Alert archive / Montana / Wind Chill Advisories in 2011
Wind Chill Advisory 5, NWS Great Falls, MT
NWS Great Falls, MT issued this wind chill advisory at Jan 30, 2011, 1:24 PM MST. It was in force for 21 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 30, 2011, 1:24 PM MST (20:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 31, 2011, 10:04 AM MST
- In force
- 21 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Great Falls, MT
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
749 WWUS45 KTFX 302024 WSWTFX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT 124 PM MST SUN JAN 30 2011 MTZ009-048-310000- /O.CAN.KTFX.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-110131T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KTFX.WC.Y.0005.110130T2024Z-110201T0000Z/ NORTHERN ROCKY MOUNTAIN FRONT-SOUTHERN ROCKY MOUNTAIN FRONT- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...BROWNING...MARIAS PASS... LOGAN PASS...CHOTEAU 124 PM MST SUN JAN 30 2011 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST MONDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREAT FALLS HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * TIMING AND MAIN IMPACT: HEAVY SNOW IS NO LONGER EXPECTED OVER THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN FRONT. ANY ADDITIONALLY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LESS THAN AN INCH. HOWEVER...WITH NORTH WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH...WIND CHILL VALUES OF 25 BELOW TO 40 BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. * OTHER IMPACTS: WITH THESE WIND CHILL VALUES...FROSTBITE CAN OCCUR IN LESS THAN 30 MINUTES. * LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE: CHOTEAU...BROWNING...MARIAS PASS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$ MTZ010-044-046-049-310000- /O.CAN.KTFX.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-110131T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KTFX.WC.Y.0005.110130T2024Z-110201T0000Z/ EASTERN GLACIER-TOOLE-EASTERN PONDERA-EASTERN TETON- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...CUT BANK...SHELBY...CONRAD... FAIRFIELD 124 PM MST SUN JAN 30 2011 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST MONDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREAT FALLS HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST MONDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * TIMING AND MAIN IMPACT: A STEADY SNOWFALL IS NO LONGER EXPECTED OVER THE ADJACENT PLAINS OF THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN FRONT. ANY ADDITIONALLY SNOW SHOWERS WILL ONLY PRODUCE SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF LESS THAN ONE HALF INCH. HOWEVER...WITH NORTH WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH...WIND CHILL VALUES OF 25 BELOW TO 40 BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. * OTHER IMPACTS: WITH THESE WIND CHILL VALUES...FROSTBITE CAN OCCUR IN LESS THAN 30 MINUTES. * LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...CUT BANK...SHELBY...CONRAD AND FAIRFIELD. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$ MTZ011>013-045-047-050-051-310000- /O.NEW.KTFX.WC.Y.0005.110131T0000Z-110201T0000Z/ /O.CON.KTFX.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-110131T0000Z/ HILL-CASCADE-CHOUTEAU-LIBERTY-BLAINE-JUDITH BASIN-FERGUS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...HAVRE...GREAT FALLS... KINGS HILL PASS...BIG SANDY...FORT BENTON...CHESTER...CHINOOK... STANFORD...JUDITH GAP...LEWISTOWN...LEWISTOWN DIVIDE 124 PM MST SUN JAN 30 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 PM MST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREAT FALLS HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 PM MST MONDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. * TIMING AND MAIN IMPACT: LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS IN THE GREAT FALLS...CUT BANK... FORT BENTON...HAVRE...CHINOOK...STANFORD AND LEWISTOWN AREAS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: NEW SNOW ACCUMULATIONS TODAY OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON. * OTHER IMPACTS: WITH NORTH WINDS AT 10 TO 15 MPH...EXPECT WIND CHILL VALUES OF 20 BELOW TO 30 BELOW ZERO THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. WITH THESE WIND CHILL VALUES...FROSTBITE CAN OCCUR IN LESS THAN 30 MINUTES. * LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE: CHESTER...STANFORD...CHINOOK...BIG SANDY...FORT BENTON...HAVRE...GREAT FALLS...KINGS HILL PASS...LEWISTOWN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. FOR SPECIFIC ROAD AND TRAVEL CONDITIONS IN MONTANA...DIAL 5 1 1. