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Fire Weather Watch 2, NWS Missoula, MT
NWS Missoula, MT issued this fire weather watch at Jul 31, 2016, 8:11 PM MDT for 13 counties in Montana. It took effect at Aug 2, 2016, 12:00 PM MDT. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 31, 2016, 8:11 PM MDT (02:11 UTC)
- In effect from
- Aug 2, 2016, 12:00 PM MDT
- Expired
- Aug 1, 2016, 12:35 PM MDT
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS Missoula, MT
Counties Beaverhead County, MT, Deer Lodge County, MT, Flathead County, MT, Granite County, MT, Jefferson County, MT, Lewis and Clark County, MT, Madison County, MT, Mineral County, MT, Missoula County, MT, Powell County, MT, Ravalli County, MT, Sanders County, MT, Silver Bow County, MT
The radar
The Missoula radar (KMSX), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this fire weather watch 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 fire weather watch went out at Jul 31, 2:44 PM MDT, 5 hours 27 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 31, 2:44 PM MDT, 5 hours 27 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Missoula, MT issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 1, 12:35 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | MSO | Beaverhead, Deer Lodge, Flathead, Granite, Jefferson, Lake and 8 more | 35 hr |
| Aug 1, 2:29 PM MDT | Lake Wind Advisory | MSO | Flathead, Lake, Sanders | 31 hr |
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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.