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Lake Wind Advisory 1, NWS Missoula, MT

April 3, 2016Flathead County, Lake County, Sanders County, Montana

NWS Missoula, MT issued this lake wind advisory at Apr 3, 2016, 8:50 PM MDT for Flathead County, Lake County, Sanders County, Montana. It took effect at Apr 4, 2016, 12:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 9 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 3, 2016, 8:50 PM MDT (02:50 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 4, 2016, 12:00 PM MDT
Expired: Apr 4, 2016, 9:00 PM MDT
In force: 9 hr
Issued by: NWS Missoula, MT

Counties Flathead County, MT, Lake County, MT, Sanders County, MT

The radar

The Missoula radar (KMSX), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:52 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 lake wind advisory 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 lake wind advisory went out at Apr 3, 8:29 PM MDT, 21 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 3, 8:29 PM MDT, 21 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
Apr 3, 8:50 PM MDT	Wind Advisory	MSO	Deer Lodge, Granite, Lake, Missoula, Powell, Ravalli and 1 more	24 hr
Apr 4, 2:10 PM MDT	Winter Weather Advisory	MSO	Deer Lodge, Flathead, Granite, Lake, Powell, Silver Bow	20 hr
Apr 4, 5:13 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	MSO	Silver Bow	32 min

Nearby

Lake Wind Advisories in Montana, 2016 Every lake wind advisory in 2016

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.