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Special Weather Statement, NWS Great Falls, MT

September 20, 2024Toole County, Montana

NWS Great Falls, MT issued this special weather statement at Sep 20, 2024, 12:48 PM MDT for Toole County, Montana. It was in force for 42 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

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The facts

Issued: Sep 20, 2024, 12:48 PM MDT (18:48 UTC)
Expired: Sep 20, 2024, 1:30 PM MDT
In force: 42 min
Issued by: NWS Great Falls, MT
Hail: 0.00 in
Wind: 55

County Toole County, MT

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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 Sep 20, 11:22 AM MDT, 1 hour 26 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 20, 11:22 AM MDT, 1 hour 26 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Sep 20, 12:05 PM MDT, 43 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Great Falls MT
1205 PM MDT Fri Sep 20 2024

MTZ303-304-201845-
Eastern Toole and Liberty MT-
Eastern Glacier, Western Toole, and Central Pondera MT-
1205 PM MDT Fri Sep 20 2024

...GUSTY SHOWERS WILL IMPACT NORTHEASTERN GLACIER AND NORTHWESTERN
TOOLE COUNTIES THROUGH 1245 PM MDT...

At 1204 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking gusty showers 13 miles
west of Sunburst, or 18 miles north of Cut Bank, moving east at 30
mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects.

Locations impacted include...
Sunburst, Kevin, Ferdig, Oilmont, and Santa Rita.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 4899 11218 4899 11151 4853 11173 4881 11248
      4901 11228
TIME...MOT...LOC 1804Z 288DEG 25KT 4889 11221

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...55 MPH

Moldan

Special weather statement, Sep 20, 12:48 PM MDT, 0 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Great Falls MT
1248 PM MDT Fri Sep 20 2024

MTZ303-304-201930-
Eastern Toole and Liberty MT-
Eastern Glacier, Western Toole, and Central Pondera MT-
1248 PM MDT Fri Sep 20 2024

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHEASTERN GLACIER AND
NORTHWESTERN TOOLE COUNTIES THROUGH 130 PM MDT...

At 1248 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 24
miles north of Cut Bank, moving southeast at 25 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects.

Locations impacted include...
Sunburst and Sweet Grass.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 4900 11177 4869 11202 4893 11259 4900 11254
TIME...MOT...LOC 1848Z 295DEG 22KT 4898 11243

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...55 MPH

Moldan

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Sep 20, 6:32 AM MDT	River Flood Warning	TFX	Blaine	11 hr
Sep 20, 12:05 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Toole	40 min
Sep 20, 2:24 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TFX	Hill, Liberty, Toole	66 min
Sep 20, 3:07 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TFX	Hill, Liberty	53 min
Sep 20, 3:57 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Blaine	48 min
Sep 20, 4:01 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TFX	Hill	29 min
Sep 20, 4:28 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Blaine	32 min

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Sources

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