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High Wind Watch 15, NWS Great Falls, MT

November 29, 2008

NWS Great Falls, MT issued this high wind watch at Nov 29, 2008, 2:49 PM MST. It took effect at Nov 30, 2008, 11:00 PM MST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 29, 2008, 2:49 PM MST (21:49 UTC)
In effect from
Nov 30, 2008, 11:00 PM MST
Expired
Nov 30, 2008, 2:32 AM MST
In force
Issued by
NWS Great Falls, MT

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this high wind watch went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Great Falls, MT wrote its last area forecast discussion before this high wind watch went out at Nov 29, 2:26 PM MST, 23 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 29, 2:26 PM MST, 23 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 29, 2:49 PM MST, 0 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
249 PM MST SAT NOV 29 2008

MTZ009>014-044>051-302200-
NORTHERN ROCKY MOUNTAIN FRONT-EASTERN GLACIER-HILL-CASCADE-
CHOUTEAU-CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN LEWIS AND CLARK-TOOLE-LIBERTY-
EASTERN PONDERA-BLAINE-SOUTHERN ROCKY MOUNTAIN FRONT-
EASTERN TETON-JUDITH BASIN-FERGUS-
249 PM MST SAT NOV 29 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL
MONTANA...NORTH CENTRAL MONTANA AND SOUTHWEST MONTANA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

THE PROBABILITY TONIGHT FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

A HIGH WIND WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH LATE
MONDAY NIGHT FOR NORTH CENTRAL MONTANA. STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS OF
30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUST TO 80 MPH ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATE
SUNDAY NIGHT OVER THE NORTHERN ROCKIES. THESE HIGH WINDS WILL
SPREAD EAST OVER NORTH CENTRAL MONTANA MONDAY WHERE GUSTS TO 60
MPH ARE EXPECTED. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL LAST THROUGH THE
AFTERNOON ON TUESDAY.

ON TUESDAY...A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL ARRIVE WITH SNOW AND SHARPLY
COLDER TEMPERATURES. MOST OF THE FORECAST AREA WILL SEE LIGHT SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS WITH FAVORED UPSLOPE AREAS IN THE LITTLE BELT AND
LITTLE/BIG SNOWY MOUNTAINS POSSIBLY SEEING SEVERAL INCHES OF
SNOWFALL. IN ADDITION...GUSTY NORTH WINDS MAY CREATE AREAS OF
BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.

MTZ008-015-052>055-302200-
BEAVERHEAD-MADISON-JEFFERSON-BROADWATER-MEAGHER-GALLATIN-
249 PM MST SAT NOV 29 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST
MONTANA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

THE PROBABILITY TONIGHT FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

ON TUESDAY...A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL ARRIVE WITH SNOW AND SHARPLY
COLDER TEMPERATURES. MOST OF THE FORECAST AREA WILL SEE LIGHT SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS WITH FAVORED UPSLOPE AREAS IN THE LITTLE BELT AND
LITTLE/BIG SNOWY MOUNTAINS POSSIBLY SEEING SEVERAL INCHES OF
SNOWFALL. IN ADDITION...GUSTY NORTH WINDS MAY CREATE AREAS OF
BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.

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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.