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Winter Weather Advisory 4, NWS Missoula, MT

January 12, 20169 counties in Montana; Clearwater County, Idaho County, Lemhi County, Idaho

NWS Missoula, MT issued this winter weather advisory at Jan 12, 2016, 2:16 PM MST for 9 counties in Montana; Clearwater County, Idaho County, Lemhi County, Idaho. It took effect at Jan 12, 2016, 11:00 PM MST. It was in force for 58 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 12, 2016, 2:16 PM MST (21:16 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 12, 2016, 11:00 PM MST
Expired: Jan 15, 2016, 9:00 AM MST
In force: 58 hr
Issued by: NWS Missoula, MT

Counties Clearwater County, ID, Idaho County, ID, Lemhi County, ID, Flathead County, MT, Granite County, MT, Lake County, MT, Lincoln County, MT, Mineral County, MT, Missoula County, MT, Powell County, MT, Ravalli County, MT, Sanders County, MT

The radar

The Missoula radar (KMSX), 36 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:20 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 Jan 12, 3:39 AM MST, 10 hours 37 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 12, 3:39 AM MST, 10 hours 37 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
Jan 12, 1:24 AM MST	Winter Weather Advisory	MSO	Mineral, Missoula, Sanders	9 hr

Nearby

Winter Weather Advisories in Montana, 2016 Winter Weather Advisories in Idaho, 2016 Every winter weather 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.