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High Wind Watch 11, NWS Great Falls, MT

March 11, 2013

NWS Great Falls, MT issued this high wind watch at Mar 11, 2013, 2:45 PM MDT. It took effect at Mar 12, 2013, 12:00 PM MDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 11, 2013, 2:45 PM MDT (20:45 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 12, 2013, 12:00 PM MDT
Expired: Mar 12, 2013, 3:20 AM MDT
In force
Issued by: NWS Great Falls, MT

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this high wind 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 high wind watch went out at Mar 11, 12:09 PM MDT, 2 hours 36 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 11, 12:09 PM MDT, 2 hours 36 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 11, 4:02 AM MDT, 10 hours 43 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 11, 1:37 PM MDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
137 PM MDT MON MAR 11 2013

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

1100 AM     HEAVY SNOW       11 WSW BABB             48.80N 113.67W
03/11/2013  M9.0 INCH        GLACIER            MT   MESONET

            9 INCHES OF SNOWFALL IN THE LAST 4 HOURS. MANY GLACIER
            SNOTEL. ELEVATION 4900 FEET.

&&

NJL

Local storm report, Mar 11, 1:44 PM MDT, 1 hour 1 minute before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
144 PM MDT MON MAR 11 2013

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

0137 PM     SNOW             1 N BABB                48.88N 113.44W
03/11/2013  E2.0 INCH        GLACIER            MT   TRAINED SPOTTER

            2 INCHES OF SNOWFALL SINCE EARLY THIS MORNING. SUN IS
            COMING THROUGH CLOUDS WITH LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS.

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NJL

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 11, 3:34 PM MDT	Winter Storm Warning	TFX		5 hr

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