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High Wind Watch 13, NWS Great Falls, MT

March 22, 20255 counties in Montana

NWS Great Falls, MT issued this high wind watch at Mar 22, 2025, 2:06 AM MDT for 5 counties in Montana. It took effect at Mar 23, 2025, 6:00 PM MDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 22, 2025, 2:06 AM MDT (08:06 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 23, 2025, 6:00 PM MDT
Expired
Mar 23, 2025, 1:58 PM MDT
In force
Issued by
NWS Great Falls, MT

Counties Glacier County, MT, Lewis and Clark County, MT, Pondera County, MT, Teton County, MT, Toole County, MT

The radar

The Great Falls radar (KTFX), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:07 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 Mar 21, 5:57 PM MDT, 8 hours 9 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 21, 5:57 PM MDT, 8 hours 9 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 22, 6:30 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXBeaverhead, Gallatin, Madison, Meagher75 min
Mar 22, 8:12 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXMadison78 min

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.