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High Wind Watch 3, NWS Missoula, MT

October 2, 20248 counties in Montana; Lemhi County, Idaho

NWS Missoula, MT issued this high wind watch at Oct 2, 2024, 12:48 PM MDT for 8 counties in Montana; Lemhi County, Idaho. It took effect at Oct 4, 2024, 1:00 PM MDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 2, 2024, 12:48 PM MDT (18:48 UTC)
In effect from
Oct 4, 2024, 1:00 PM MDT
Expired
Oct 3, 2024, 1:00 PM MDT
In force
Issued by
NWS Missoula, MT

Counties Lemhi County, ID, Deer Lodge County, MT, Flathead County, MT, Granite County, MT, Lake County, MT, Missoula County, MT, Powell County, MT, Ravalli County, MT, Silver Bow County, MT

The radar

The Missoula radar (KMSX), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:51 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 Missoula, MT wrote its last area forecast discussion before this high wind watch went out at Oct 2, 2:18 AM MDT, 10 hours 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 2, 2:18 AM MDT, 10 hours 30 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 2, 12:49 PM MDTFire Weather WatchMSOBeaverhead, Deer Lodge, Granite, Jefferson, Madison, Powell and 1 more23 hr

Nearby

High Wind Watches in Montana, 2024High Wind Watches in Idaho, 2024Every high wind watch in 2024

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.