Alert archive / Montana / Blaine County
Weather alerts in Blaine County, Montana, 2016
79 weather alerts in 2016, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.
Blaine County and its neighbors
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2016. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 79
- Warnings
- 24
- Watches
- 4
- Advisories
- 3
- Busiest month
- June34 alerts
- Busiest day
- June 11, 201610 alerts
Over time
By month
Warning verification
How often warnings here had a storm report inside them, and how much warning the reports had.
0 of 1 tornado warnings covering Blaine County in 2016 had a tornado report inside them.
Blaine County, 2016
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado warnings | 1 | 0 | 100% | 0 | ||
| Severe thunderstorm warnings | 19 | 8 | 58% | 12 | 42% | 4 min |
| Flash flood warnings | 0 | 0 |
Each office's whole area, 2016
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NWS Great Falls, MT: tornado warnings | 5 | 0 | 100% | 1 | 0% | |
| NWS Great Falls, MT: severe thunderstorm warnings | 106 | 48 | 55% | 177 | 60% | 20 min |
| NWS Great Falls, MT: flash flood warnings | 2 | 1 | 50% | 6 | 33% | 0 min |
An office's figures cover every county it serves, including across state lines.
Verified by the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow, which matches each storm-based warning with the local storm reports inside its polygon while it was in force, within 15 km of its edge: a tornado warning counts as verified on a tornado report, a severe thunderstorm warning on hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more, or wind damage, a flash flood warning on a flash flood report. The false alarm ratio is the share of warnings with no such report; "inside a warning" is the probability of detection, the share of reports that fell inside one; lead time runs from the warning's issue to each report inside it, counting zero for a report that came first. A warning with no report is not proof nothing happened: reports come from spotters, the public and damage surveys, and are thin where few people live.
The alerts
Every alert, in the order issued. Times are local, Mountain Time. Each opens its own page with the text, the map, the radar and the sounding.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 11, 4:21 AM MDT | River Flood Warning | TFX | 53 hr |
| May 11, 4:21 AM MDT | River Flood Warning | TFX | 53 hr |
| May 21, 12:32 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | TFX | 43 min |
| May 21, 1:22 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | TFX | 38 min |
| May 21, 2:10 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 65 min |
| May 21, 7:33 PM MDT | River Flood Warning | TFX | 38 hr |
| Jun 1, 7:45 AM MDT | River Flood Warning | TFX | 37 hr |
| Jun 9, 1:01 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
| Jun 9, 2:17 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TFX | 37 min |
| Jun 9, 2:51 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 84 min |
| Jun 9, 3:13 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | TFX | 47 min |
| Jun 10, 3:06 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 11 hr |
| Jun 10, 4:30 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TFX | 60 min |
| Jun 10, 5:17 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TFX | 43 min |
| Jun 10, 6:00 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TFX | 30 min |
| Jun 10, 6:52 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TFX | 38 min |
| Jun 10, 8:12 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TFX | 45 min |
| Jun 10, 8:28 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TFX | 47 min |
| Jun 10, 8:35 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 85 min |
| Jun 10, 9:15 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TFX | 30 min |
| Jun 10, 10:31 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TFX | 6 hr |
| Jun 11, 5:25 AM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 95 min |
| Jun 11, 6:32 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TFX | 43 min |
| Jun 11, 7:17 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | TFX | 43 min |
| Jun 14, 1:00 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jun 14, 3:29 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | TFX | 31 min |
| Jun 14, 4:00 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | TFX | 30 min |
| Jun 14, 4:03 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jun 14, 4:35 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | TFX | 40 min |
| Jun 18, 2:43 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 92 min |
| Jun 18, 3:16 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Jun 18, 5:36 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TFX | 24 min |
| Jun 18, 5:54 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | TFX | 36 min |
| Jun 18, 5:56 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jun 18, 6:29 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TFX | 31 min |
| Jun 21, 1:46 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 119 min |
| Jun 21, 2:56 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | TFX | 34 min |
| Jun 21, 3:18 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TFX | 42 min |
| Jun 24, 3:51 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 84 min |
| Jun 28, 5:46 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | TFX | 59 min |
| Jun 30, 7:33 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 117 min |
| Jun 30, 9:56 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TFX | 34 min |
| Jul 2, 2:50 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | TFX | 40 min |
| Jul 2, 2:53 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TFX | 22 min |
| Jul 2, 3:16 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | TFX | 44 min |
| Jul 8, 8:42 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | TFX | 48 min |
| Jul 11, 3:48 AM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TFX | 6 hr |
| Jul 11, 9:55 AM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TFX | 5 hr |
| Jul 15, 3:50 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 115 min |
| Jul 18, 9:13 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TFX | 50 min |
| Jul 18, 11:21 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | TFX | 54 min |
| Jul 19, 3:41 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 94 min |
| Jul 19, 7:21 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | TFX | 39 min |
| Jul 19, 10:44 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | TFX | 46 min |
| Jul 20, 5:27 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | TFX | 33 min |
| Jul 22, 2:19 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jul 22, 6:05 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TFX | 40 min |
| Jul 22, 6:21 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | TFX | 39 min |
| Jul 22, 6:48 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | TFX | 42 min |
| Jul 26, 3:25 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | TFX | 35 min |
| Jul 26, 4:31 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | TFX | 29 min |
| Jul 26, 4:57 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | TFX | 48 min |
| Jul 26, 8:14 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | TFX | 46 min |
| Jul 27, 1:35 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | TFX | 25 min |
| Jul 27, 2:37 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | TFX | 23 min |
| Jul 27, 3:05 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | TFX | 25 min |
| Aug 7, 6:00 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Aug 9, 4:53 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Aug 9, 5:35 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 85 min |
| Aug 9, 8:08 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TFX | 67 min |
| Aug 9, 8:30 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 60 min |
| Aug 10, 1:30 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TFX | 30 min |
| Aug 10, 1:57 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TFX | 63 min |
| Aug 31, 7:37 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | TFX | 38 min |
| Sep 1, 6:33 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 117 min |
| Oct 1, 3:35 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Oct 1, 6:29 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | TFX | 46 min |
| Nov 30, 9:26 AM MST | Special Weather Statement | TFX | 79 min |
| Dec 20, 8:38 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | TFX | 82 min |
By product
Every kind of product issued here, grouped by hazard. Each opens the same place narrowed to that product.
| Product | Alerts |
|---|---|
| Severe storms | |
| Severe Thunderstorm Warning | 19 |
| Tornado Warning | 1 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 4 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 19 |
| Special Weather Statement | 29 |
| Flooding | |
| River Flood Warning | 4 |
| Areal Flood Advisory | 3 |
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
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Sources
National Weather Service watches, warnings, advisories and statements from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's VTEC archive, which reconstructs tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings back to 1986 from the NWS text archive. Storm Prediction Center watches and mesoscale discussions from SPC's archive through the Mesonet. County centers from the US Census Bureau. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.