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Red Flag Warning 5, NWS Great Falls, MT
NWS Great Falls, MT issued this red flag warning at Aug 29, 2023, 2:46 AM MDT for Blaine County, Hill County, Phillips County, Montana. It took effect at Aug 29, 2023, 3:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 10 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 29, 2023, 2:46 AM MDT (08:46 UTC)
- In effect from
- Aug 29, 2023, 3:00 PM MDT
- Expired
- Aug 30, 2023, 1:00 AM MDT
- In force
- 10 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Great Falls, MT
Counties Blaine County, MT, Hill County, MT, Phillips County, MT
The radar
The Glasgow radar (KGGW), 177 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this red flag 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 red flag warning went out at Aug 28, 11:35 PM MDT, 3 hours 11 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 28, 11:35 PM MDT, 3 hours 11 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Great Falls, MT issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 29, 2:13 PM MDT | High Wind Warning | TFX | Cascade, Fergus, Glacier, Judith Basin, Lewis and Clark, Pondera and 2 more | 36 hr |
| Aug 29, 5:05 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | TFX | Beaverhead | 40 min |
| Aug 29, 5:22 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | TFX | Lewis and Clark | 23 min |
| Aug 29, 5:47 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | TFX | Beaverhead | 43 min |
| Aug 29, 5:51 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | TFX | Lewis and Clark | 39 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.