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High Wind Watch 8, NWS Great Falls, MT

May 20, 2020

NWS Great Falls, MT issued this high wind watch at May 20, 2020, 3:50 AM MDT. It took effect at May 21, 2020, 11:00 AM MDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 20, 2020, 3:50 AM MDT (09:50 UTC)
In effect from: May 21, 2020, 11:00 AM MDT
Expired: May 20, 2020, 9:41 PM MDT
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 May 20, 12:03 AM MDT, 3 hours 47 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 20, 12:03 AM MDT, 3 hours 47 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, May 20, 1:59 AM MDT, 1 hour 51 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 20, 2:06 AM MDT, 1 hour 44 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 20, 2:11 AM MDT, 1 hour 39 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 20, 2:40 AM MDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 20, 2:44 AM MDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 20, 3:24 AM MDT, 26 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
May 19, 6:02 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Cascade	28 min
May 19, 6:14 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Meagher	31 min
May 19, 6:30 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX		30 min
May 19, 6:47 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Wheatland	43 min
May 19, 7:01 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX		44 min
May 19, 7:25 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Wheatland	50 min
May 19, 7:43 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX		32 min
May 19, 7:54 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Fergus	36 min
May 19, 8:04 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX		41 min
May 19, 8:08 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Fergus	52 min
May 19, 8:19 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TFX	Fergus	26 min
May 19, 8:47 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TFX	Fergus	28 min
May 19, 8:53 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Lewis and Clark	37 min
May 19, 8:59 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TFX	Fergus	61 min
May 19, 9:03 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Silver Bow	27 min
May 19, 9:06 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Meagher	24 min
May 19, 9:25 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TFX	Fergus	35 min
May 19, 9:52 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Petroleum	23 min
May 19, 9:54 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Meagher	36 min
May 19, 9:56 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Lewis and Clark	34 min
May 19, 10:29 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Deer Lodge	46 min
May 19, 10:31 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Lewis and Clark	29 min
May 19, 11:26 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Jefferson	34 min
May 19, 11:28 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Silver Bow	32 min
May 19, 11:53 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Broadwater	37 min
May 20, 12:20 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Lewis and Clark	25 min
May 20, 12:41 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Lewis and Clark	34 min
May 20, 12:59 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Lewis and Clark	31 min
May 20, 1:17 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Lewis and Clark	28 min
May 20, 1:25 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Cascade	35 min
May 20, 1:41 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Lewis and Clark	34 min
May 20, 1:44 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Cascade	31 min
May 20, 2:00 AM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TFX	Cascade, Chouteau, Pondera, Teton	45 min
May 20, 2:06 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Petroleum	24 min
May 20, 2:11 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Lewis and Clark	34 min
May 20, 2:40 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Liberty	35 min
May 20, 2:44 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Teton	46 min
May 20, 3:24 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Pondera	36 min
May 20, 4:33 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Lewis and Clark	42 min
May 20, 5:09 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Lewis and Clark	51 min
May 20, 7:48 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Pondera	42 min
May 20, 11:42 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Liberty	48 min
May 20, 12:35 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Liberty	25 min
May 20, 1:53 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Judith Basin	22 min
May 20, 2:30 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Chouteau	45 min
May 20, 2:57 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Chouteau	48 min
May 20, 4:02 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Fergus	43 min
May 20, 4:40 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Fergus	50 min
May 20, 5:00 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Fergus	30 min
May 20, 5:26 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Fergus	34 min

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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.