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Winter Storm Watch 4, NWS Missoula, MT

January 17, 2008Flathead County, Lake County, Montana

NWS Missoula, MT issued this winter storm watch at Jan 17, 2008, 2:18 PM MST for Flathead County, Lake County, Montana. It took effect at Jan 19, 2008, 11:00 AM MST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 17, 2008, 2:18 PM MST (21:18 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 19, 2008, 11:00 AM MST
Expired
Jan 18, 2008, 2:19 PM MST
In force
Issued by
NWS Missoula, MT

Counties Flathead County, MT, Lake County, MT

The radar

The Missoula radar (KMSX), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:23 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 winter storm watch 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 winter storm watch went out at Jan 17, 8:42 AM MST, 5 hours 36 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 17, 8:42 AM MST, 5 hours 36 minutes before
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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.