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Special Weather Statement, NWS Missoula, MT

July 10, 2012Lake County, Montana

NWS Missoula, MT issued this special weather statement at Jul 10, 2012, 11:00 PM MDT for Lake County, Montana. It was in force for 45 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jul 10, 2012, 11:00 PM MDT (05:00 UTC)
Expired: Jul 10, 2012, 11:45 PM MDT
In force: 45 min
Issued by: NWS Missoula, MT

County Lake County, MT

The radar

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

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What forecasters said that day

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

NWS Missoula, MT wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Jul 10, 9:05 PM MDT, 1 hour 55 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 10, 9:05 PM MDT, 1 hour 55 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 10, 5:27 PM MDT, 5 hours 33 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 10, 11:00 PM MDT, 0 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 10, 11:09 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	MSO	Lake	51 min
Jul 11, 1:41 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	MSO	Ravalli	49 min
Jul 11, 3:31 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	MSO	Ravalli	29 min
Jul 11, 4:43 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	MSO	Ravalli	32 min
Jul 11, 5:37 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	MSO	Granite	23 min
Jul 11, 4:01 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MSO	Lemhi	119 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Montana, 2012 Every special weather statement in 2012

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.