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Winter Storm Watch 21, NWS Great Falls, MT
NWS Great Falls, MT issued this winter storm watch at Dec 24, 2025, 3:29 AM MST for 9 counties in Montana. It took effect at Dec 24, 2025, 6:00 PM MST. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 24, 2025, 3:29 AM MST (10:29 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 24, 2025, 6:00 PM MST
- Expired
- Dec 24, 2025, 2:02 PM MST
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS Great Falls, MT
Counties Blaine County, MT, Cascade County, MT, Chouteau County, MT, Hill County, MT, Lewis and Clark County, MT, Liberty County, MT, Pondera County, MT, Teton County, MT, Toole County, MT
The radar
The Great Falls radar (KTFX), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:34 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 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 winter storm watch went out at Dec 23, 10:46 PM MST, 4 hours 43 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 23, 10:46 PM MST, 4 hours 43 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Great Falls, MT issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 24, 1:53 PM MST | Dense Fog Advisory | TFX | Blaine, Cascade, Chouteau, Fergus, Glacier, Hill and 6 more | 17 hr |
| Dec 24, 2:02 PM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | TFX | Blaine, Cascade, Chouteau, Glacier, Hill, Lewis and Clark and 4 more | 17 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.