Alert archive / Montana / Gallatin County

Weather alerts in Gallatin County, Montana, 2020

122 weather alerts in 2020, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.

Gallatin County and its neighbors

Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2020. Tap one for its archive.

Alerts
122
Warnings
29
Watches
22
Advisories
3
Busiest month
August44 alerts
Busiest day
July 7, 20208 alerts

Over time

By month

Warning verification

How often warnings here had a storm report inside them, and how much warning the reports had.

Gallatin County, 2020

WarningsWith a reportFalse alarm ratioReportsInside a warningMean lead time
Tornado warnings00
Severe thunderstorm warnings6267%2223%12 min
Flash flood warnings00

Each office's whole area, 2020

WarningsWith a reportFalse alarm ratioReportsInside a warningMean lead time
NWS Great Falls, MT: tornado warnings20100%0
NWS Great Falls, MT: severe thunderstorm warnings652758%10844%14 min
NWS Great Falls, MT: flash flood warnings10100%0

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jan 29, 10:02 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementTFX118 min
Jan 30, 1:54 PM MSTFire Weather WatchTFX24 hr
Feb 8, 7:05 AM MSTSpecial Weather StatementTFX55 min
Feb 8, 7:14 AM MSTSnow Squall WarningTFX31 min
Feb 8, 7:58 AM MSTSpecial Weather StatementTFX92 min
Feb 14, 8:07 AM MSTSnow Squall WarningTFX53 min
Feb 23, 7:47 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementTFX43 min
Feb 23, 8:35 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementTFX40 min
May 3, 1:21 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFX54 min
May 18, 10:37 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFX38 min
May 19, 1:36 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC114 min
May 19, 2:34 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr
May 19, 5:10 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
May 23, 8:14 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFX91 min
May 23, 9:38 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFX82 min
May 29, 7:18 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFX42 min
May 30, 1:45 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC90 min
May 30, 5:08 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFX37 min
Jun 1, 2:45 AM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTFX3 days
Jun 6, 6:32 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFX43 min
Jun 6, 6:43 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTFX47 min
Jun 21, 8:56 AM MDTRiver Flood AdvisoryTFX13 hr
Jun 24, 2:29 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Jun 24, 5:05 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFX55 min
Jun 24, 6:38 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTFX33 min
Jun 24, 7:23 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFX52 min
Jul 1, 3:17 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFX43 min
Jul 1, 4:56 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFX49 min
Jul 1, 5:49 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFX26 min
Jul 3, 2:37 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFX23 min
Jul 3, 3:04 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFX26 min
Jul 3, 3:31 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFX29 min
Jul 3, 3:59 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFX31 min
Jul 3, 5:11 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFX49 min
Jul 4, 2:54 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Jul 5, 5:05 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFX25 min
Jul 7, 12:53 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFX37 min
Jul 7, 1:14 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr
Jul 7, 1:27 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTFX33 min
Jul 7, 1:28 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTFX32 min
Jul 7, 2:04 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTFX26 min
Jul 7, 2:29 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFX31 min
Jul 7, 3:10 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFX50 min
Jul 7, 4:04 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFX26 min
Jul 9, 6:46 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFX44 min
Jul 9, 7:15 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFX45 min
Jul 9, 7:30 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFX30 min
Jul 9, 7:58 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFX32 min
