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Special Weather Statement, NWS Great Falls, MT

June 5, 2023Chouteau County, Montana

NWS Great Falls, MT issued this special weather statement at Jun 5, 2023, 9:10 PM MDT for Chouteau County, Montana. It was in force for 50 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: Jun 5, 2023, 9:10 PM MDT (03:10 UTC)
Expired: Jun 5, 2023, 10:00 PM MDT
In force: 50 min
Issued by: NWS Great Falls, MT
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 40

County Chouteau County, MT

The radar

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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.

NWS Great Falls, MT wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Jun 5, 8:15 PM MDT, 55 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 5, 8:15 PM MDT, 55 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 5, 7:53 PM MDT, 1 hour 17 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 5, 7:53 PM MDT, 1 hour 17 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 5, 8:10 PM MDT, 1 hour before

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Local storm report, Jun 5, 8:12 PM MDT, 58 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 5, 9:00 PM MDT, 10 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 5, 9:10 PM MDT, 0 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 5, 6:41 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Cascade	34 min
Jun 5, 6:46 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Liberty	29 min
Jun 5, 7:06 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TFX	Cascade	114 min
Jun 5, 7:15 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Cascade	45 min
Jun 5, 7:19 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TFX	Cascade	30 min
Jun 5, 7:53 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Judith Basin	37 min
Jun 5, 8:10 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Gallatin	50 min
Jun 5, 8:23 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TFX	Cascade, Judith Basin	112 min
Jun 5, 9:00 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Gallatin	30 min
Jun 5, 9:42 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TFX	Chouteau, Fergus	48 min
Jun 5, 10:28 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TFX	Cascade, Chouteau, Fergus, Judith Basin	3 hr
Jun 5, 10:31 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX		29 min
Jun 5, 10:51 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Judith Basin	39 min
Jun 5, 11:26 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TFX	Blaine, Chouteau, Fergus	2 hr
Jun 6, 12:41 PM MDT	Flood Watch	TFX	Beaverhead, Blaine, Broadwater, Cascade, Chouteau, Fergus and 12 more	4 days
Jun 6, 1:14 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Blaine	46 min
Jun 6, 1:19 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TFX	Blaine	28 min
Jun 6, 1:23 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TFX	Blaine	3 hr
Jun 6, 2:04 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TFX	Fergus	24 hr
Jun 6, 2:13 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Blaine	47 min
Jun 6, 2:16 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Gallatin	44 min
Jun 6, 2:27 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	TFX	Gallatin	3 hr
Jun 6, 2:59 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX		46 min
Jun 6, 4:35 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TFX	Gallatin, Madison	3 hr
Jun 6, 5:26 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Beaverhead	34 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.