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Snow Squall Warning 16, NWS Great Falls, MT

November 28, 20225 counties in Montana

NWS Great Falls, MT issued this snow squall warning at Nov 28, 2022, 12:40 AM MST for 5 counties in Montana. It was in force for 65 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: Nov 28, 2022, 12:40 AM MST (07:40 UTC)
Expired: Nov 28, 2022, 1:45 AM MST
In force: 65 min
Issued by: NWS Great Falls, MT
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Chouteau County, MT, Glacier County, MT, Liberty County, MT, Pondera County, MT, Toole County, MT

The radar

The Great Falls radar (KTFX), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:40 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 Nov 27, 11:58 PM MST, 42 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 27, 11:58 PM MST, 42 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Nov 27, 6:52 PM MST, 5 hours 48 minutes before

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Local storm report, Nov 27, 7:37 PM MST, 5 hours 3 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 27, 5:15 PM MST	Snow Squall Warning	TFX	Broadwater, Gallatin, Jefferson, Madison	30 min
Nov 27, 5:44 PM MST	Snow Squall Warning	TFX	Beaverhead, Broadwater, Gallatin, Jefferson, Madison	61 min
Nov 27, 7:00 PM MST	Snow Squall Warning	TFX	Gallatin	30 min
Nov 27, 7:19 PM MST	Snow Squall Warning	TFX	Beaverhead, Madison	41 min

Nearby

Snow Squall Warnings in Montana, 2022 Every snow squall warning 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.