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Special Weather Statement, NWS Missoula, MT

May 29, 2026Missoula County, Montana

NWS Missoula, MT issued this special weather statement at May 29, 2026, 4:21 PM MDT for Missoula 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: May 29, 2026, 4:21 PM MDT (22:21 UTC)
Expired: May 29, 2026, 4:45 PM MDT
In force: 24 min
Issued by: NWS Missoula, MT
Hail: 0.88 in
Wind: 50

County Missoula County, MT

The radar

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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 Missoula, MT wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at May 29, 1:14 PM MDT, 3 hours 7 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 29, 1:14 PM MDT, 3 hours 7 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 29, 1:18 PM MDT, 3 hours 3 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 29, 2:50 PM MDT, 1 hour 31 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 29, 3:27 PM MDT, 54 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 29, 3:40 PM MDT, 41 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 29, 4:08 PM MDT, 13 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 29, 4:21 PM MDT, 0 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 28, 6:05 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	MSO	Flathead	25 min
May 28, 6:11 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	MSO	Missoula	34 min
May 28, 6:45 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MSO	Missoula	30 min
May 28, 6:53 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	MSO	Missoula	52 min
May 28, 7:15 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	MSO	Missoula	30 min
May 28, 8:05 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	MSO	Missoula	40 min
May 28, 10:11 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	MSO	Flathead	34 min
May 28, 10:58 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	MSO	Flathead	32 min
May 28, 11:19 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	MSO	Lincoln	26 min
May 28, 11:56 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	MSO	Flathead	34 min
May 29, 10:57 AM MDT	River Flood Watch	MSO	Missoula	4 days
May 29, 11:20 AM MDT	River Flood Watch	MSO	Flathead, Lake, Missoula	48 hr
May 29, 11:37 AM MDT	River Flood Watch	MSO	Flathead	68 hr
May 29, 12:13 PM MDT	Flood Watch	MSO	Flathead, Lake, Sanders	4 days
May 29, 1:18 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	MSO	Powell	27 min
May 29, 2:50 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	MSO	Mineral	25 min
May 29, 3:27 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	MSO	Missoula	33 min
May 29, 3:40 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	MSO	Mineral	35 min
May 29, 4:08 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	MSO	Sanders	37 min
May 29, 4:56 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	MSO	Lake	64 min
May 29, 5:03 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	MSO	Sanders	27 min
May 29, 5:04 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	MSO	Sanders	41 min
May 28, 6:03 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	MSO	Clearwater	27 min
May 28, 6:04 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	MSO	Idaho	26 min
May 28, 6:09 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MSO	Idaho	31 min
May 28, 6:38 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MSO	Clearwater	52 min
May 28, 6:47 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MSO	Clearwater, Idaho	34 min
May 28, 7:22 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	MSO	Clearwater	23 min
May 28, 7:35 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MSO	Clearwater	30 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.