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Snow Advisory 44, NWS Missoula, MT

May 22, 2008Granite County, Missoula County, Ravalli County, Montana; Lemhi County, Idaho

NWS Missoula, MT issued this snow advisory at May 22, 2008, 9:37 AM MDT for Granite County, Missoula County, Ravalli County, Montana; Lemhi County, Idaho. It was in force for 23 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 22, 2008, 9:37 AM MDT (15:37 UTC)
Expired: May 23, 2008, 8:07 AM MDT
In force: 23 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 15:40 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 May 21, 2:34 PM MDT, 19 hours 3 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 21, 2:34 PM MDT, 19 hours 3 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 21, 1:42 PM MDT, 19 hours 55 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
May 22, 5:39 AM MDT	Snow Advisory	MSO	Deer Lodge, Granite, Powell, Silver Bow	4 hr
May 22, 9:37 AM MDT	Heavy Snow Warning	MSO	Deer Lodge, Granite, Powell, Silver Bow	23 hr

Nearby

Snow Advisories in Montana, 2008 Snow Advisories in Idaho, 2008 Every 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.