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Heavy Snow Warning 11, NWS Missoula, MT

December 5, 20058 counties in Montana

NWS Missoula, MT issued this heavy snow warning at Dec 5, 2005, 6:09 AM MST for 8 counties in Montana. It was in force for 12 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 5, 2005, 6:09 AM MST (13:09 UTC)
Expired: Dec 5, 2005, 5:43 PM MST
In force: 12 hr
Issued by: NWS Missoula, MT

Counties Deer Lodge County, MT, Flathead County, MT, Granite County, MT, Lake County, MT, Missoula County, MT, Powell County, MT, Sanders County, MT, Silver Bow County, MT

The radar

The Missoula radar (KMSX), 25 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this heavy snow warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Missoula, MT wrote its last area forecast discussion before this heavy snow warning went out at Dec 5, 3:10 AM MST, 2 hours 59 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 5, 3:10 AM MST, 2 hours 59 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 5, 4:24 AM MST, 1 hour 45 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Missoula, MT issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Dec 4, 8:54 PM MST	Snow Advisory	MSO	Flathead, Granite, Lake, Missoula, Powell, Ravalli and 1 more	21 hr

Nearby

Heavy Snow Warnings in Montana, 2005 Every heavy snow warning in 2005

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.