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$ MTZ014-310000- /O.CON.KTFX.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-110131T0000Z/ CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN LEWIS AND CLARK- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...FLESHER PASS...HELENA... LINCOLN...MACDONALD PASS...ROGERS PASS 124 PM MST SUN JAN 30 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. * TIMING AND MAIN IMPACT: LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS IN THE LINCOLN...HELENA...AND MACDONALD PASS REGIONS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: NEW SNOW ACCUMULATIONS TODAY OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON. * OTHER IMPACTS: WITH NORTH WINDS AT 10 TO 15 MPH...EXPECT WIND CHILL VALUES OF 10 BELOW TO 20 BELOW ZERO. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. FOR SPECIFIC ROAD AND TRAVEL CONDITIONS IN MONTANA...DIAL 5 1 1. && $$ MTZ052>055-310000- /O.CON.KTFX.WW.Y.0015.110130T2200Z-110131T1200Z/ JEFFERSON-BROADWATER-MEAGHER-GALLATIN- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...BOULDER...BOULDER HILL... ELK PARK PASS...HOMESTAKE PASS...WHITEHALL...TOWNSEND... WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS...BATTLE RIDGE PASS...BOZEMAN... BOZEMAN PASS 124 PM MST SUN JAN 30 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST MONDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST MONDAY. * TIMING AND MAIN IMPACT: LIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP BY LATE AFTERNOON IN THE BOULDER...TOWNSEND AND BOZEMAN AREAS. THE LIGHT SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: NEW SNOW ACCUMULATIONS FROM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT WILL RANGE FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS... AND FROM 3 TO 5 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS. * LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE: WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS...BOZEMAN...BOZEMAN PASS...BOULDER...BOULDER HILL...WHITEHALL...TOWNSEND. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. FOR SPECIFIC ROAD AND TRAVEL CONDITIONS IN MONTANA...DIAL 5 1 1. && $$
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631 WWUS45 KTFX 302057 WSWTFX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT 157 PM MST SUN JAN 30 2011 MTZ011>013-045-047-050-051-310000- /O.CON.KTFX.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-110131T0000Z/ /O.CON.KTFX.WC.Y.0005.110131T0000Z-110201T0000Z/ HILL-CASCADE-CHOUTEAU-LIBERTY-BLAINE-JUDITH BASIN-FERGUS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...HAVRE...GREAT FALLS... KINGS HILL PASS...BIG SANDY...FORT BENTON...CHESTER...CHINOOK... STANFORD...JUDITH GAP...LEWISTOWN...LEWISTOWN DIVIDE 157 PM MST SUN JAN 30 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 PM MST MONDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 PM MST MONDAY. * TIMING AND MAIN IMPACT: LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS IN THE GREAT FALLS...CUT BANK... FORT BENTON...HAVRE...CHINOOK...STANFORD AND LEWISTOWN AREAS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: NEW SNOW ACCUMULATIONS TODAY OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON. * OTHER IMPACTS: WITH NORTH WINDS AT 10 TO 15 MPH...EXPECT WIND CHILL VALUES OF 20 BELOW TO 30 BELOW ZERO THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. WITH THESE WIND CHILL VALUES...FROSTBITE CAN OCCUR IN LESS THAN 30 MINUTES. * LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE: CHESTER...STANFORD...CHINOOK...FORT BENTON...HAVRE...GREAT FALLS...KINGS HILL PASS...LEWISTOWN PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. FOR SPECIFIC ROAD AND TRAVEL CONDITIONS IN MONTANA...DIAL 5 1 1. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$ MTZ014-310000- /O.CON.KTFX.