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Special Weather Statement, NWS Missoula, MT

July 13, 2017Powell County, Montana

NWS Missoula, MT issued this special weather statement at Jul 13, 2017, 6:13 PM MDT for Powell County, Montana. It was in force for 32 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jul 13, 2017, 6:13 PM MDT (00:13 UTC)
Expired: Jul 13, 2017, 6:45 PM MDT
In force: 32 min
Issued by: NWS Missoula, MT

County Powell County, MT

The radar

The Missoula radar (KMSX), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The text

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 13, 6:13 PM MDT, 0 minutes before

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<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 13, 6:47 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	MSO	Powell	28 min
Jul 13, 6:48 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	MSO	Powell	27 min
Jul 13, 7:37 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	MSO	Deer Lodge	23 min
Jul 13, 8:48 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	MSO	Deer Lodge	27 min
Jul 13, 9:17 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	MSO	Deer Lodge	28 min
Jul 13, 9:44 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	MSO	Granite	31 min
Jul 14, 3:59 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	MSO	Deer Lodge	46 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Montana, 2017 Every special weather statement in 2017

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.