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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 98, NWS Great Falls, MT

August 19, 2024Gallatin County, Montana

NWS Great Falls, MT issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 19, 2024, 4:35 PM MDT for Gallatin County, Montana. It was in force for 40 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: Aug 19, 2024, 4:35 PM MDT (22:35 UTC)
Expired: Aug 19, 2024, 5:15 PM MDT
In force: 40 min
Issued by: NWS Great Falls, MT
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Gallatin County, MT

The radar

The Billings radar (KBLX), 202 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:36 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
Aug 19, 2:48 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 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 Aug 19, 1:34 PM MDT, 3 hours 1 minute earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 19, 1:34 PM MDT, 3 hours 1 minute before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 19, 2:50 PM MDT, 1 hour 45 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 19, 3:12 PM MDT, 1 hour 23 minutes before

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Local storm report, Aug 19, 3:18 PM MDT, 1 hour 17 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 19, 4:04 PM MDT, 31 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 19, 4:11 PM MDT, 24 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 19, 4:19 PM MDT, 16 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
Aug 18, 6:03 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TFX	Lewis and Clark, Teton	27 min
Aug 18, 6:18 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Pondera	27 min
Aug 18, 6:29 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TFX	Teton	46 min
Aug 18, 6:32 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Teton	28 min
Aug 18, 7:10 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Lewis and Clark	35 min
Aug 18, 7:14 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Pondera	31 min
Aug 18, 7:16 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Teton	44 min
Aug 18, 7:16 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TFX	Cascade, Chouteau	44 min
Aug 18, 7:24 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Cascade	51 min
Aug 18, 7:28 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Judith Basin	32 min
Aug 18, 7:30 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TFX	Judith Basin	28 min
Aug 18, 7:46 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Lewis and Clark	29 min
Aug 18, 7:53 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX		52 min
Aug 18, 7:54 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TFX	Lewis and Clark	36 min
Aug 18, 8:00 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TFX	Chouteau	45 min
Aug 18, 8:04 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TFX	Cascade, Lewis and Clark, Teton	26 min
Aug 18, 8:19 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Broadwater	26 min
Aug 18, 8:29 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Cascade	61 min
Aug 18, 8:36 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Liberty	24 min
Aug 18, 8:38 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Chouteau	37 min
Aug 18, 8:41 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TFX	Chouteau	34 min
Aug 18, 9:16 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Chouteau	44 min
Aug 18, 9:55 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Liberty	35 min
Aug 18, 10:07 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Chouteau	53 min
Aug 18, 10:18 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Hill, Liberty	42 min
Aug 18, 10:22 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Judith Basin	53 min
Aug 18, 10:30 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Liberty	45 min
Aug 18, 11:02 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Chouteau	43 min
Aug 18, 11:42 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX		63 min
Aug 18, 11:51 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Judith Basin	39 min
Aug 19, 12:30 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Blaine, Fergus, Hill, Judith Basin	45 min
Aug 19, 1:23 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Blaine, Fergus, Hill	37 min
Aug 19, 2:05 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Blaine	40 min
Aug 19, 2:40 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Blaine	35 min
Aug 19, 2:52 AM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TFX	Blaine	23 min
Aug 19, 3:17 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Blaine	28 min
Aug 19, 5:17 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Phillips	28 min
Aug 19, 2:12 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX		33 min
Aug 19, 2:39 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX		36 min
Aug 19, 2:50 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Beaverhead	25 min
Aug 19, 3:12 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Beaverhead	33 min
Aug 19, 4:04 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Broadwater	41 min
Aug 19, 4:11 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Beaverhead	34 min
Aug 19, 4:19 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Gallatin	26 min
Aug 19, 4:50 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Jefferson	55 min
Aug 19, 4:57 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Lewis and Clark	33 min
Aug 19, 5:34 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Teton	41 min
Aug 19, 5:47 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Broadwater	28 min
Aug 19, 5:51 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TFX	Broadwater, Jefferson, Lewis and Clark	24 min
Aug 19, 5:52 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Judith Basin	23 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.