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High Wind Watch 33, NWS Great Falls, MT

November 3, 202218 counties in Montana

NWS Great Falls, MT issued this high wind watch at Nov 3, 2022, 2:34 AM MDT for 18 counties in Montana. It took effect at Nov 4, 2022, 12:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 38 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 3, 2022, 2:34 AM MDT (08:34 UTC)
In effect from
Nov 4, 2022, 12:00 PM MDT
Expired
Nov 4, 2022, 12:38 PM MDT
In force
38 min
Issued by
NWS Great Falls, MT

Counties Beaverhead County, MT, Blaine County, MT, Broadwater County, MT, Cascade County, MT, Chouteau County, MT, Fergus County, MT, Gallatin County, MT, Glacier County, MT, Hill County, MT, Jefferson County, MT, Judith Basin County, MT, Lewis and Clark County, MT, Liberty County, MT, Madison County, MT, Meagher County, MT, Pondera County, MT, Teton County, MT, Toole County, MT

The radar

The Great Falls radar (KTFX), 23 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:38 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 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 Nov 2, 11:31 PM MDT, 3 hours 3 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 2, 11:31 PM MDT, 3 hours 3 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 3, 2:46 PM MDTHigh Wind WarningTFXBeaverhead, Blaine, Broadwater, Cascade, Chouteau, Fergus and 12 more54 hr

Nearby

High Wind Watches in Montana, 2022Every high wind watch in 2022

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.