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-110131T0000Z/ CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN LEWIS AND CLARK- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...FLESHER PASS...HELENA... LINCOLN...MACDONALD PASS...ROGERS PASS 157 PM MST SUN JAN 30 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. * TIMING AND MAIN IMPACT: LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS IN THE LINCOLN...HELENA...AND MACDONALD PASS REGIONS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: NEW SNOW ACCUMULATIONS TODAY OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON. * OTHER IMPACTS: WITH NORTH WINDS AT 10 TO 15 MPH...EXPECT WIND CHILL VALUES OF 10 BELOW TO 20 BELOW ZERO. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. FOR SPECIFIC ROAD AND TRAVEL CONDITIONS IN MONTANA...DIAL 5 1 1. && $$ MTZ052>055-310000- /O.CON.KTFX.WW.Y.0015.110130T2200Z-110131T1200Z/ JEFFERSON-BROADWATER-MEAGHER-GALLATIN- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...BOULDER...BOULDER HILL... ELK PARK PASS...HOMESTAKE PASS...WHITEHALL...TOWNSEND... WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS...BATTLE RIDGE PASS...BOZEMAN... BOZEMAN PASS 157 PM MST SUN JAN 30 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST MONDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST MONDAY. * TIMING AND MAIN IMPACT: LIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP BY LATE AFTERNOON IN THE BOULDER...TOWNSEND AND BOZEMAN AREAS. THE LIGHT SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: NEW SNOW ACCUMULATIONS FROM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT WILL RANGE FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS... AND FROM 3 TO 5 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS. * LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE: WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS...BOZEMAN...BOZEMAN PASS...BOULDER... BOULDER HILL...HOMESTAKE PASS...WHITEHALL...TOWNSEND. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. FOR SPECIFIC ROAD AND TRAVEL CONDITIONS IN MONTANA...DIAL 5 1 1. && $$ MTZ009-010-044-046-048-049-310000- /O.CON.KTFX.WC.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-110201T0000Z/ NORTHERN ROCKY MOUNTAIN FRONT-EASTERN GLACIER-TOOLE- EASTERN PONDERA-SOUTHERN ROCKY MOUNTAIN FRONT-EASTERN TETON- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...BROWNING...MARIAS PASS... LOGAN PASS...CUT BANK...SHELBY...CONRAD...CHOTEAU...FAIRFIELD 157 PM MST SUN JAN 30 2011 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST MONDAY... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST MONDAY. * TIMING AND MAIN IMPACT: NORTH WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH...WILL PRODUCE WIND CHILL VALUES OF 25 BELOW TO 40 BELOW ZERO THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. * OTHER IMPACTS: WITH THESE WIND CHILL VALUES...FROSTBITE CAN OCCUR IN LESS THAN 30 MINUTES. * LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...CUT BANK...SHELBY...CONRAD AND FAIRFIELD. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$
648 WWUS45 KTFX 302356 WSWTFX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT 456 PM MST SUN JAN 30 2011 MTZ011>013-045-047-050-051-310500- /O.EXP.KTFX.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-110131T0000Z/ /O.CON.KTFX.WC.Y.0005.110131T0000Z-110201T0000Z/ HILL-CASCADE-CHOUTEAU-LIBERTY-BLAINE-JUDITH BASIN-FERGUS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...HAVRE...GREAT FALLS... KINGS HILL PASS...BIG SANDY...FORT BENTON...CHESTER...CHINOOK... STANFORD...JUDITH GAP...LEWISTOWN...LEWISTOWN DIVIDE 456 PM MST SUN JAN 30 2011 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST MONDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST MONDAY. * TIMING AND MAIN IMPACT: LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL IN THE STANFORD AND LEWISTOWN AREAS FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATION OF UP TO 1 INCH IS POSSIBLE BEFORE GRADUALLY ENDING THIS EVENING. * OTHER IMPACTS: WITH NORTH WINDS AT 10 TO 15 MPH...EXPECT WIND CHILL VALUES OF 20 BELOW TO 30 BELOW ZERO THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. WITH THESE WIND CHILL VALUES... FROSTBITE CAN OCCUR IN LESS THAN 30 MINUTES. * LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE: CHESTER...STANFORD...CHINOOK... BIG SANDY...FORT BENTON...HAVRE...GREAT FALLS... KINGS HILL PASS...JUDITH GAP...LEWISTOWN...LEWISTOWN DIVIDE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$ MTZ014-310100- /O.EXP.KTFX.