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Blizzard Warning 1, NWS Glasgow, MT

February 16, 20266 counties in Montana

NWS Glasgow, MT issued this blizzard warning at Feb 16, 2026, 10:33 PM MST for 6 counties in Montana. It took effect at Feb 17, 2026, 2:00 PM MST. It was in force for 20 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
Feb 16, 2026, 10:33 PM MST (05:33 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 17, 2026, 2:00 PM MST
Expired
Feb 18, 2026, 10:27 AM MST
In force
20 hr
Issued by
NWS Glasgow, MT

Counties Daniels County, MT, McCone County, MT, Phillips County, MT, Roosevelt County, MT, Sheridan County, MT, Valley County, MT

The radar

The Glasgow radar (KGGW), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:36 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 blizzard warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Glasgow, MT wrote its last area forecast discussion before this blizzard warning went out at Feb 16, 3:30 PM MST, 7 hours 3 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 16, 3:30 PM MST, 7 hours 3 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Glasgow, MT issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 16, 10:11 PM MSTHigh Wind WarningGGWDawson, Garfield, McCone, Petroleum, Phillips, Prairie29 hr
Feb 16, 10:33 PM MSTWinter Weather AdvisoryGGWDawson, Garfield, Phillips, Prairie, Richland31 hr
Feb 17, 11:42 AM MSTCold Weather AdvisoryGGWPhillips, Valley24 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.