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Heavy Snow Warning 10, NWS Missoula, MT

February 9, 2008Mineral County, Missoula County, Sanders County, Montana

NWS Missoula, MT issued this heavy snow warning at Feb 9, 2008, 2:22 PM MST for Mineral County, Missoula County, Sanders County, Montana. It took effect at Feb 10, 2008, 5:00 AM MST. It was in force for 22 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: Feb 9, 2008, 2:22 PM MST (21:22 UTC)
In effect from: Feb 10, 2008, 5:00 AM MST
Expired: Feb 11, 2008, 3:27 AM MST
In force: 22 hr
Issued by: NWS Missoula, MT

Counties Mineral County, MT, Missoula County, MT, Sanders County, MT

The radar

The Missoula radar (KMSX), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:21 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 Feb 9, 2:21 PM MST, 1 minute earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 9, 2:21 PM MST, 1 minute before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Feb 9, 11:56 AM MST, 2 hours 26 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
Feb 9, 3:44 AM MST	Snow Advisory	MSO	Granite, Lake, Mineral, Missoula, Powell, Ravalli and 1 more	11 hr
Feb 9, 2:22 PM MST	Snow Advisory	MSO	Flathead, Granite, Lake, Mineral, Missoula, Powell and 2 more	40 hr

Nearby

Heavy Snow Warnings in Montana, 2008 Every heavy snow warning 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.