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High Wind Watch 11, NWS Great Falls, MT

December 17, 2018

NWS Great Falls, MT issued this high wind watch at Dec 17, 2018, 3:28 AM MST. It took effect at Dec 18, 2018, 2:00 AM MST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 17, 2018, 3:28 AM MST (10:28 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 18, 2018, 2:00 AM MST
Expired: Dec 17, 2018, 1:35 PM MST
In force
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 Dec 16, 10:22 PM MST, 5 hours 6 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 16, 10:22 PM MST, 5 hours 6 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	Lasted
Dec 17, 3:37 AM MST	Winter Storm Watch	TFX	10 hr
Dec 17, 1:35 PM MST	High Wind Watch	TFX	15 hr
Dec 17, 1:35 PM MST	High Wind Warning	TFX	49 hr
Dec 17, 1:39 PM MST	Winter Weather Advisory	TFX	42 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.