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High Wind Watch 9, NWS Great Falls, MT

March 8, 2023Beaverhead County, Madison County, Montana

NWS Great Falls, MT issued this high wind watch at Mar 8, 2023, 2:10 PM MST for Beaverhead County, Madison County, Montana. It took effect at Mar 9, 2023, 11:00 PM MST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 8, 2023, 2:10 PM MST (21:10 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 9, 2023, 11:00 PM MST
Expired: Mar 9, 2023, 3:05 AM MST
In force
Issued by: NWS Great Falls, MT

Counties Beaverhead County, MT, Madison County, MT

The radar

The Pocatello radar (KSFX), 236 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:10 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 Mar 8, 11:20 AM MST, 2 hours 50 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 8, 11:20 AM MST, 2 hours 50 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Mar 8, 8:17 AM MST, 5 hours 53 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
Mar 8, 2:31 AM MST	Winter Weather Advisory	TFX	Blaine, Cascade, Chouteau, Fergus, Glacier, Hill and 7 more	24 hr
Mar 8, 7:09 AM MST	Dense Fog Advisory	TFX	Fergus	4 hr
Mar 8, 2:04 PM MST	Winter Storm Watch	TFX	Beaverhead, Gallatin, Madison	13 hr

Nearby

High Wind Watches in Montana, 2023 Every high wind watch in 2023

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.