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Winter Storm Warning 17, NWS Great Falls, MT

December 29, 2018

NWS Great Falls, MT issued this winter storm warning at Dec 29, 2018, 8:39 AM MST. It took effect at Dec 29, 2018, 5:00 PM MST. It was in force for 34 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 29, 2018, 8:39 AM MST (15:39 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 29, 2018, 5:00 PM MST
Expired: Dec 31, 2018, 3:15 AM MST
In force: 34 hr
Issued by: NWS Great Falls, MT

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this winter storm warning 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 warning went out at Dec 29, 4:48 AM MST, 3 hours 51 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 29, 4:48 AM MST, 3 hours 51 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Dec 29, 7:54 AM MST, 45 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 28, 10:57 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Cascade	108 min
Dec 29, 7:54 AM MST	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Cascade, Liberty	51 min
Dec 29, 9:03 AM MST	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Chouteau, Judith Basin	42 min
Dec 29, 2:35 PM MST	Winter Weather Advisory	TFX		41 hr

Nearby

Winter Storm Warnings in Montana, 2018 Every winter storm warning in 2018

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.