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Special Weather Statement, NWS Great Falls, MT

November 25, 2020

NWS Great Falls, MT issued this special weather statement at Nov 25, 2020, 7:21 AM MST. It was in force for 69 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: Nov 25, 2020, 7:21 AM MST (14:21 UTC)
Expired: Nov 25, 2020, 8:30 AM MST
In force: 69 min
Issued by: NWS Great Falls, MT

The radar

The Missoula radar (KMSX), 149 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:20 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 Great Falls, MT wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Nov 24, 2:13 PM MST, 17 hours 8 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 24, 2:13 PM MST, 17 hours 8 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
Nov 25, 7:25 AM MST	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Lewis and Clark	65 min
Nov 25, 9:00 AM MST	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Jefferson, Lewis and Clark	3 hr
Nov 25, 12:43 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Cascade	62 min
Nov 25, 1:24 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Cascade, Lewis and Clark	51 min
Nov 25, 1:55 PM MST	High Wind Watch	TFX		25 hr
Nov 25, 2:45 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Cascade	30 min
Nov 25, 3:50 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Cascade	25 min
Nov 25, 4:50 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Judith Basin	25 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.