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Winter Storm Watch 4, NWS Great Falls, MT

February 7, 2017

NWS Great Falls, MT issued this winter storm watch at Feb 7, 2017, 3:09 PM MST. It took effect at Feb 9, 2017, 12:00 AM MST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Feb 7, 2017, 3:09 PM MST (22:09 UTC)
In effect from: Feb 9, 2017, 12:00 AM MST
Expired: Feb 8, 2017, 3:49 AM 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 Feb 7, 3:04 PM MST, 5 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 7, 3:04 PM MST, 5 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Feb 7, 9:14 AM MST, 5 hours 55 minutes before

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Local storm report, Feb 7, 1:40 PM MST, 1 hour 29 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
Feb 6, 9:10 PM MST	Wind Chill Advisory	TFX		12 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.