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High Wind Watch 4, NWS Missoula, MT

December 17, 20244 counties in Montana

NWS Missoula, MT issued this high wind watch at Dec 17, 2024, 2:31 AM MST for 4 counties in Montana. It took effect at Dec 18, 2024, 11:00 AM MST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 17, 2024, 2:31 AM MST (09:31 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 18, 2024, 11:00 AM MST
Expired: Dec 17, 2024, 10:55 AM MST
In force
Issued by: NWS Missoula, MT

Counties Deer Lodge County, MT, Granite County, MT, Powell County, MT, Silver Bow County, MT

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 Dec 16, 2:00 PM MST, 12 hours 31 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 16, 2:00 PM MST, 12 hours 31 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Dec 16, 9:53 PM MST, 4 hours 38 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Dec 17, 10:15 AM MST	Winter Storm Warning	MSO	Flathead, Lake	27 hr
Dec 17, 10:15 AM MST	Winter Weather Advisory	MSO	Flathead, Granite, Lake, Lincoln, Mineral, Missoula and 3 more	25 hr
Dec 17, 10:55 AM MST	High Wind Warning	MSO	Deer Lodge, Flathead, Granite, Lake, Missoula, Powell and 3 more	34 hr
Dec 17, 10:55 AM MST	Wind Advisory	MSO	Flathead, Lincoln, Mineral, Missoula, Sanders	31 hr

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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.