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High Wind Watch 1, NWS Missoula, MT

May 1, 20109 counties in Montana; Lemhi County, Idaho

NWS Missoula, MT issued this high wind watch at May 1, 2010, 2:42 PM MDT for 9 counties in Montana; Lemhi County, Idaho. It took effect at May 3, 2010, 12:00 PM MDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 1, 2010, 2:42 PM MDT (20:42 UTC)
In effect from
May 3, 2010, 12:00 PM MDT
Expired
May 2, 2010, 10:03 PM MDT
In force
Issued by
NWS Missoula, MT

Counties Lemhi County, ID, Flathead County, MT, Granite County, MT, Lake County, MT, Lincoln County, MT, Mineral County, MT, Missoula County, MT, Powell County, MT, Ravalli County, MT, Sanders County, MT

The radar

The Missoula radar (KMSX), 17 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:42 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 high wind 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 high wind watch went out at May 1, 7:54 AM MDT, 6 hours 48 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 1, 7:54 AM MDT, 6 hours 48 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 1, 3:43 AM MDTWinter Weather AdvisoryMSOIdaho19 hr

Nearby

High Wind Watches in Montana, 2010High Wind Watches in Idaho, 2010Every high wind watch in 2010

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.