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High Wind Watch 12, NWS Great Falls, MT

November 22, 2017

NWS Great Falls, MT issued this high wind watch at Nov 22, 2017, 10:37 AM MST. It took effect at Nov 22, 2017, 11:00 PM MST. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Nov 22, 2017, 10:37 AM MST (17:37 UTC)
In effect from: Nov 22, 2017, 11:00 PM MST
Expired: Nov 23, 2017, 3:06 AM MST
In force: 4 hr
Issued by: NWS Great Falls, MT

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this high wind 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 high wind watch went out at Nov 22, 4:05 AM MST, 6 hours 32 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 22, 4:05 AM MST, 6 hours 32 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Nov 22, 8:07 AM MST, 2 hours 30 minutes before

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Local storm report, Nov 22, 8:31 AM MST, 2 hours 6 minutes before

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Local storm report, Nov 22, 8:36 AM MST, 2 hours 1 minute before

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Local storm report, Nov 22, 8:38 AM MST, 1 hour 59 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
838 AM MST WED NOV 22 2017

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

1110 PM     NON-TSTM WND GST 10 S FORT BENTON        47.68N 110.66W
11/21/2017  M58 MPH          CHOUTEAU           MT   MESONET

            58 MPH WIND GUST.

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Local storm report, Nov 22, 8:50 AM MST, 1 hour 47 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
850 AM MST WED NOV 22 2017

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

0800 AM     NON-TSTM WND GST 6 NNE AUGUSTA           47.56N 112.34W
11/22/2017  M64 MPH          TETON              MT   MESONET

            64 MPH WIND GUST

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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
Nov 22, 2:38 PM MST	High Wind Warning	TFX		36 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.