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Snow Advisory 16, NWS Missoula, MT

March 25, 200610 counties in Montana; Clearwater County, Lemhi County, Idaho

NWS Missoula, MT issued this snow advisory at Mar 25, 2006, 2:46 PM MST for 10 counties in Montana; Clearwater County, Lemhi County, Idaho. It took effect at Mar 25, 2006, 5:44 PM MST. It was in force for 17 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 25, 2006, 2:46 PM MST (21:46 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 25, 2006, 5:44 PM MST
Expired: Mar 26, 2006, 11:00 AM MST
In force: 17 hr
Issued by: NWS Missoula, MT

Counties Clearwater County, ID, Lemhi County, ID, Deer Lodge County, MT, Flathead County, MT, Granite County, MT, Lake County, MT, Lincoln County, MT, Mineral County, MT, Missoula County, MT, Powell County, MT, Sanders County, MT, Silver Bow County, MT

The radar

The Missoula radar (KMSX), 15 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:46 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 Mar 25, 1:49 PM MST, 57 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 25, 1:49 PM MST, 57 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 25, 3:38 AM MST, 11 hours 8 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
Mar 25, 3:30 AM MST	Snow and Blowing Snow Advisory	MSO	Mineral, Missoula, Sanders	11 hr
Mar 25, 3:30 AM MST	Winter Storm Warning	MSO	Granite, Missoula, Ravalli	30 hr

Nearby

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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.