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High Wind Watch 8, NWS Great Falls, MT

February 6, 20265 counties in Montana

NWS Great Falls, MT issued this high wind watch at Feb 6, 2026, 3:44 AM MST for 5 counties in Montana. It took effect at Feb 7, 2026, 3:00 PM MST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 6, 2026, 3:44 AM MST (10:44 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 7, 2026, 3:00 PM MST
Expired
Feb 7, 2026, 2:53 AM MST
In force
Issued by
NWS Great Falls, MT

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

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 Great Falls, MT wrote its last area forecast discussion before this high wind watch went out at Feb 5, 10:02 PM MST, 5 hours 42 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 5, 10:02 PM MST, 5 hours 42 minutes before
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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.