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Snow Advisory 24, NWS Missoula, MT

December 22, 2005Granite County, Missoula County, Ravalli County, Montana; Lemhi County, Idaho

NWS Missoula, MT issued this snow advisory at Dec 22, 2005, 2:47 PM MST for Granite County, Missoula County, Ravalli County, Montana; Lemhi County, Idaho. It took effect at Dec 23, 2005, 12:00 AM MST. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 22, 2005, 2:47 PM MST (21:47 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 23, 2005, 12:00 AM MST
Expired: Dec 23, 2005, 8:00 AM MST
In force: 8 hr
Issued by: NWS Missoula, MT

Counties Lemhi County, ID, Granite County, MT, Missoula County, MT, Ravalli County, MT

The radar

The Missoula radar (KMSX), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:45 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 snow advisory 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 snow advisory went out at Dec 22, 2:35 PM MST, 12 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 22, 2:35 PM MST, 12 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 22, 4:43 AM MST, 10 hours 4 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 22, 2:38 AM MST	Winter Storm Watch	MSO	Flathead, Granite, Lake, Missoula, Powell	8 hr
Dec 22, 10:57 AM MST	Snow and Blowing Snow Advisory	MSO	Flathead, Granite, Lake, Missoula, Powell	25 hr
Dec 22, 2:40 AM MST	Wind Advisory	MSO	Clearwater, Idaho	20 hr

Nearby

Snow Advisories in Montana, 2005 Snow Advisories in Idaho, 2005 Every snow advisory 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.