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Snow Squall Warning 4, NWS Great Falls, MT

February 14, 2020Gallatin County, Montana

NWS Great Falls, MT issued this snow squall warning at Feb 14, 2020, 8:07 AM MST for Gallatin County, Montana. It was in force for 53 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 14, 2020, 8:07 AM MST (15:07 UTC)
Expired
Feb 14, 2020, 9:00 AM MST
In force
53 min
Issued by
NWS Great Falls, MT
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Gallatin County, MT

The radar

The Billings radar (KBLX), 202 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this snow squall 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 snow squall warning went out at Feb 13, 3:05 PM MST, 17 hours 2 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 13, 3:05 PM MST, 17 hours 2 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 14, 9:44 AM MSTWinter Weather AdvisoryTFX65 hr
Feb 14, 1:53 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementTFXBlaine, Hill82 min

Nearby

Snow Squall Warnings in Montana, 2020Every snow squall warning 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.