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High Wind Watch 14, NWS Great Falls, MT

December 20, 2018

NWS Great Falls, MT issued this high wind watch at Dec 20, 2018, 3:03 AM MST. It took effect at Dec 21, 2018, 2:00 AM MST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 20, 2018, 3:03 AM MST (10:03 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 21, 2018, 2:00 AM MST
Expired: Dec 20, 2018, 2:55 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 20, 2:55 AM MST, 8 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 20, 2:55 AM MST, 8 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Dec 19, 9:42 PM MST, 5 hours 21 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
Dec 20, 3:03 AM MST	High Wind Warning	TFX		36 hr
Dec 20, 3:15 PM MST	Winter Weather Advisory	TFX		21 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.