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Blowing Snow Advisory 2, NWS Missoula, MT
NWS Missoula, MT issued this blowing snow advisory at Feb 1, 2008, 3:45 AM MST for 4 counties in Montana; Clearwater County, Idaho County, Idaho. It took effect at Feb 1, 2008, 5:00 AM MST. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 1, 2008, 3:45 AM MST (10:45 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 1, 2008, 5:00 AM MST
- Expired
- Feb 1, 2008, 8:24 AM MST
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Missoula, MT
Counties Clearwater County, ID, Idaho County, ID, Deer Lodge County, MT, Granite County, MT, Powell County, MT, Silver Bow County, MT
The radar
The Missoula radar (KMSX), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this blowing 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 blowing snow advisory went out at Feb 1, 3:41 AM MST, 4 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 1, 3:41 AM MST, 4 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 1, 3:44 AM MST, 1 minute before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 344 AM MST FRI FEB 1 2008 IDZ007-MTZ007-012200- OROFINO/GRANGEVILLE REGION-BUTTE/BLACKFOOT REGION- 344 AM MST FRI FEB 1 2008 /244 AM PST FRI FEB 1 2008/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL IDAHO AND WEST CENTRAL MONTANA. FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION ON WATCHES...WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES...GO TO WEATHER.GOV/MISSOULA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY VIGOROUS WESTERLY FLOW WILL CONTINUE TO BRING STORM SYSTEMS TO THE NORTHERN ROCKIES THROUGH NEXT WEEK. ADDITIONAL WINTER WEATHER HIGHLIGHTS MAY BE NEEDED FOR THESE SYSTEMS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. IDZ005-006-MTZ001-002-006-043-012200- NORTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS-SOUTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS- KOOTENAI/CABINET REGION-WEST GLACIER REGION- BITTERROOT/SAPPHIRE MOUNTAINS-POTOMAC/SEELEY LAKE REGION- 344 AM MST FRI FEB 1 2008 /244 AM PST FRI FEB 1 2008/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL IDAHO...NORTHWEST MONTANA AND WEST CENTRAL MONTANA. FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION ON WATCHES...WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES...GO TO WEATHER.GOV/MISSOULA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A SNOW ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY VIGOROUS WESTERLY FLOW WILL CONTINUE TO BRING STORM SYSTEMS TO THE NORTHERN ROCKIES THROUGH NEXT WEEK. ADDITIONAL WINTER WEATHER HIGHLIGHTS MAY BE NEEDED FOR THESE SYSTEMS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. MTZ004-012200- LOWER CLARK FORK REGION- 344 AM MST FRI FEB 1 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL MONTANA. FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION ON WATCHES...WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES...GO TO WEATHER.GOV/MISSOULA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A HEAVY SNOW WARNING IS IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING FOR THE LOOKOUT PASS AREA. MODERATE SNOWFALL AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED ELSEWHERE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY VIGOROUS WESTERLY FLOW WILL CONTINUE TO BRING STORM SYSTEMS TO THE NORTHERN ROCKIES THROUGH NEXT WEEK. ADDITIONAL WINTER WEATHER HIGHLIGHTS MAY BE NEEDED FOR THESE SYSTEMS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. IDZ010-012200- EASTERN LEMHI COUNTY- 344 AM MST FRI FEB 1 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL IDAHO. FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION ON WATCHES...WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES...GO TO WEATHER.GOV/MISSOULA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY VIGOROUS WESTERLY FLOW WILL CONTINUE TO BRING STORM SYSTEMS TO THE NORTHERN ROCKIES THROUGH NEXT WEEK. ADDITIONAL WINTER WEATHER HIGHLIGHTS MAY BE NEEDED FOR THESE SYSTEMS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. IDZ008-009-012200- LOWER HELLS CANYON/SALMON RIVER REGION-WESTERN LEMHI COUNTY- 344 AM MST FRI FEB 1 2008 /244 AM PST FRI FEB 1 2008/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL IDAHO. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT PLEASE SEE NEXT PERIOD FOR HAZARDOUS WEATHER POTENTIAL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY VIGOROUS WESTERLY FLOW WILL CONTINUE TO BRING STORM SYSTEMS TO THE NORTHERN ROCKIES THROUGH NEXT WEEK. ADDITIONAL WINTER WEATHER HIGHLIGHTS MAY BE NEEDED FOR THESE SYSTEMS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Missoula, MT issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 31, 6:12 PM MST | Snow and Blowing Snow Advisory | MSO | Deer Lodge, Granite, Powell, Silver Bow | 10 hr |
| Feb 1, 3:45 AM MST | Heavy Snow Warning | MSO | Granite, Mineral, Missoula, Ravalli, Sanders | 24 hr |
| Feb 1, 3:45 AM MST | Snow Advisory | MSO | Flathead, Granite, Lake, Lincoln, Missoula, Powell and 2 more | 24 hr |
| Feb 1, 3:45 AM MST | Snow and Blowing Snow Advisory | MSO | Lemhi | 116 min |
Nearby
Blowing Snow Advisories in Montana, 2008Blowing Snow Advisories in Idaho, 2008Every blowing snow advisory in 2008
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.