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Winter Storm Warning 5, NWS Missoula, MT

January 22, 20245 counties in Montana

NWS Missoula, MT issued this winter storm warning at Jan 22, 2024, 7:16 AM MST for 5 counties in Montana. It was in force for 4 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: Jan 22, 2024, 7:16 AM MST (14:16 UTC)
Expired: Jan 22, 2024, 11:00 AM MST
In force: 4 hr
Issued by: NWS Missoula, MT

Counties Flathead County, MT, Granite County, MT, Lake County, MT, Missoula County, MT, Powell County, MT

The radar

The Missoula radar (KMSX), 32 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:17 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 winter storm warning 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 winter storm warning went out at Jan 21, 2:12 PM MST, 17 hours 4 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 21, 2:12 PM MST, 17 hours 4 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
Jan 22, 12:54 PM MST	Winter Weather Advisory	MSO	Flathead, Granite, Lake, Lincoln, Mineral, Missoula and 2 more	22 hr

Nearby

Winter Storm Warnings in Montana, 2024 Every winter storm warning 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.