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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 101, NWS Great Falls, MT

July 27, 2025Hill County, Liberty County, Montana

NWS Great Falls, MT issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 27, 2025, 9:14 PM MDT for Hill County, Liberty County, Montana. It was in force for 61 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: Jul 27, 2025, 9:14 PM MDT (03:14 UTC)
Expired: Jul 27, 2025, 10:15 PM MDT
In force: 61 min
Issued by: NWS Great Falls, MT
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Hill County, MT, Liberty County, MT

The radar

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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 Jul 27, 5:32 PM MDT, 3 hours 42 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 27, 5:32 PM MDT, 3 hours 42 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 27, 7:31 PM MDT, 1 hour 43 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 27, 7:40 PM MDT, 1 hour 34 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 27, 7:47 PM MDT, 1 hour 27 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 27, 7:53 PM MDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 27, 8:15 PM MDT, 59 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 27, 8:46 PM MDT, 28 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
Jul 27, 6:04 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX		26 min
Jul 27, 6:12 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Lewis and Clark	48 min
Jul 27, 6:29 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX		31 min
Jul 27, 6:37 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Judith Basin	23 min
Jul 27, 7:07 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TFX	Glacier, Toole	38 min
Jul 27, 7:24 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Wheatland	51 min
Jul 27, 7:31 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Blaine	44 min
Jul 27, 7:40 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Toole	35 min
Jul 27, 7:53 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Liberty, Toole	52 min
Jul 27, 8:10 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TFX	Hill, Liberty, Toole	65 min
Jul 27, 8:15 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Fergus	30 min
Jul 27, 8:46 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Fergus	44 min
Jul 27, 10:13 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Hill	47 min
Jul 27, 10:52 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Blaine	38 min
Jul 27, 11:19 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TFX	Blaine, Hill	4 hr
Jul 27, 11:29 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Blaine	61 min
Jul 27, 11:46 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Meagher	44 min
Jul 28, 2:42 AM MDT	River Flood Warning	TFX	Blaine	3 hr
Jul 28, 1:43 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Teton	32 min
Jul 28, 1:59 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Jefferson	46 min
Jul 28, 2:13 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TFX	Lewis and Clark, Teton	62 min
Jul 28, 2:14 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Broadwater	46 min
Jul 28, 2:24 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Judith Basin	51 min
Jul 28, 2:36 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Pondera	39 min
Jul 28, 2:39 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TFX	Broadwater, Jefferson, Lewis and Clark	36 min
Jul 28, 2:43 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TFX	Fergus, Judith Basin	47 min
Jul 28, 3:04 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Jefferson	26 min
Jul 28, 3:05 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TFX	Fergus, Judith Basin	19 min
Jul 28, 3:11 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TFX	Broadwater, Meagher	29 min
Jul 28, 3:12 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TFX	Cascade, Lewis and Clark, Teton	63 min
Jul 28, 3:15 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Meagher	45 min
Jul 28, 3:29 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Fergus	46 min
Jul 28, 3:46 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Judith Basin	44 min
Jul 28, 3:46 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Cascade	44 min
Jul 28, 3:51 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TFX	Cascade, Judith Basin, Meagher	54 min
Jul 28, 3:56 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TFX	Fergus	64 min
Jul 28, 3:57 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Judith Basin	33 min
Jul 28, 4:00 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Cascade	60 min
Jul 28, 4:03 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TFX	Cascade, Meagher	42 min
Jul 28, 4:07 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Meagher	38 min
Jul 28, 4:09 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TFX	Judith Basin	51 min
Jul 28, 4:18 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TFX	Meagher	29 min
Jul 28, 4:31 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Cascade	44 min
Jul 28, 4:35 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TFX	Judith Basin	3 hr
Jul 28, 4:38 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TFX	Cascade, Judith Basin	52 min
Jul 28, 4:38 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TFX	Judith Basin, Meagher	26 min
Jul 28, 4:45 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Fergus	45 min
Jul 28, 4:51 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TFX	Fergus, Judith Basin	54 min
Jul 28, 4:55 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Lewis and Clark	50 min
Jul 28, 4:58 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Fergus	77 min
Jul 28, 5:00 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Cascade	30 min
Jul 28, 5:09 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TFX	Chouteau, Fergus	51 min
Jul 28, 5:15 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TFX	Fergus	60 min
Jul 28, 5:17 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Cascade	28 min
Jul 28, 5:27 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TFX	Fergus	4 hr
Jul 28, 5:28 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Chouteau	47 min
Jul 28, 5:37 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Fergus	38 min
Jul 28, 5:48 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TFX	Fergus	42 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.