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Blizzard Warning 1, NWS Glasgow, MT

February 20, 2023Phillips County, Roosevelt County, Valley County, Montana

NWS Glasgow, MT issued this blizzard warning at Feb 20, 2023, 2:34 PM MST for Phillips County, Roosevelt County, Valley County, Montana. It took effect at Feb 20, 2023, 11:00 PM MST. It was in force for 16 hr. 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 20, 2023, 2:34 PM MST (21:34 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 20, 2023, 11:00 PM MST
Expired
Feb 21, 2023, 2:38 PM MST
In force
16 hr
Issued by
NWS Glasgow, MT

Counties Phillips County, MT, Roosevelt County, MT, Valley County, MT

The radar

The Glasgow radar (KGGW), 13 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:39 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 blizzard warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Glasgow, MT wrote its last area forecast discussion before this blizzard warning went out at Feb 20, 8:57 AM MST, 5 hours 37 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 20, 8:57 AM MST, 5 hours 37 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 20, 2:40 AM MSTWinter Storm WarningGGWDawson, Garfield, McCone, Petroleum, Phillips, Prairie and 4 more36 hr
Feb 20, 2:40 AM MSTWinter Weather AdvisoryGGWDaniels, Dawson, Garfield, McCone, Petroleum, Phillips and 6 more39 hr
Feb 20, 2:34 PM MSTWinter Storm WarningGGWPhillips12 hr

Nearby

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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.