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Extreme Cold Warning 8, NWS Great Falls, MT

February 16, 202512 counties in Montana

NWS Great Falls, MT issued this extreme cold warning at Feb 16, 2025, 1:29 PM MST for 12 counties in Montana. It took effect at Feb 16, 2025, 6:00 PM MST. It was in force for 66 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
Feb 16, 2025, 1:29 PM MST (20:29 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 16, 2025, 6:00 PM MST
Expired
Feb 19, 2025, 12:00 PM MST
In force
66 hr
Issued by
NWS Great Falls, MT

Counties Blaine County, MT, Cascade County, MT, Chouteau County, MT, Fergus County, MT, Glacier County, MT, Hill County, MT, Judith Basin County, MT, Lewis and Clark County, MT, Liberty County, MT, Pondera County, MT, Teton County, MT, Toole County, MT

The radar

The Great Falls radar (KTFX), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 16, 1:29 PM MSTCold Weather AdvisoryTFXCascade, Fergus, Glacier, Judith Basin, Lewis and Clark, Meagher and 2 more71 hr

Nearby

Extreme Cold Warnings in Montana, 2025Every extreme cold 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.