1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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The local office's own words before the first event, 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 the first event at Jun 28, 7:45 PM MST, 45 minutes earlier.
SOUTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL MONTANA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
845 PM MDT FRI JUN 28 2002
.SHORT TERM...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS THE SOUTHERN
PART OF THE CWA AT THE TIME. THE SEVERE THREAT HAS ENDED FOR MOST OF
THE CWA...EXCEPT FOR JUDITH BASIN AND FERGUS COUNTIES. ONCE THE
STORMS MOVE OUT OF THE AREA WILL DROP POPS. WILL KEEP SCATTERED POPS
FOR THE FAR WESTERN ZONES. BEST CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
LOOK TO BE TOMORROW MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON. CURRENT FORECAST
HANDLES THIS WELL.
EXTENDED...SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT WILL PERSIST OVER THE CWA THROUGH
THE EXTENDED PERIOD. TUESDAY LOOKS TO BE DRY AS A SHORT WAVE RIDGE
SWINGS THROUGH THE REGION. THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF AFTERNOON AND
EVENING THUNDERSTORMS WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY UNDER THE SOUTHWEST
FLOW. TEMPERATURES DURING THIS PERIOD WILL REMAIN NEAR NORMAL. MEIER
.CCF NUMBERS
GTF NU 058/078 050/082 050 14240
BBBBB 080/045 078/048 082/048 080/048 080 00011133333
CTB NU 056/074 048/076 050 14430
BBBBB 075/042 077/046 078/048 078/048 078 00011133333
HLN NU 058/080 050/084 052 14441
BBBBB 082/050 080/050 082/050 082/050 082 00011133333
BZN BU 052/082 045/084 047 14232
BBBBB 082/045 077/049 080/049 080/049 081 00011133333
WEY BU 044/078 040/072 040 14221
BBBBB 073/041 076/045 075/045 075/045 075 00011133333
DLN NU 053/077 044/082 048 14231
BBBBB 081/045 078/048 080/050 082/050 082 00011133333
HVR NU 060/080 052/083 052 14230
BBBBB 081/048 078/050 082/050 082/050 082 00011133333
LWT NU 057/078 048/081 050 14441
BBBBB 079/044 079/050 080/050 080/050 080 00011133333=
.TFX...FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR GLACIER COUNTY (ZONES 9 AND 10).LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
511 PM MDT FRI JUN 28 2002
TIME(MDT) .....EVENT LOCATION..... ST ...EVENT/REMARKS...........
.....COUNTY LOCATION.....
0445 PM 9 SE DILLON MT 0.50 INCH HAIL
06/28/02 BEAVERHEAD
NNNNThe Great Falls radar (KTFX), 155 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 03:27 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A severe thunderstorm produced a 60 to 70 mph wind gust between Hilger and Forestgrove.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Montana in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in Montana, June 2002
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5300625.