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High Wind Watch 3, NWS Great Falls, MT

January 19, 2025Glacier County, Pondera County, Toole County, Montana

NWS Great Falls, MT issued this high wind watch at Jan 19, 2025, 12:12 PM MST for Glacier County, Pondera County, Toole County, Montana. It took effect at Jan 20, 2025, 5:00 PM MST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 19, 2025, 12:12 PM MST (19:12 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 20, 2025, 5:00 PM MST
Expired: Jan 20, 2025, 12:52 PM MST
In force
Issued by: NWS Great Falls, MT

Counties Glacier County, MT, Pondera County, MT, Toole County, MT

The radar

The Great Falls radar (KTFX), 137 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 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 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	Extreme Cold Warning	TFX	Beaverhead, Blaine, Broadwater, Cascade, Chouteau, Fergus and 8 more	24 hr

Nearby

High Wind Watches in Montana, 2025 Every high wind watch 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.