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High Wind Watch 1, NWS Great Falls, MT

January 8, 2014

NWS Great Falls, MT issued this high wind watch at Jan 8, 2014, 3:45 AM MST. It took effect at Jan 10, 2014, 5:00 AM MST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 8, 2014, 3:45 AM MST (10:45 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 10, 2014, 5:00 AM MST
Expired
Jan 9, 2014, 3:55 AM MST
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 Jan 7, 10:45 PM MST, 5 hours earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 7, 10:45 PM MST, 5 hours before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 8, 3:35 AM MST, 10 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
335 AM MST WED JAN 8 2014

MTZ055-091045-
GALLATIN-
335 AM MST WED JAN 8 2014

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST
MONTANA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

FLOOD WARNING UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE FOR A PORTION OF THE GALLATIN
RIVER NEAR GALLATIN GATEWAY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

FLOOD WARNING UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE FOR A PORTION OF THE GALLATIN
RIVER NEAR GALLATIN GATEWAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

ANY REPORTS OF FLOODING ARE GREATLY APPRECIATED.

MTZ009>014-044>051-053-054-091045-
NORTHERN ROCKY MOUNTAIN FRONT-EASTERN GLACIER-HILL-CASCADE-
CHOUTEAU-CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN LEWIS AND CLARK-TOOLE-LIBERTY-
EASTERN PONDERA-BLAINE-SOUTHERN ROCKY MOUNTAIN FRONT-
EASTERN TETON-JUDITH BASIN-FERGUS-BROADWATER-MEAGHER-
335 AM MST WED JAN 8 2014

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THE PROBABILITY OF WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

A HIGH WIND WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH THE WEEKEND.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

REPORTS OF STRONG WINDS OR WIND DAMAGE ARE GREATLY APPRECIATED.

MTZ008-015-052-091045-
BEAVERHEAD-MADISON-JEFFERSON-
335 AM MST WED JAN 8 2014

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

HIGH WIND CRITERIA IS NOT EXPECTED BUT STRONG WINDS MAY OCCUR
THROUGH THE WEEKEND. CONDITIONS WILL BE MONITORED FOR HIGHLIGHTS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 8, 2:17 PM MSTHigh Wind WarningTFX5 days

Nearby

High Wind Watches in Montana, 2014Every high wind watch in 2014

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.