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Red Flag Warning 1, NWS Great Falls, MT
NWS Great Falls, MT issued this red flag warning at Mar 24, 2026, 12:28 PM MDT for 5 counties in Montana. It took effect at Mar 25, 2026, 12:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 6 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
- Mar 24, 2026, 12:28 PM MDT (18:28 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 25, 2026, 12:00 PM MDT
- Expired
- Mar 25, 2026, 5:48 PM MDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Great Falls, MT
Counties Broadwater County, MT, Gallatin County, MT, Jefferson County, MT, Lewis and Clark County, MT, Meagher County, MT
The radar
The Great Falls radar (KTFX), 125 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:30 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 red flag warning 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 red flag warning went out at Mar 24, 11:37 AM MDT, 51 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 24, 11:37 AM MDT, 51 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Great Falls, MT issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 24, 3:08 AM MDT | High Wind Warning | TFX | Beaverhead, Blaine, Broadwater, Gallatin, Glacier, Hill and 7 more | 40 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.