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Winter Storm Watch 4, NWS Great Falls, MT

December 13, 2016

NWS Great Falls, MT issued this winter storm watch at Dec 13, 2016, 3:25 AM MST. It took effect at Dec 14, 2016, 6:00 PM MST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 13, 2016, 3:25 AM MST (10:25 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 14, 2016, 6:00 PM MST
Expired: Dec 14, 2016, 2:54 PM MST
In force
Issued by: NWS Great Falls, MT

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 Great Falls, MT wrote its last area forecast discussion before this winter storm watch went out at Dec 12, 10:39 PM MST, 4 hours 46 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 12, 10:39 PM MST, 4 hours 46 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Dec 12, 9:55 PM MST, 5 hours 30 minutes before

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Local storm report, Dec 12, 10:26 PM MST, 4 hours 59 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Great Falls, MT issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Dec 13, 1:59 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Broadwater, Jefferson, Meagher	3 hr
Dec 13, 2:55 PM MST	Wind Chill Advisory	TFX		20 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.