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Red Flag Warning 4, NWS Great Falls, MT

July 25, 20247 counties in Montana

NWS Great Falls, MT issued this red flag warning at Jul 25, 2024, 1:46 PM MDT for 7 counties in Montana. It took effect at Jul 26, 2024, 12:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 9 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
Jul 25, 2024, 1:46 PM MDT (19:46 UTC)
In effect from
Jul 26, 2024, 12:00 PM MDT
Expired
Jul 26, 2024, 9:00 PM MDT
In force
9 hr
Issued by
NWS Great Falls, MT

Counties Blaine County, MT, Glacier County, MT, Hill County, MT, Liberty County, MT, Phillips County, MT, Pondera County, MT, Toole County, MT

The radar

The Great Falls radar (KTFX), 126 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:47 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 Jul 25, 11:37 AM MDT, 2 hours 9 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 25, 11:37 AM MDT, 2 hours 9 minutes before
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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 25, 8:35 AM MDT, 5 hours 11 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 25, 9:50 AM MDT, 3 hours 56 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jul 25, 12:58 PM MDT, 48 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Great Falls, MT issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 24, 6:11 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXBlaine49 min
Jul 24, 6:24 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXLewis and Clark51 min
Jul 24, 11:29 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXCascade, Glacier, Judith Basin, Pondera, Teton, Toole46 min
Jul 25, 12:02 AM MDTHigh Wind WarningTFXBlaine, Chouteau, Fergus, Glacier, Hill, Judith Basin and 4 more3 hr
Jul 25, 9:50 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXGlacier40 min
Jul 25, 2:30 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXMeagher45 min
Jul 25, 2:39 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXMeagher36 min
Jul 25, 2:42 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXMadison33 min
Jul 25, 2:48 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXChouteau42 min
Jul 25, 3:18 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXMadison42 min
Jul 25, 3:23 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXChouteau52 min
Jul 25, 4:13 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFX47 min
Jul 25, 4:25 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXFergus35 min
Jul 25, 4:47 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXGallatin43 min
Jul 25, 4:52 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTFXGallatin53 min
Jul 25, 4:57 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXFergus33 min
Jul 25, 5:07 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatTFXFergus53 min
Jul 25, 5:09 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXBlaine36 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.