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-110131T0000Z/ CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN LEWIS AND CLARK- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...FLESHER PASS...HELENA... LINCOLN...MACDONALD PASS...ROGERS PASS 456 PM MST SUN JAN 30 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. LIGHT SNOW WITH ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF LESS THAN 1 INCH WILL CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. $$ MTZ052>055-310500- /O.CON.KTFX.WW.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-110131T1200Z/ JEFFERSON-BROADWATER-MEAGHER-GALLATIN- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...BOULDER...BOULDER HILL... ELK PARK PASS...HOMESTAKE PASS...WHITEHALL...TOWNSEND... WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS...BATTLE RIDGE PASS...BOZEMAN... BOZEMAN PASS 456 PM MST SUN JAN 30 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST MONDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST MONDAY. * TIMING AND MAIN IMPACT: LIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP BY EARLY THIS EVENING IN THE BOULDER...TOWNSEND AND BOZEMAN AREAS. THE LIGHT SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: NEW SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OVERNIGHT WILL RANGE FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS... AND FROM 3 TO 5 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS. * LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE: WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS...BATTLE RIDGE PASS...BOZEMAN...BOZEMAN PASS...BOULDER... BOULDER HILL...ELK PARK PASS...HOMESTAKE PASS...WHITEHALL... TOWNSEND. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. FOR SPECIFIC ROAD AND TRAVEL CONDITIONS IN MONTANA...DIAL 5 1 1. && $$ MTZ009-010-044-046-048-049-310500- /O.CON.KTFX.WC.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-110201T0000Z/ NORTHERN ROCKY MOUNTAIN FRONT-EASTERN GLACIER-TOOLE- EASTERN PONDERA-SOUTHERN ROCKY MOUNTAIN FRONT-EASTERN TETON- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...BROWNING...MARIAS PASS... LOGAN PASS...CUT BANK...SHELBY...CONRAD...CHOTEAU...FAIRFIELD 456 PM MST SUN JAN 30 2011 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST MONDAY... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST MONDAY. * TIMING AND MAIN IMPACT: NORTH WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH...WILL PRODUCE WIND CHILL VALUES OF 25 BELOW TO 40 BELOW ZERO THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. * OTHER IMPACTS: WITH THESE WIND CHILL VALUES...FROSTBITE CAN OCCUR IN LESS THAN 30 MINUTES. * LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...CUT BANK...SHELBY...CONRAD AND FAIRFIELD. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$
493 WWUS45 KTFX 310437 WSWTFX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT 937 PM MST SUN JAN 30 2011 MTZ052>055-311200- /O.CON.KTFX.WW.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-110131T1200Z/ JEFFERSON-BROADWATER-MEAGHER-GALLATIN- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...BOULDER...BOULDER HILL... ELK PARK PASS...HOMESTAKE PASS...WHITEHALL...TOWNSEND... WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS...BATTLE RIDGE PASS...BOZEMAN... BOZEMAN PASS 937 PM MST SUN JAN 30 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST MONDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST MONDAY. * TIMING AND MAIN IMPACT: LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE IN THE BOULDER...TOWNSEND AND BOZEMAN AREAS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: NEW SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS... AND FROM 3 TO 5 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS. * LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE: WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS...BATTLE RIDGE PASS...BOZEMAN...BOZEMAN PASS...BOULDER... BOULDER HILL...ELK PARK PASS...HOMESTAKE PASS...WHITEHALL... TOWNSEND. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. FOR SPECIFIC ROAD AND TRAVEL CONDITIONS IN MONTANA...DIAL 5 1 1. && $$ MTZ009>013-044>051-311200- /O.CON.KTFX.WC.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-110201T0000Z/ NORTHERN ROCKY MOUNTAIN FRONT-EASTERN GLACIER-HILL-CASCADE- CHOUTEAU-TOOLE-LIBERTY-EASTERN PONDERA-BLAINE- SOUTHERN ROCKY MOUNTAIN FRONT-EASTERN TETON-JUDITH BASIN-FERGUS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...BROWNING...MARIAS PASS... LOGAN PASS...CUT BANK...HAVRE...GREAT FALLS...KINGS HILL PASS... BIG SANDY...FORT BENTON...SHELBY...CHESTER...CONRAD...CHINOOK... CHOTEAU...FAIRFIELD...STANFORD...JUDITH GAP...LEWISTOWN... LEWISTOWN DIVIDE 937 PM MST SUN JAN 30 2011 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST MONDAY... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST MONDAY. * TIMING AND MAIN IMPACT: NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 10 TO 15 MPH...WILL PRODUCE WIND CHILL VALUES OF 25 BELOW TO 40 BELOW ZERO THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. * OTHER IMPACTS: WITH THESE WIND CHILL VALUES...FROSTBITE CAN OCCUR IN LESS THAN 30 MINUTES. * LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...CUT BANK...SHELBY...CONRAD...HAVRE ...GREAT FALLS...STANFORD AND LEWISTOWN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$
403 WWUS45 KTFX 311015 WSWTFX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT 315 AM MST MON JAN 31 2011 MTZ052>055-311115- /O.CAN.KTFX.WW.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-110131T1200Z/ JEFFERSON-BROADWATER-MEAGHER-GALLATIN- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...BOULDER...BOULDER HILL... ELK PARK PASS...HOMESTAKE PASS...WHITEHALL...TOWNSEND... WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS...BATTLE RIDGE PASS...BOZEMAN... BOZEMAN PASS 315 AM MST MON JAN 31 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREAT FALLS HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. SNOW HAS DIMINISHED TO SCATTERED LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS OR FLURRIES ACROSS SOUTHWEST MONTANA AND NO FURTHER ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. $$ MTZ009>013-044>051-312230- /O.CON.KTFX.WC.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-110201T0000Z/ NORTHERN ROCKY MOUNTAIN FRONT-EASTERN GLACIER-HILL-CASCADE- CHOUTEAU-TOOLE-LIBERTY-EASTERN PONDERA-BLAINE- SOUTHERN ROCKY MOUNTAIN FRONT-EASTERN TETON-JUDITH BASIN-FERGUS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...BROWNING...MARIAS PASS... LOGAN PASS...CUT BANK...HAVRE...GREAT FALLS...KINGS HILL PASS... BIG SANDY...FORT BENTON...SHELBY...CHESTER...CONRAD...CHINOOK... CHOTEAU...FAIRFIELD...STANFORD...JUDITH GAP...LEWISTOWN... LEWISTOWN DIVIDE 315 AM MST MON JAN 31 2011 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. * TIMING AND MAIN IMPACT: NORTH WINDS AROUND 10 MPH AND VERY COLD TEMPERATURES ALREADY IN PLACE WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE WIND CHILL VALUES OF 20 BELOW TO 40 BELOW ZERO THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL DECREASE TO 5 MPH OR LESS THIS EVENING...HOWEVER VERY COLD TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. * OTHER IMPACTS: WITH THESE WIND CHILL VALUES...FROSTBITE CAN OCCUR IN LESS THAN 30 MINUTES. * LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...CUT BANK...SHELBY...CONRAD... HAVRE...GREAT FALLS...STANFORD AND LEWISTOWN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$
514 WWUS45 KTFX 311704 WSWTFX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT 1004 AM MST MON JAN 31 2011 MTZ009>013-044>051-311815- /O.CAN.KTFX.WC.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-110201T0000Z/ NORTHERN ROCKY MOUNTAIN FRONT-EASTERN GLACIER-HILL-CASCADE- CHOUTEAU-TOOLE-LIBERTY-EASTERN PONDERA-BLAINE- SOUTHERN ROCKY MOUNTAIN FRONT-EASTERN TETON-JUDITH BASIN-FERGUS- INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...BROWNING...MARIAS PASS... LOGAN PASS...CUT BANK...HAVRE...GREAT FALLS...KINGS HILL PASS... BIG SANDY...FORT BENTON...SHELBY...CHESTER...CONRAD...CHINOOK... CHOTEAU...FAIRFIELD...STANFORD...JUDITH GAP...LEWISTOWN... LEWISTOWN DIVIDE 1004 AM MST MON JAN 31 2011 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREAT FALLS HAS CANCELLED THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY. ALTHOUGH VERY COLD AIR TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO RESIDE OVER NORTH CENTRAL MONTANA TODAY...WIND SPEEDS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW 10 MPH FOR MUCH OF TODAY. THUS THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this wind chill advisory 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 wind chill advisory went out at Jan 30, 10:36 AM MST, 2 hours 48 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 30, 10:36 AM MST, 2 hours 48 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT 1036 AM MST SUN JAN 30 2011 UPDATED AVIATION .UPDATE... JUST A FEW MINOR TWEAKS TO THE MORNING PACKAGE. LIGHT SNOW CONTINUES TO MOVE EASTWARDS ACROSS MUCH OF NORTH CENTRAL MONTANA THIS MORNING. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL IS MAINLY CONFINED TO THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN FRONT...THUS THE WINTER STORM WARNING WILL CONTINUE FOR THIS REGION. IN THE HAVRE AREA...THE BULK OF THE HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BE OVER WITH...THUS HAVE I HAVE REPLACED THE WINTER STORM WARNING WITH A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. IN SOUTHWEST MONTANA...THE SNOW IS NOT SPREADING SOUTHWARD VERY QUICKLY...THUS I HAVE DELAYED THE START OF THE ADVISORY UNTIL MID AFTERNOON OVER THIS REGION. TEMPERATURES CONTINUE TO SLOWLY FALL OVER THE REGION. FOR THE REMAINDER OF TODAY...I DO NOT EXPECT MUCH CHANGE IN TEMPERATURES. WIND CHILL VALUES WILL START TO BECOME A PROBLEM THIS EVENING. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED FOR A PORTION OF THE REGION THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING...AND WE WILL UPDATE THIS AS NECESSARY. OTHERWISE...ALL ELSE IS ON TRACK...AND EXPECT A VERY COLD START TO THE WORK WEEK ON MONDAY MORNING. BRUSDA && .AVIATION... UPDATED 1800Z AREAS OF LIGHT SNOW EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OVER MUCH OF NORTH CENTRAL AND CENTRAL MT THROUGH THIS AFTN AS AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH CONTINUES TO MOVE ACROSS THE REGION. CEILINGS AND VSBYS WILL VARY FROM IFR TO LIFR AS BANDS OF SNOW PASS OVER TERMINALS. BETWEEN SNOW BANDS...CEILINGS AND VSBYS WILL IMPROVE TO MVFR AND VFR. LIGHT SNOW WILL GRADUALLY END FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST THIS AFTERNOON...HOWEVER FOR KBZN LIGHT SNOW WILL BEGIN THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT. THERE MAY ALSO BE SOME FREEZING FOG WHICH WILL KEEP REDUCED CEILINGS AND VSBYS THROUGH TONIGHT...HOWEVER EXPECT IMPROVING CONDITIONS OVERALL AFTER 0400Z. SURFACE WINDS WILL GENERALLY BE NORTHERLY AND LIGHT THROUGH TONIGHT. MLS && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 455 AM MST SUN JAN 30 2011/ TODAY THROUGH TUESDAY...A DEEP UPPER LEVEL TROUGH...EXTENDING FROM BC NORTHEASTWARD INTO THE CANADIAN ARCTIC WILL CONTINUE TO DIG SOUTHWARD INTO THE REGION OVER THE NEXT 24-36HRS WITH AN ARCTIC AIRMASS AT THE SURFACE CONTINUING TO SURGE SOUTHWARD AND DEEPEN ACROSS THE REGION. THE BOUNDARY/LEADING EDGE OF THIS AIRMASS IS JUST PASSING THROUGH THE I-90 CORRIDOR AS OF EARLY THIS MORNING AND SHOULD CONTINUE TO MOVE SOUTHWARD THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...REACHING THE ID/WY BORDER AREAS BY THIS EVENING. MOIST WESTERLY FLOW ALOFT WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE LIGHT SNOW OVER AREAS NORTHWARD OF THE ARCTIC BOUNDARY TODAY WITH THE AREA OF MOST PERSISTENT SNOW SAGGING SOUTHWARD THROUGH THE DAY. BY THIS EVENING...THE BULK OF ANY ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL SHOULD BE CONFINED TO AREAS ROUGHLY SOUTH OF A HELENA TO WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS LINE...HOWEVER OCCASIONAL FLURRIES AND LOW CLOUDS WILL PERSIST THROUGH AT LEAST EARLY TONIGHT FARTHER NORTH. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL GENERALLY RANGE FROM 1-3 INCHES ACROSS THE AREA WITH SOME LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS IN THE MTNS AND WILL LEAVE THE CURRENT WINTER WX ADVISORIES/WARNINGS IN PLACE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. HOWEVER WILL EXTEND THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE WINTER WX ADVISORY THROUGH TONIGHT AS SNOW WILL LIKELY LINGER THROUGH THIS EVENING...ESPECIALLY IN THE BOZEMAN AREA WHERE N/NW FLOW INTERACTS WITH TERRAIN. TEMPERATURES ARE ALREADY NEAR ZERO(+/- A FEW DEGREES) ACROSS MUCH OF NORTH CENTRAL MT WITH TEMPERATURES EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY FALL THROUGH TODAY AS THE COLD AIRMASS DEEPENS. WINDS WILL GENERALLY REMAIN AROUND 10MPH WITH A FEW HIGHER GUSTS THROUGH THIS EVENING. AS TEMPS CONTINUE TO FALL...WIND CHILLS VALUES WILL DROP TO -15F TO -20F ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL MT AND WILL HIGHLIGHT THIS IN THE WINTER WX PRODUCTS IN EFFECT FOR THOSE AREAS. WINDS SHOULD FURTHER DECREASE LATE THIS EVENING AS THE SURFACE HIGH SETTLES INTO THE REGION...HOWEVER AMBIENT TEMPERATURES WILL DIP INTO THE -15 TO -25F RANGE FOR MUCH OF THE FORECAST AREA BY MONDAY MORNING. CYCLONIC