Jul 17, 2:41 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Jul 23, 11:39 AM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Jul 23, 2:43 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC4 hr
Jul 23, 3:31 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFX29 min
Aug 3, 5:28 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFX47 min
Aug 3, 5:36 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC114 min
Aug 3, 5:49 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTFX26 min
Aug 3, 6:16 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFX29 min
Aug 3, 6:47 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFX28 min
Aug 3, 7:15 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFX30 min
Aug 5, 3:01 PM MDTFire Weather WatchTFX23 hr
Aug 6, 1:53 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Aug 6, 2:23 PM MDTRed Flag WarningTFX31 hr
Aug 6, 4:19 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFX41 min
Aug 9, 2:27 PM MDTFire Weather WatchTFX21 hr
Aug 10, 11:42 AM MDTRed Flag WarningTFX57 hr
Aug 10, 1:56 PM MDTFire Weather WatchBYZ24 hr
Aug 11, 1:49 PM MDTRed Flag WarningBYZ31 hr
Aug 12, 4:10 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFX20 min
Aug 16, 1:48 PM MDTFire Weather WatchTFX38 hr
Aug 17, 2:11 PM MDTRed Flag WarningBYZ30 hr
Aug 18, 3:29 AM MDTRed Flag WarningTFX65 hr
Aug 19, 2:45 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Aug 19, 3:05 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC115 min
Aug 19, 6:43 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFX32 min
Aug 19, 6:49 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFX26 min
Aug 19, 7:23 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFX22 min
Aug 19, 7:43 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFX17 min
Aug 19, 8:42 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFX33 min
Aug 20, 4:25 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFX35 min
Aug 20, 4:45 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFX15 min
Aug 20, 5:17 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFX28 min
Aug 20, 6:04 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFX26 min
Aug 20, 6:16 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFX44 min
Aug 20, 6:34 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFX26 min
Aug 25, 5:48 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC117 min
Aug 26, 2:44 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC91 min
Aug 26, 6:18 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFX27 min
Aug 26, 6:48 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFX27 min
Aug 26, 7:04 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC116 min
Aug 26, 7:19 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFX41 min
Aug 28, 4:01 AM MDTFire Weather WatchTFX11 hr
Aug 28, 2:20 PM MDTRed Flag WarningBYZ31 hr
Aug 28, 2:36 PM MDTRed Flag WarningTFX33 hr
Aug 30, 2:17 PM MDTFire Weather WatchBYZ13 hr
Aug 30, 2:54 PM MDTFire Weather WatchTFX12 hr
Aug 31, 3:09 AM MDTRed Flag WarningTFX66 hr
Aug 31, 3:27 AM MDTRed Flag WarningBYZ69 hr
Sep 3, 3:14 AM MDTFire Weather WatchBYZ32 hr
Sep 3, 2:50 PM MDTFire Weather WatchTFX21 hr
Sep 4, 11:14 AM MDTRed Flag WarningBYZ57 hr
Sep 4, 11:21 AM MDTFire Weather WatchTFX16 hr
Sep 4, 11:21 AM MDTRed Flag WarningTFX33 hr
Sep 12, 2:46 AM MDTFire Weather WatchBYZ24 hr
Sep 12, 3:47 AM MDTFire Weather WatchTFX24 hr
Sep 13, 3:11 AM MDTRed Flag WarningBYZ42 hr
Sep 13, 3:17 AM MDTRed Flag WarningTFX40 hr
Sep 22, 1:46 PM MDTFire Weather WatchBYZ24 hr
Sep 22, 2:46 PM MDTFire Weather WatchTFX24 hr
Sep 22, 5:20 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFX25 min
Sep 23, 1:22 PM MDTRed Flag WarningBYZ31 hr
Sep 23, 2:37 PM MDTRed Flag WarningTFX30 hr
Sep 25, 10:53 AM MDTRed Flag WarningBYZ33 hr
Oct 2, 1:47 PM MDTFire Weather WatchBYZ24 hr
Oct 3, 2:04 PM MDTRed Flag WarningBYZ30 hr
Oct 6, 3:26 AM MDTRed Flag WarningBYZ17 hr
Oct 7, 3:33 AM MDTFire Weather WatchBYZ7 hr
Oct 7, 10:35 AM MDTRed Flag WarningBYZ34 hr
Oct 8, 1:57 PM MDTFire Weather WatchTFX12 hr
Oct 9, 1:46 AM MDTRed Flag WarningTFX42 hr
Oct 9, 2:29 AM MDTFire Weather WatchBYZ9 hr
Oct 9, 11:58 AM MDTRed Flag WarningBYZ32 hr
Oct 17, 11:07 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFX53 min
Dec 27, 11:10 AM MSTAreal Flood AdvisoryTFX4 days

By product

Every kind of product issued here, grouped by hazard. Each opens the same place narrowed to that product.

The busiest days

Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.

Nearby

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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.