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Fire Weather Watch 6, NWS Missoula, MT

August 5, 201216 counties in Montana

NWS Missoula, MT issued this fire weather watch at Aug 5, 2012, 2:44 PM MDT for 16 counties in Montana. It took effect at Aug 6, 2012, 12:00 PM MDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 5, 2012, 2:44 PM MDT (20:44 UTC)
In effect from
Aug 6, 2012, 12:00 PM MDT
Expired
Aug 6, 2012, 4:25 AM MDT
In force
Issued by
NWS Missoula, MT

Counties Beaverhead County, MT, Deer Lodge County, MT, Flathead County, MT, Glacier County, MT, Granite County, MT, Jefferson County, MT, Lake County, MT, Lewis and Clark County, MT, Lincoln County, MT, Madison County, MT, Mineral County, MT, Missoula County, MT, Powell County, MT, Ravalli County, MT, Sanders County, MT, Silver Bow County, MT

The radar

The Missoula radar (KMSX), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 5, 2:44 PM MDTRed Flag WarningMSOBeaverhead, Deer Lodge, Flathead, Glacier, Granite, Jefferson and 10 more29 hr

Nearby

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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.