FLOW ALOFT UNDER THE TROUGH AXIS WILL LIKELY KEEP LOW LEVEL MOISTURE IN PLACE ON MONDAY WITH SOME CLEARING DEVELOPING FROM WEST TO EAST BY MONDAY AFTERNOON. HIGH TEMPERATURES ON MONDAY WILL RANGE FROM THE SINGLE DIGITS ABOVE ZERO SOUTH TO THE LOW TEENS BELOW ZERO ALONG THE CANADIAN BORDER. BETTER CHANCE FOR CLEARING SKIES AND CONTINUED LIGHT WINDS WILL ALLOW FOR POSSIBLY THE COLDEST NIGHT OF THE YEAR AND WINTER SEASON SO FAR MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING. CLEAR BUT COLD CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST THROUGH TUESDAY WITH THE COLD SURFACE HIGH SHIFTING EAST LATER IN THE DAY AND ALLOWING SOME WARMING TO DEVELOP ALONG THE EAST SLOPES OF THE ROCKIES AS SW WINDS DEVELOP BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON. HOENISCH TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY...EXTENDED FORECAST PERIOD BEGINS WITH THE BROAD UPPER LEVEL TROF THAT BROUGHT THE SNOW DURING THE WEEKEND MOVING STEADILY DOWNSTREAM INTO THE CENTRAL ROCKIES. THIS WILL RESULT IN REGION SEEING MORE INFLUENCE FROM THE STRONG UPPER RIDGE ALONG THE PACIFIC COAST...WHICH SHOULD BRING GENERALLY DRY CONDITIONS AND GRADUALLY WARMER TEMPERATURES FROM WED THROUGH FRI. FORECAST MODELS DO SHOW TWO MINOR WEATHER SYSTEMS CROSSING THE TOP OF THE RIDGE AND TRACKING SOUTHEASTWARD ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL AND CENTRAL MT...THE FIRST SYSTEM ARRIVING WED EVE AND THE SECOND ON FRI. WHILE BOTH SYSTEMS BRING SOME PACIFIC MOISTURE...IT MAY ONLY BE ENOUGH FOR INCREASED CLOUD COVER...WITH LITTLE TO NO PRECIPITATION EXCEPT FOR SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS OVER THE ROCKY MTN FRONT. RIDGE BEGINS TO WEAKEN LATE FRI IN RESPONSE TO A STRONGER TROF SWINGING THRU SOUTHWEST CANADA. MODELS ARE INDICATING HIGHER AMOUNTS OF MOISTURE ACCOMPANYING THIS SYSTEM SO HAVE ADDED SLIGHT CHANCE TO CHANCE PROBABILITIES FOR LIGHT SNOW OVER MUCH OF OUR REGION FROM SAT INTO EARLY SUN AFTN. AS FOR TEMPERATURES...EXPECT TO SEE A GRADUAL WARM-UP THROUGH MID-WEEK AS THE ARCTIC AIRMASS FROM EARLIER IN THE WEEK DISSIPATES. AFTN HIGHS AT MOST LOCATIONS SHOULD GET BACK ABOVE FREEZING BY THURS AND REMAIN IN THE MID-UPPER 30S ON FRI. TEMPS COOL BACK A FEW DEGREES NEXT WEEKEND AS THE EXPECTED CANADIAN WEATHER SYSTEM WILL BRING WIDESPREAD CLOUD COVER AND SLIGHTLY COLDER AIR OVER OUR AREA. WARANAUSKAS && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... GTF 1 -16 -2 -22 / 100 40 10 10 CTB -2 -20 -4 -25 / 100 20 10 0 HLN 7 -9 3 -13 / 100 60 10 10 BZN 20 -2 7 -16 / 90 90 20 10 WEY 24 4 12 -20 / 70 70 50 20 DLN 23 5 14 -11 / 30 50 10 10 HVR 1 -23 -11 -34 / 100 30 0 0 LWT 1 -15 -3 -21 / 100 70 20 10 && .TFX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON BLAINE... CASCADE...CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN LEWIS AND CLARK...CHOUTEAU... EASTERN GLACIER...EASTERN PONDERA...EASTERN TETON...FERGUS... HILL...JUDITH BASIN...LIBERTY...TOOLE. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 AM MST MONDAY BROADWATER...GALLATIN...JEFFERSON...MEAGHER. WINTER STORM WARNING UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON NORTHERN ROCKY MOUNTAIN FRONT...SOUTHERN ROCKY MOUNTAIN FRONT. && WEATHER.GOV/GREATFALLS
Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 30, 5:13 AM MST, 8 hours 11 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT 513 AM MST SUN JAN 30 2011 MTZ009>014-044>051-311300- 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- 513 AM MST SUN JAN 30 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MONTANA...NORTH CENTRAL MONTANA AND SOUTHWEST MONTANA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH 5PM MST THIS AFTERNOON WHILE A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN FRONT AS WELL AS HILL AND BLAINE COUNTIES. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS TODAY WILL GENERALLY RANGE FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES. TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO FALL THROUGH TODAY WITH NORTH WINDS AT 10 MPH PRODUCING WIND CHILL VALUES OF 15 BELOW TO 20 BELOW ZERO WITH LOCALLY COLDER VALUES POSSIBLE. TEMPERATURES WILL FALL INTO THE TEENS AND TWENTIES BELOW ZERO TONIGHT AND AGAIN MONDAY NIGHT WITH LOCALLY COLDER VALUES POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY A VERY COLD AIRMASS WILL CONTINUE TO SETTLE INTO THE AREA ON MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT WITH DAYTIME TEMPERATURES MONDAY IN THE SINGLE DIGITS ABOVE ZERO TO THE LOW TEENS BELOW ZERO. TEMPERATURES MONDAY NIGHT WILL RANGE FROM 15 BELOW TO 35 BELOW ZERO. