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High Wind Watch 4, NWS Great Falls, MT

January 29, 2009

NWS Great Falls, MT issued this high wind watch at Jan 29, 2009, 3:35 AM MST. It took effect at Jan 30, 2009, 2:00 AM MST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 29, 2009, 3:35 AM MST (10:35 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 30, 2009, 2:00 AM MST
Expired
Jan 29, 2009, 2:53 PM 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 Jan 29, 3:17 AM MST, 18 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 29, 3:17 AM MST, 18 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 28, 4:52 AM MST, 22 hours 43 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
452 AM MST WED JAN 28 2009

MTZ055-291300-
GALLATIN-
452 AM MST WED JAN 28 2009

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST
MONTANA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE
MORNING FOR THE WEST YELLOWSTONE AREA. A PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM WILL
BRING SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW TO THE WEST YELLOWSTONE AREA. IN
NORTHERN GALLATIN COUNTY...A CHANCE OF SNOW IS EXPECTED WITH AN
INCH OR TWO OF SNOW ACCUMULATION POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

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

MTZ008-015-052-053-291300-
BEAVERHEAD-MADISON-JEFFERSON-BROADWATER-
452 AM MST WED JAN 28 2009

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST
MONTANA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

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

MTZ009-010-048-291300-
NORTHERN ROCKY MOUNTAIN FRONT-EASTERN GLACIER-
SOUTHERN ROCKY MOUNTAIN FRONT-
452 AM MST WED JAN 28 2009

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER TODAY AND TONIGHT
IS LOW.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

WINDS WILL BECOME STRONG AND GUSTY ALONG THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN FRONT
AND IN THE CUT BANK AREA THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. HIGHLIGHTS FOR
HIGH WINDS MAY BECOME NECESSARY...ESPECIALLY ON FRIDAY WHEN GUSTS
UP TO 75 MPH ARE POSSIBLE.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

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

MTZ011>014-044>047-049>051-054-291300-
HILL-CASCADE-CHOUTEAU-CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN LEWIS AND CLARK-TOOLE-
LIBERTY-EASTERN PONDERA-BLAINE-EASTERN TETON-JUDITH BASIN-FERGUS-
MEAGHER-
452 AM MST WED JAN 28 2009

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER TODAY AND TONIGHT
IS LOW.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

WINDS WILL INCREASE AND BECOME GUSTY ACROSS MUCH OF NORTH CENTRAL
MONTANA THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. AT THIS TIME...HIGHLIGHTS FOR
HIGH WINDS ARE NOT EXPECTED.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

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

The office that day

Everything else NWS Great Falls, MT issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 29, 2:53 PM MSTHigh Wind WarningTFX44 hr

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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.