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Winter Storm Watch 6, NWS Missoula, MT

May 15, 20178 counties in Montana; Idaho County, Lemhi County, Idaho

NWS Missoula, MT issued this winter storm watch at May 15, 2017, 12:54 PM MDT for 8 counties in Montana; Idaho County, Lemhi County, Idaho. It took effect at May 16, 2017, 9:00 PM MDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 15, 2017, 12:54 PM MDT (18:54 UTC)
In effect from
May 16, 2017, 9:00 PM MDT
Expired
May 16, 2017, 1:14 PM MDT
In force
Issued by
NWS Missoula, MT

Counties Idaho County, ID, Lemhi County, ID, Deer Lodge County, MT, Flathead County, MT, Granite County, MT, Lake County, MT, Missoula County, MT, Powell County, MT, Ravalli County, MT, Silver Bow County, MT

The radar

The Missoula radar (KMSX), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:56 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 May 15, 4:04 AM MDT, 8 hours 50 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 15, 4:04 AM MDT, 8 hours 50 minutes before
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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.