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Red Flag Warning 1, NWS Great Falls, MT

March 29, 2010Chouteau County, Fergus County, Montana

NWS Great Falls, MT issued this red flag warning at Mar 29, 2010, 10:20 AM MDT for Chouteau County, Fergus County, Montana. It took effect at Mar 29, 2010, 12:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 8 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 29, 2010, 10:20 AM MDT (16:20 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 29, 2010, 12:00 PM MDT
Expired: Mar 29, 2010, 7:32 PM MDT
In force: 8 hr
Issued by: NWS Great Falls, MT

Counties Chouteau County, MT, Fergus County, MT

The radar

The Great Falls radar (KTFX), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:26 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 red flag warning 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 red flag warning went out at Mar 29, 9:53 AM MDT, 27 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 29, 9:53 AM MDT, 27 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 29, 6:33 AM MDT, 3 hours 47 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 29, 5:12 AM MDT	Winter Storm Warning	TFX		40 hr

Nearby

Red Flag Warnings in Montana, 2010 Every red flag warning 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.