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Blizzard Watch 1, NWS Billings, MT

January 19, 2011Park County, Stillwater County, Sweet Grass County, Montana

NWS Billings, MT issued this blizzard watch at Jan 19, 2011, 2:56 PM MST for Park County, Stillwater County, Sweet Grass County, Montana. It took effect at Jan 20, 2011, 5:00 AM MST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 19, 2011, 2:56 PM MST (21:56 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 20, 2011, 5:00 AM MST
Expired: Jan 20, 2011, 3:06 AM MST
In force
Issued by: NWS Billings, MT

Counties Park County, MT, Stillwater County, MT, Sweet Grass County, MT

The radar

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What forecasters said that day

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

NWS Billings, MT wrote its last area forecast discussion before this blizzard watch went out at Jan 19, 11:55 AM MST, 3 hours 1 minute earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 19, 11:55 AM MST, 3 hours 1 minute before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 19, 2:58 PM MST	High Wind Watch	BYZ	Golden Valley, Wheatland	12 hr

Nearby

Blizzard Watches in Montana, 2011 Every blizzard watch in 2011

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.