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High Wind Watch 3, NWS Great Falls, MT
NWS Great Falls, MT issued this high wind watch at Feb 23, 2024, 2:57 AM MST for 18 counties in Montana. It took effect at Feb 25, 2024, 5:00 AM MST. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 23, 2024, 2:57 AM MST (09:57 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 25, 2024, 5:00 AM MST
- Expired
- Feb 24, 2024, 12:03 PM MST
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS Great Falls, MT
Counties Beaverhead County, MT, Blaine County, MT, Broadwater County, MT, Cascade County, MT, Chouteau County, MT, Fergus County, MT, Gallatin County, MT, Glacier County, MT, Hill County, MT, Jefferson County, MT, Judith Basin County, MT, Lewis and Clark County, MT, Liberty County, MT, Madison County, MT, Meagher County, MT, Pondera County, MT, Teton County, MT, Toole County, MT
The radar
The Great Falls radar (KTFX), 23 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:58 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 Feb 22, 11:00 PM MST, 3 hours 57 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 22, 11:00 PM MST, 3 hours 57 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Great Falls, MT issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 23, 1:11 PM MST | Winter Storm Watch | TFX | Beaverhead, Gallatin, Glacier, Lewis and Clark, Madison, Pondera and 1 more | 24 hr |
| Feb 23, 1:11 PM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | TFX | Glacier, Lewis and Clark, Pondera, Teton | 40 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.