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High Wind Watch 7, NWS Great Falls, MT
NWS Great Falls, MT issued this high wind watch at Feb 20, 2025, 1:17 AM MST for 13 counties in Montana. It took effect at Feb 22, 2025, 11:00 PM MST. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 20, 2025, 1:17 AM MST (08:17 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 22, 2025, 11:00 PM MST
- Expired
- Feb 23, 2025, 3:05 AM MST
- In force
- 4 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, Meagher County, MT, Pondera County, MT, Teton County, MT, Toole County, MT
The radar
The Great Falls radar (KTFX), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:17 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 Feb 19, 1:52 PM MST, 11 hours 25 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 19, 1:52 PM MST, 11 hours 25 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Great Falls, MT issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 20, 1:39 AM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | TFX | Fergus, Judith Basin | 31 hr |
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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.