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Winter Storm Watch 2, NWS Glasgow, MT

March 18, 2012Phillips County, Montana

NWS Glasgow, MT issued this winter storm watch at Mar 18, 2012, 3:30 AM MDT for Phillips County, Montana. It took effect at Mar 19, 2012, 12:00 AM MDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 18, 2012, 3:30 AM MDT (09:30 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 19, 2012, 12:00 AM MDT
Expired: Mar 18, 2012, 2:20 PM MDT
In force
Issued by: NWS Glasgow, MT

County Phillips County, MT

The radar

The Glasgow radar (KGGW), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:27 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 winter storm watch went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Glasgow, MT wrote its last area forecast discussion before this winter storm watch went out at Mar 17, 9:47 PM MDT, 5 hours 43 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 17, 9:47 PM MDT, 5 hours 43 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 17, 8:32 PM MDT	Fire Weather Watch	GGW	Dawson, McCone, Prairie, Richland, Wibaux	7 hr
Mar 18, 2:20 PM MDT	Winter Storm Warning	GGW	Phillips	13 hr
Mar 18, 2:20 PM MDT	Winter Weather Advisory	GGW	Garfield, Petroleum, Phillips	13 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.