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Special Weather Statement, NWS Great Falls, MT

February 1, 2025Beaverhead County, Montana

NWS Great Falls, MT issued this special weather statement at Feb 1, 2025, 12:21 PM MST for Beaverhead County, Montana. It was in force for 24 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Feb 1, 2025, 12:21 PM MST (19:21 UTC)
Expired: Feb 1, 2025, 12:45 PM MST
In force: 24 min
Issued by: NWS Great Falls, MT
Hail: 0.00 in
Wind: 30

County Beaverhead County, MT

The radar

The Missoula radar (KMSX), 225 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The text

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Jan 31, 4:48 PM MST, 19 hours 33 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 31, 4:48 PM MST, 19 hours 33 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
Feb 1, 8:43 AM MST	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Jefferson	32 min
Feb 1, 9:08 AM MST	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Broadwater	37 min
Feb 1, 10:11 AM MST	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Lewis and Clark	34 min
Feb 1, 10:46 AM MST	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Lewis and Clark	29 min
Feb 1, 11:15 AM MST	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Lewis and Clark	30 min
Feb 1, 11:35 AM MST	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Jefferson	40 min
Feb 1, 11:47 AM MST	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Lewis and Clark	28 min
Feb 1, 12:11 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Broadwater	34 min
Feb 1, 12:41 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Meagher	34 min
Feb 1, 1:10 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Meagher	35 min
Feb 1, 2:52 PM MST	Winter Weather Advisory	TFX	Beaverhead, Broadwater, Cascade, Chouteau, Fergus, Gallatin and 8 more	43 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.