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Fire Weather Watch 3, NWS Great Falls, MT
NWS Great Falls, MT issued this fire weather watch at Mar 15, 2012, 3:23 AM MDT for 14 counties in Montana. It took effect at Mar 16, 2012, 9:00 AM MDT. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 15, 2012, 3:23 AM MDT (09:23 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 16, 2012, 9:00 AM MDT
- Expired
- Mar 16, 2012, 3:15 AM MDT
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS Great Falls, MT
Counties Blaine County, MT, Cascade County, MT, Chouteau County, MT, Fergus County, MT, Glacier County, MT, Hill County, MT, Judith Basin County, MT, Lewis and Clark County, MT, Liberty County, MT, Meagher County, MT, Phillips County, MT, Pondera County, MT, Teton County, MT, Toole County, MT
The radar
The Great Falls radar (KTFX), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:24 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 fire weather watch 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 fire weather watch went out at Mar 14, 10:53 PM MDT, 4 hours 30 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 14, 10:53 PM MDT, 4 hours 30 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Great Falls, MT issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 15, 2:53 PM MDT | High Wind Watch | TFX | 12 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.