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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 71, NWS Great Falls, MT

July 17, 2026Cascade County, Lewis and Clark County, Teton County, Montana

NWS Great Falls, MT issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 17, 2026, 3:36 PM MDT for Cascade County, Lewis and Clark County, Teton County, Montana. It was in force for 24 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 17, 2026, 3:36 PM MDT (21:36 UTC)
Expired: Jul 17, 2026, 4:00 PM MDT
In force: 24 min
Issued by: NWS Great Falls, MT
Area: Storm-based polygon
Damage threat: Considerable
Hail: 1.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Cascade County, MT, Lewis and Clark County, MT, Teton County, MT

The radar

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What forecasters said that day

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NWS Great Falls, MT wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jul 17, 12:51 PM MDT, 2 hours 45 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 17, 12:51 PM MDT, 2 hours 45 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 17, 12:57 PM MDT, 2 hours 39 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 17, 2:14 PM MDT, 1 hour 22 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 17, 3:32 PM MDT, 4 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 16, 6:55 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Glacier	50 min
Jul 16, 7:02 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TFX	Glacier	44 min
Jul 16, 7:45 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Glacier	60 min
Jul 16, 7:56 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Glacier	64 min
Jul 17, 12:02 AM MDT	Flash Flood Watch	TFX	Broadwater, Gallatin, Lewis and Clark, Meagher	24 hr
Jul 17, 12:57 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Pondera	48 min
Jul 17, 2:14 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Teton	61 min
Jul 17, 2:51 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TFX	Lewis and Clark, Teton	54 min
Jul 17, 3:32 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Lewis and Clark	43 min
Jul 17, 4:29 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Lewis and Clark	91 min
Jul 17, 5:08 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Cascade	52 min
Jul 17, 5:49 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Cascade	41 min
Jul 17, 5:59 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TFX	Lewis and Clark	3 hr

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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.