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Snow Squall Warning 3, NWS Missoula, MT

February 25, 2025Deer Lodge County, Granite County, Montana

NWS Missoula, MT issued this snow squall warning at Feb 25, 2025, 12:20 AM MST for Deer Lodge County, Granite County, Montana. It was in force for 25 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: Feb 25, 2025, 12:20 AM MST (07:20 UTC)
Expired: Feb 25, 2025, 12:45 AM MST
In force: 25 min
Issued by: NWS Missoula, MT
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Deer Lodge County, MT, Granite County, MT

The radar

The Missoula radar (KMSX), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:23 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 Missoula, MT wrote its last area forecast discussion before this snow squall warning went out at Feb 24, 1:43 PM MST, 10 hours 37 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 24, 1:43 PM MST, 10 hours 37 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
Feb 24, 10:29 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	MSO	Idaho	46 min

Nearby

Snow Squall Warnings in Montana, 2025 Every snow squall warning in 2025

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.