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. MTZ008-015-311300- BEAVERHEAD-MADISON- 513 AM MST SUN JAN 30 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST MONTANA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT AN ARCTIC FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL MOVE SOUTH THROUGH THE AREA TODAY WITH TEMPERATURES FALLING THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY A VERY COLD AIRMASS WILL SETTLE INTO THE REGION TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY WITH MORNING LOW TEMPERATURES BY TUESDAY MORNING EXPECTED TO FALL INTO THE TEENS AND TWENTIES BELOW ZERO. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. MTZ052>055-311300- JEFFERSON-BROADWATER-MEAGHER-GALLATIN- 513 AM MST SUN JAN 30 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST MONTANA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT. IN ADDITION TO LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOWFALL...TEMPERATURES WILL FALL THROUGH TODAY WITH TEMPERATURES REACHING THE SINGLE DIGITS BELOW ZERO TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY A VERY COLD AIRMASS WILL SETTLE INTO THE REGION TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY WITH MORNING LOW TEMPERATURES BY TUESDAY MORNING EXPECTED TO FALL INTO THE TEENS AND TWENTIES BELOW ZERO. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jan 30, 8:22 AM MST, 5 hours 2 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
822 AM MST SUN JAN 30 2011
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION.. ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0800 AM SNOW 4 W HAVRE 48.54N 109.76W
01/30/2011 M6.5 INCH HILL MT OFFICIAL NWS OBS
6.5 INCHES OF NEW SNOW IN THE PAST 24 HOURS. CURRENT
SNOW DEPTH IS 15 INCHES.
&&
CORRECTED EVENT...REMARKS
BRUSDALocal storm report, Jan 30, 10:35 AM MST, 2 hours 49 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
1035 AM MST SUN JAN 30 2011
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION.. ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0700 AM SNOW HIGHWOOD 47.58N 110.79W
01/30/2011 M3.4 INCH CHOUTEAU MT PUBLIC
3.4 INCHES OF SNOW IN HIGHWOOD.
&&
BRUSDALocal storm report, Jan 30, 10:36 AM MST, 2 hours 48 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
1036 AM MST SUN JAN 30 2011
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION.. ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0500 AM SNOW 5 SW GREAT FALLS 47.46N 111.38W
01/30/2011 M2.5 INCH CASCADE MT OFFICIAL NWS OBS
2.5 INCHES OF NEW SNOW IN THE PAST 24 HOURS AT THE NWS
OFFICE IN GREAT FALLS.
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BRUSDALocal storm report, Jan 30, 11:49 AM MST, 1 hour 35 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
1149 AM MST SUN JAN 30 2011
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION.. ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0800 AM HEAVY SNOW 6 WSW HOGELAND 48.83N 108.79W
01/30/2011 M10.0 INCH BLAINE MT TRAINED SPOTTER
24 HOUR SNOW FALL ENDING AT 8 AM
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WILLIAMSONLocal storm report, Jan 30, 12:25 PM MST, 59 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
1225 PM MST SUN JAN 30 2011
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION.. ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1200 PM SNOW 5 S GREAT FALLS 47.43N 111.29W
01/30/2011 M5.3 INCH CASCADE MT NWS EMPLOYEE
MEASURED 5.3 INCHES OF SNOW.
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MLSLocal storm report, Jan 30, 12:29 PM MST, 55 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
1229 PM MST SUN JAN 30 2011
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION.. ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1227 PM HEAVY SNOW 3 SSE HARLEM 48.49N 108.76W
01/30/2011 E6.0 INCH BLAINE MT TRAINED SPOTTER
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JNSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Great Falls, MT issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 30, 8:53 AM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | TFX | 18 hr |
Nearby
Wind Chill Advisories in Montana, 2011Every wind chill advisory 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.