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Extreme Cold Warning 1, NWS Great Falls, MT

January 19, 202514 counties in Montana

NWS Great Falls, MT issued this extreme cold warning at Jan 19, 2025, 12:12 PM MST for 14 counties in Montana. It took effect at Jan 19, 2025, 5:00 PM MST. It was in force for 19 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 19, 2025, 12:12 PM MST (19:12 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 19, 2025, 5:00 PM MST
Expired: Jan 20, 2025, 12:00 PM MST
In force: 19 hr
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, Hill County, MT, Jefferson County, MT, Judith Basin County, MT, Liberty County, MT, Madison County, MT, Meagher County, MT, Toole County, MT

The radar

The Great Falls radar (KTFX), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:14 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 extreme cold warning 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 extreme cold warning went out at Jan 19, 10:37 AM MST, 1 hour 35 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 19, 10:37 AM MST, 1 hour 35 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jan 19, 10:07 AM MST, 2 hours 5 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 19, 12:12 PM MST	High Wind Watch	TFX	Glacier, Pondera, Toole	25 hr

Nearby

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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.