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Winter Storm Watch 5, NWS Missoula, MT

December 6, 20165 counties in Montana; Clearwater County, Idaho County, Idaho

NWS Missoula, MT issued this winter storm watch at Dec 6, 2016, 2:38 PM MST for 5 counties in Montana; Clearwater County, Idaho County, Idaho. It took effect at Dec 8, 2016, 5:00 PM MST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 6, 2016, 2:38 PM MST (21:38 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 8, 2016, 5:00 PM MST
Expired: Dec 8, 2016, 10:01 AM MST
In force
Issued by: NWS Missoula, MT

Counties Clearwater County, ID, Idaho County, ID, Granite County, MT, Mineral County, MT, Missoula County, MT, Ravalli County, MT, Sanders County, MT

The radar

The Missoula radar (KMSX), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:36 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 winter storm 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 winter storm watch went out at Dec 5, 2:45 PM MST, 23 hours 53 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 5, 2:45 PM MST, 23 hours 53 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
Dec 6, 1:00 PM MST	Winter Weather Advisory	MSO	Flathead, Lake, Sanders	28 hr

Nearby

Winter Storm Watches in Montana, 2016 Winter Storm Watches in Idaho, 2016 Every winter storm watch 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.