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High Wind Watch 14, NWS Great Falls, MT

October 12, 2020

NWS Great Falls, MT issued this high wind watch at Oct 12, 2020, 10:36 AM MDT. It took effect at Oct 13, 2020, 2:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 11 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Oct 12, 2020, 10:36 AM MDT (16:36 UTC)
In effect from: Oct 13, 2020, 2:00 PM MDT
Expired: Oct 13, 2020, 2:11 PM MDT
In force: 11 min
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 Oct 12, 5:40 AM MDT, 4 hours 56 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 12, 5:40 AM MDT, 4 hours 56 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Oct 12, 6:59 AM MDT, 3 hours 37 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
Oct 12, 3:10 AM MDT	High Wind Warning	TFX		15 hr
Oct 12, 10:49 AM MDT	Winter Weather Advisory	TFX		52 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.