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Special Weather Statement, NWS Missoula, MT

August 18, 2020

NWS Missoula, MT issued this special weather statement at Aug 18, 2020, 7:13 PM MDT. It was in force for 32 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Aug 18, 2020, 7:13 PM MDT (01:13 UTC)
Expired: Aug 18, 2020, 7:45 PM MDT
In force: 32 min
Issued by: NWS Missoula, MT

The radar

The Pendleton radar (KPDT), 196 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The text

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Missoula, MT wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Aug 18, 2:27 PM MDT, 4 hours 46 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 18, 2:27 PM MDT, 4 hours 46 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Missoula, MT issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 19, 2:34 PM MDT	Red Flag Warning	MSO	Beaverhead, Deer Lodge, Granite, Jefferson, Madison, Powell and 1 more	31 hr
Aug 19, 4:01 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	MSO	Deer Lodge	44 min
Aug 19, 1:38 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	MSO	Lewis	67 min
Aug 19, 3:53 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	MSO	Lemhi	37 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Montana, 2020 Every special weather statement in 2020

Sources

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