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Snow Squall Warning 1, NWS Great Falls, MT

March 10, 2023Gallatin County, Madison County, Montana

NWS Great Falls, MT issued this snow squall warning at Mar 10, 2023, 4:15 PM MST for Gallatin County, Madison County, Montana. It was in force for 60 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: Mar 10, 2023, 4:15 PM MST (23:15 UTC)
Expired: Mar 10, 2023, 5:15 PM MST
In force: 60 min
Issued by: NWS Great Falls, MT
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Gallatin County, MT, Madison County, MT

The radar

The Great Falls radar (KTFX), 227 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:18 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 Mar 9, 4:45 PM MST, 23 hours 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 9, 4:45 PM MST, 23 hours 30 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 10, 12:34 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	TFX		26 min
Mar 10, 1:15 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Lewis and Clark	30 min
Mar 10, 1:19 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Beaverhead	41 min
Mar 10, 1:33 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Teton	27 min
Mar 10, 1:40 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Jefferson	35 min
Mar 10, 1:58 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Cascade, Pondera, Teton	32 min
Mar 10, 2:19 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Lewis and Clark	41 min
Mar 10, 2:26 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Chouteau, Hill, Liberty, Toole	34 min
Mar 10, 2:36 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Cascade, Lewis and Clark, Teton	39 min
Mar 10, 3:29 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Beaverhead, Madison	46 min
Mar 10, 3:46 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Lewis and Clark	44 min
Mar 10, 4:00 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Meagher	30 min
Mar 10, 4:25 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Beaverhead, Madison	50 min

Nearby

Snow Squall Warnings in Montana, 2023 Every snow squall warning 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.