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Special Weather Statement, NWS Missoula, MT

August 12, 2015Deer Lodge County, Montana

NWS Missoula, MT issued this special weather statement at Aug 12, 2015, 4:01 PM MDT for Deer Lodge County, Montana. It was in force for 59 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: Aug 12, 2015, 4:01 PM MDT (22:01 UTC)
Expired: Aug 12, 2015, 5:00 PM MDT
In force: 59 min
Issued by: NWS Missoula, MT

County Deer Lodge County, MT

The radar

The Missoula radar (KMSX), 139 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 12, 2:33 PM MDT, 1 hour 28 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 12, 2:33 PM MDT, 1 hour 28 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 12, 3:44 PM MDT, 17 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 12, 4:01 PM MDT, 0 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 11, 6:23 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	MSO	Mineral	37 min
Aug 11, 7:10 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	MSO	Mineral	50 min
Aug 11, 7:20 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MSO	Mineral, Sanders	40 min
Aug 12, 3:44 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	MSO	Ravalli	46 min
Aug 12, 4:19 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MSO	Deer Lodge	3 hr
Aug 12, 4:34 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	MSO	Ravalli	56 min
Aug 12, 4:44 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	MSO		61 min
Aug 12, 5:57 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	MSO	Deer Lodge	63 min
Aug 11, 7:01 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	MSO	Clearwater	44 min

Nearby

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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.