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Special Weather Statement, NWS Great Falls, MT
NWS Great Falls, MT issued this special weather statement at Jul 18, 2026, 4:21 PM MDT for Lewis and Clark County, Montana. It was in force for 39 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
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The facts
- Issued
- Jul 18, 2026, 4:21 PM MDT (22:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 18, 2026, 5:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Great Falls, MT
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 40
County Lewis and Clark County, MT
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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 Jul 18, 1:51 PM MDT, 2 hours 30 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 18, 1:51 PM MDT, 2 hours 30 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 18, 1:46 PM MDT, 2 hours 35 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Great Falls, MT issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Jul 17, 6:25 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | TFX | Jefferson | 50 min |
| Jul 17, 6:41 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TFX | Jefferson | 3 hr |
| Jul 17, 6:47 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | TFX | Cascade | 43 min |
| Jul 17, 6:58 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TFX | Cascade, Chouteau, Teton | 32 min |
| Jul 17, 7:08 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | TFX | Broadwater | 52 min |
| Jul 17, 7:26 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TFX | Broadwater, Meagher | 37 min |
| Jul 17, 8:00 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | TFX | Meagher | 45 min |
| Jul 17, 8:08 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | TFX | Cascade | 52 min |
| Jul 17, 8:33 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TFX | Broadwater, Meagher | 3 hr |
| Jul 17, 8:35 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TFX | Cascade, Judith Basin | 3 hr |
| Jul 17, 9:06 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | TFX | Broadwater, Lewis and Clark | 4 hr |
| Jul 18, 1:46 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | TFX | Beaverhead | 44 min |
| Jul 18, 2:25 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | TFX | Silver Bow | 50 min |
| Jul 18, 2:32 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TFX | Beaverhead, Jefferson, Madison | 28 min |
| Jul 18, 2:53 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TFX | Broadwater, Gallatin, Jefferson, Madison | 67 min |
| Jul 18, 4:01 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | TFX | Broadwater | 59 min |
| Jul 18, 4:49 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | TFX | Beaverhead | 56 min |
| Jul 18, 4:49 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | TFX | Pondera | 26 min |
| Jul 18, 5:00 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TFX | Cascade, Lewis and Clark | 45 min |
| Jul 18, 5:09 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | TFX | Liberty, Pondera | 66 min |
| Jul 18, 5:26 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TFX | Lewis and Clark, Teton | 64 min |
| Jul 18, 5:30 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TFX | Liberty, Toole | 60 min |
| Jul 18, 5:41 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | TFX | Cascade | 49 min |
| Jul 18, 5:44 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TFX | Liberty, Pondera, Toole | 3 hr |
| Jul 18, 5:48 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TFX | Pondera, Toole | 57 min |
| Jul 18, 5:50 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | TFX | Madison | 55 min |
| Jul 18, 5:55 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TFX | Teton | 35 min |
| Jul 18, 5:56 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | TFX | Cascade | 49 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.