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High Wind Watch 1, NWS Missoula, MT
NWS Missoula, MT issued this high wind watch at Mar 6, 2026, 10:30 AM MST for 11 counties in Montana. It took effect at Mar 8, 2026, 12:00 PM MDT. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 6, 2026, 10:30 AM MST (17:30 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 8, 2026, 12:00 PM MDT
- Expired
- Mar 7, 2026, 9:26 AM MST
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS Missoula, MT
Counties Deer Lodge County, MT, Flathead County, MT, Granite County, MT, Lake County, MT, Lincoln County, MT, Mineral County, MT, Missoula County, MT, Powell County, MT, Ravalli County, MT, Sanders County, MT, Silver Bow County, MT
The radar
The Missoula radar (KMSX), 2 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:32 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 Missoula, MT wrote its last area forecast discussion before this high wind watch went out at Mar 6, 1:24 AM MST, 9 hours 6 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 6, 1:24 AM MST, 9 hours 6 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Missoula, MT issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 5, 9:50 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | MSO | 25 min | |
| Mar 5, 6:16 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | MSO | Shoshone | 29 min |
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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.