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Winter Storm Warning 1, NWS Great Falls, MT

January 2, 2014

NWS Great Falls, MT issued this winter storm warning at Jan 2, 2014, 4:27 AM MST. It took effect at Jan 2, 2014, 5:00 PM MST. It was in force for 42 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 2, 2014, 4:27 AM MST (11:27 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 2, 2014, 5:00 PM MST
Expired
Jan 4, 2014, 11:00 AM MST
In force
42 hr
Issued by
NWS Great Falls, MT

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this winter storm warning 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 winter storm warning went out at Jan 1, 4:20 PM MST, 12 hours 7 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 1, 4:20 PM MST, 12 hours 7 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 1, 2:32 PM MST, 13 hours 55 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
232 PM MST WED JAN 1 2014

MTZ009-048-021200-
NORTHERN ROCKY MOUNTAIN FRONT-SOUTHERN ROCKY MOUNTAIN FRONT-
232 PM MST WED JAN 1 2014

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER FOR TONIGHT IS
LOW.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

A HIGH WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THURSDAY AND FRIDAY.
A WINTER STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH
FRIDAY NIGHT.

VERY COLD AIR COULD MOVE INTO THE REGION FOR SUNDAY THROUGH
TUESDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

ANY SPOTTER REPORTS OF HIGH WINDS OR SNOWFALL WOULD GREATLY BE
APPRECIATED.

MTZ010>014-044>047-049>053-021200-
EASTERN GLACIER-HILL-CASCADE-CHOUTEAU-
CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN LEWIS AND CLARK-TOOLE-LIBERTY-
EASTERN PONDERA-BLAINE-EASTERN TETON-JUDITH BASIN-FERGUS-
JEFFERSON-BROADWATER-
232 PM MST WED JAN 1 2014

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER FOR TONIGHT IS
LOW.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

A HIGH WIND WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THURSDAY AND FRIDAY.

VERY COLD AIR COULD MOVE INTO THE REGION FOR SUNDAY THROUGH
TUESDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

ANY SPOTTER REPORTS OF HIGH WINDS WOULD GREATLY BE APPRECIATED.

MTZ055-021200-
GALLATIN-
232 PM MST WED JAN 1 2014

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST
MONTANA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

A FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF THE GALLATIN RIVER
NEAR GALLATIN GATEWAY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

A FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF THE GALLATIN RIVER
NEAR GALLATIN GATEWAY UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.

VERY COLD AIR COULD MOVE INTO THE REGION FOR SUNDAY THROUGH
TUESDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

ANY SPOTTER REPORTS OF FLOODING WOULD GREATLY BE APPRECIATED.

MTZ008-015-054-021200-
BEAVERHEAD-MADISON-MEAGHER-
232 PM MST WED JAN 1 2014

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST
MONTANA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER FOR TONIGHT IS LOW.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

VERY COLD AIR COULD MOVE INTO THE REGION FOR SUNDAY THROUGH
TUESDAY.

.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 2, 2:40 PM MSTWinter Weather AdvisoryTFX50 hr

Nearby

Winter Storm Warnings in Montana, 2014Every winter storm warning 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.