Alert archive / Montana / Tornado Watches
Tornado Watches in Montana, 2002
4 tornado watches in 2002. An alert counts here when it covered any part of the state, so the counties below add up to more than the state. The archive of tornado watches reaches back to 1997.
Tornado Watches by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2002. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Watches
- 4
- Busiest month
- May1 tornado watches
- Busiest day
- May 21, 20021 tornado watches
Over time
By month
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 | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 21, 3:45 PM MDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Chouteau, Fergus, Golden Valley, Hill, Judith Basin, Liberty and 2 more | 5 hr |
| Jun 8, 1:15 PM MDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Carter, Custer, Fallon, Powder River, Prairie, Wibaux | 6 hr |
| Jul 8, 4:45 PM MDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Blaine, Fergus, Garfield, McCone, Musselshell, Petroleum and 2 more | 5 hr |
| Aug 6, 2:40 PM MDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Blaine, Daniels, Fergus, Garfield, Judith Basin, McCone and 5 more | 6 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Fergus County3
- Judith Basin County2
- Musselshell County2
- Blaine County2
- Garfield County2
- McCone County2
- Petroleum County2
- Phillips County2
- Valley County2
- Chouteau County1
- Golden Valley County1
- Hill County1
- Liberty County1
- Wheatland County1
- Carter County1
- Custer County1
- Fallon County1
- Powder River County1
- Prairie County1
- Wibaux County1
- Daniels County1
- Roosevelt County1
- Sheridan County1
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
Nearby
Alerts in force nowTornadoes on recordThe radar archive20012003
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.