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Winter Storm Warning 5, NWS Great Falls, MT

January 30, 20255 counties in Montana

NWS Great Falls, MT issued this winter storm warning at Jan 30, 2025, 1:59 AM MST for 5 counties in Montana. It took effect at Jan 31, 2025, 8:00 AM MST. It was in force for 31 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: Jan 30, 2025, 1:59 AM MST (08:59 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 31, 2025, 8:00 AM MST
Expired: Feb 1, 2025, 2:52 PM MST
In force: 31 hr
Issued by: NWS Great Falls, MT

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

The radar

The Great Falls radar (KTFX), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:02 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 winter storm warning 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 winter storm warning went out at Jan 29, 9:44 PM MST, 4 hours 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 29, 9:44 PM MST, 4 hours 15 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jan 29, 10:58 PM MST, 3 hours 1 minute 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 30, 1:59 AM MST	Winter Weather Advisory	TFX	Beaverhead, Gallatin, Madison	61 hr
Jan 30, 2:06 AM MST	High Wind Watch	TFX	Cascade, Fergus, Glacier, Judith Basin, Madison, Pondera and 1 more	23 hr

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.