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Winter Weather Advisory 13, NWS Missoula, MT

February 2, 2016Mineral County, Missoula County, Sanders County, Montana

NWS Missoula, MT issued this winter weather advisory at Feb 2, 2016, 11:13 AM MST for Mineral County, Missoula County, Sanders County, Montana. It took effect at Feb 2, 2016, 2:43 PM MST. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Feb 2, 2016, 11:13 AM MST (18:13 UTC)
In effect from: Feb 2, 2016, 2:43 PM MST
Expired: Feb 2, 2016, 10:00 PM MST
In force: 7 hr
Issued by: NWS Missoula, MT

Counties Mineral County, MT, Missoula County, MT, Sanders County, MT

The radar

The Missoula radar (KMSX), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:15 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 weather 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 winter weather advisory went out at Feb 2, 4:08 AM MST, 7 hours 5 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 2, 4:08 AM MST, 7 hours 5 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Feb 2, 8:16 AM MST, 2 hours 57 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
816 AM MST TUE FEB 2 2016

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0815 AM     SNOW             6 NE HERON              48.12N 115.85W
02/02/2016  M3.8 INCH        SANDERS            MT   TRAINED SPOTTER

            24 HOUR SNOWFALL

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NWS MISSOULA MT
IRIS SYSTEM

Local storm report, Feb 2, 10:06 AM MST, 1 hour 7 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
Feb 1, 5:46 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	MSO	Missoula	59 min
Feb 1, 5:50 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	MSO	Missoula	70 min
Feb 2, 11:13 AM MST	Winter Storm Warning	MSO	Mineral, Missoula, Sanders	4 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.