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Special Weather Statement, NWS Missoula, MT

August 19, 2014Flathead County, Montana

NWS Missoula, MT issued this special weather statement at Aug 19, 2014, 2:25 PM MDT for Flathead County, Montana. It was in force for 50 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

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The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Aug 19, 2014, 2:25 PM MDT (20:25 UTC)
Expired: Aug 19, 2014, 3:15 PM MDT
In force: 50 min
Issued by: NWS Missoula, MT

County Flathead County, MT

The radar

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The text

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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 Aug 19, 4:08 AM MDT, 10 hours 17 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 19, 4:08 AM MDT, 10 hours 17 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 19, 2:16 PM MDT, 9 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 19, 2:25 PM MDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
225 PM MDT TUE AUG 19 2014

MTZ002-192115-
WEST GLACIER REGION-
225 PM MDT TUE AUG 19 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHERN FLATHEAD COUNTY UNTIL
315 PM MDT...

AT 218 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES WEST OF
GOING-TO-THE-SUN ROAD IN GLACIER PARK TO WEST GLACIER TO 6 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF WEST GLACIER...AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS...ALONG WITH
HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE...GOING-TO-THE-SUN
ROAD IN GLACIER PARK...LAKE MCDONALD AND LOGAN PASS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...GO INDOORS AND STAY
AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...MOVE TO A WELL
PROTECTED AREA.

&&

LAT...LON 4883 11375 4879 11376 4874 11370 4862 11374
      4860 11371 4859 11357 4858 11355 4850 11360
      4843 11412 4879 11401
TIME...MOT...LOC 2025Z 266DEG 30KT 4874 11391 4856 11391
          4845 11400

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 19, 2:16 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	MSO	Sanders	44 min
Aug 19, 3:36 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	MSO	Flathead	24 min
Aug 19, 4:07 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	MSO	Flathead	23 min
Aug 19, 5:31 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	MSO	Flathead	29 min
Aug 19, 5:44 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	MSO	Sanders	31 min

Nearby

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Sources

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