark	32 min
Jun 28, 1:03 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Judith Basin	27 min
Jun 28, 1:09 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Wheatland	36 min
Jun 28, 1:18 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Broadwater	12 min
Jun 28, 1:58 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TFX	Beaverhead, Madison	32 min
Jun 28, 2:04 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Fergus	26 min
Jun 28, 2:53 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Lewis and Clark	37 min
Jun 28, 2:54 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Broadwater	36 min
Jun 28, 2:56 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Broadwater	34 min
Jun 28, 2:58 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Beaverhead	32 min
Jun 28, 3:04 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Jefferson	26 min
Jun 28, 3:12 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Gallatin	48 min
Jun 28, 3:18 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TFX	Broadwater	27 min
Jun 28, 3:27 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Meagher	33 min
Jun 28, 3:30 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Jefferson	30 min
Jun 28, 3:38 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Broadwater	37 min
Jun 28, 3:44 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Lewis and Clark	31 min
Jun 28, 3:49 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Broadwater	11 min
Jun 28, 3:53 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Madison	37 min
Jun 28, 4:04 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Meagher	26 min
Jun 28, 4:24 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Broadwater	36 min
Jun 28, 4:30 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Fergus	30 min
Jun 28, 4:31 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Gallatin	29 min
Jun 28, 4:35 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Cascade	25 min
Jun 28, 4:36 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Meagher	39 min
Jun 28, 4:47 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Beaverhead	28 min
Jun 28, 4:58 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Cascade	32 min
Jun 28, 5:02 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX		28 min
Jun 28, 5:09 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Fergus	51 min
Jun 28, 5:22 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TFX	Fergus	53 min
Jun 28, 5:40 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX		35 min
Jun 28, 5:49 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Cascade	26 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.