Alert archive / Montana / Snow Advisories in 2008
Snow Advisory 5, NWS Missoula, MT
NWS Missoula, MT issued this snow advisory at Jan 14, 2008, 8:01 PM MST for Flathead County, Lincoln County, Sanders County, Montana. It took effect at Jan 14, 2008, 11:00 PM MST. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 14, 2008, 8:01 PM MST (03:01 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 14, 2008, 11:00 PM MST
- Expired
- Jan 15, 2008, 6:18 AM MST
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Missoula, MT
Counties Flathead County, MT, Lincoln County, MT, Sanders County, MT
The radar
The Missoula radar (KMSX), 142 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:05 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 Jan 14, 2:41 PM MST, 5 hours 20 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 14, 2:41 PM MST, 5 hours 20 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 14, 6:34 PM MST, 1 hour 27 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 634 PM MST MON JAN 14 2008 MTZ001-151215- KOOTENAI/CABINET REGION- 634 PM MST MON JAN 14 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST MONTANA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO NORTHWEST MONTANA LATER THIS EVENING CAUSING GUSTY WESTERLY WINDS AND SNOW. THE WINDS COULD CAUSE LOCALIZED BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT. THE HIGHER TERRAIN WILL BE THE MOST IMPACTED BY THIS SYSTEM. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY THE GUSTY WEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW EARLY TUESDAY MORNING BEFORE WINDS AND SNOW BEGIN TO TAPER OFF AS THE DAY PROGRESSES. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. IDZ009-010-151215- WESTERN LEMHI COUNTY-EASTERN LEMHI COUNTY- 634 PM MST MON JAN 14 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL IDAHO. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL AFFECT LEMHI COUNTY AFTER MIDNIGHT. LIGHT SNOW AND GUSTY WESTERLY WINDS WILL BE ASSOCIATED WITH THE FRONT. THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND WIND WILL CAUSE BLOWING SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT ESPECIALLY IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN NEAR LOST TRAIL PASS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY THE WINDS AND SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE BLOWING SNOW IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN TUESDAY MORNING BEFORE WINDS AND SNOW TAPER OFF AS THE DAY PROGRESSES. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. IDZ007-151215- OROFINO/GRANGEVILLE REGION- 534 PM PST MON JAN 14 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...TONIGHT AS A STRONG COLD FRONT APPROACHES AND THEN PASSES THE AREA LATER TONIGHT...GUSTY SOUTH WINDS OVER THE CAMAS PRAIRIE AND NEAR GRANGEVILLE WILL SHIFT TO THE WEST AFTER MIDNIGHT WITH SNOW DEVELOPING. THE COMBINATION OF THESE GUSTY WEST WINDS AND SNOW WILL CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW...REDUCING HIGHWAY VISIBILITY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY THE GUSTY WEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW EARLY TUESDAY MORNING BEFORE WINDS AND SNOW BEGIN TO TAPER OFF AS THE DAY PROGRESSES. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.
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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.