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Special Weather Statement, NWS Great Falls, MT
NWS Great Falls, MT issued this special weather statement at Mar 28, 2012, 3:21 PM MDT for Lewis and Clark County, Montana. It was in force for 54 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
- Mar 28, 2012, 3:21 PM MDT (21:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 28, 2012, 4:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- NWS Great Falls, MT
County Lewis and Clark County, MT
The radar
The Great Falls radar (KTFX), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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</html>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 Great Falls, MT wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Mar 28, 2:58 PM MDT, 23 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 28, 2:58 PM MDT, 23 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 28, 5:59 AM MDT, 9 hours 22 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT 559 AM MDT WED MAR 28 2012 MTZ008>015-044>055-291200- BEAVERHEAD-NORTHERN ROCKY MOUNTAIN FRONT-EASTERN GLACIER-HILL- CASCADE-CHOUTEAU-CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN LEWIS AND CLARK-MADISON- TOOLE-LIBERTY-EASTERN PONDERA-BLAINE- SOUTHERN ROCKY MOUNTAIN FRONT-EASTERN TETON-JUDITH BASIN-FERGUS- JEFFERSON-BROADWATER-MEAGHER-GALLATIN- 559 AM MDT WED MAR 28 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MONTANA...NORTH CENTRAL MONTANA AND SOUTHWEST MONTANA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A SURFACE COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA TODAY...BRINGING A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY STRONG WINDS ARE POSSIBILITY FRIDAY NIGHT ALONG THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN FRONT. A POTENTIALLY STRONGER AND MOIST WEATHER SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS THE AREA SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT...WHICH WILL BRING A INCREASED CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. IN THE WAKE OF THE COLD FRONT...TEMPERATURES MAY BECOME COLD ENOUGH TO CAUSE SHOWERS TO MIX WITH OR CHANGE OVER TO SNOW SATURDAY NIGHT. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO A POSSIBILITY ON SUNDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Mar 28, 3:21 PM MDT, 0 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Great Falls, MT issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 28, 2:23 PM MDT | High Wind Watch | TFX | 38 hr | |
| Mar 28, 5:59 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | TFX | Chouteau, Judith Basin, Meagher | 46 min |
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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.