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Blowing Dust Advisory 1, NWS Great Falls, MT

January 25, 2012

NWS Great Falls, MT issued this blowing dust advisory at Jan 25, 2012, 11:31 AM MST. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 25, 2012, 11:31 AM MST (18:31 UTC)
Expired: Jan 25, 2012, 2:42 PM MST
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Great Falls, MT

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this blowing dust 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 blowing dust advisory went out at Jan 25, 10:55 AM MST, 36 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 25, 10:55 AM MST, 36 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 25, 5:07 AM MST, 6 hours 24 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
507 AM MST WED JAN 25 2012

MTZ009-014-048-261215-
NORTHERN ROCKY MOUNTAIN FRONT-
CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN LEWIS AND CLARK-
SOUTHERN ROCKY MOUNTAIN FRONT-
507 AM MST WED JAN 25 2012

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL
MONTANA AND SOUTHWEST MONTANA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A HIGH WIND WARNING CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST.
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY CONTINUES IN EFFECT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL CONTINUE IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM
MST THURSDAY.

HIGH WINDS ARE POSSIBLE AGAIN SATURDAY THROUGH THE REST OF THE
WEEKEND.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

REPORTS OF STRONG WINDS OR WIND DAMAGE WOULD BE GREATLY
APPRECIATED.

MTZ053-261215-
BROADWATER-
507 AM MST WED JAN 25 2012

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST
MONTANA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A HIGH WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST.
A FLOOD WARNING FOR THIS MISSOURI AT TOWNSEND CONTINUES IN EFFECT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

THE FLOOD WARNING FOR THE MISSOURI RIVER AT TOWNSEND WILL CONTINUE
IN EFFECT UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

REPORTS OF STRONG WINDS OR WIND DAMAGE WOULD BE GREATLY
APPRECIATED. REPORTS OF FLOODING WOULD ALSO BE GREATLY APPRECIATED.

MTZ010>013-015-044>047-049>052-054-055-261215-
EASTERN GLACIER-HILL-CASCADE-CHOUTEAU-MADISON-TOOLE-LIBERTY-
EASTERN PONDERA-BLAINE-EASTERN TETON-JUDITH BASIN-FERGUS-
JEFFERSON-MEAGHER-GALLATIN-
507 AM MST WED JAN 25 2012

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL
MONTANA...NORTH CENTRAL MONTANA AND SOUTHWEST MONTANA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A HIGH WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT THROUGH 5 AM MST.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

REPORTS OF STRONG WINDS OR WIND DAMAGE WOULD BE GREATLY
APPRECIATED.

MTZ008-261215-
BEAVERHEAD-
507 AM MST WED JAN 25 2012

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST
MONTANA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jan 25, 6:58 AM MST, 4 hours 33 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
658 AM MST WED JAN 25 2012

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0400 AM     NON-TSTM WND GST 2 SW CASCADE            47.25N 111.73W
01/25/2012  M74 MPH          CASCADE            MT   TRAINED SPOTTER

            74 MPH WIND GUST. TIME IS ESTIMATED.

&&

BRUSDA

Local storm report, Jan 25, 9:46 AM MST, 1 hour 45 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jan 25, 9:55 AM MST, 1 hour 36 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jan 25, 10:02 AM MST, 1 hour 29 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jan 25, 10:52 AM MST, 39 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jan 25, 11:13 AM MST, 18 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 25, 12:12 PM MST	Blizzard Warning	TFX		9 hr
Jan 25, 12:12 PM MST	Winter Weather Advisory	TFX		9 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.