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Winter Storm Warning 1, NWS Great Falls, MT

February 16, 2026Blaine County, Montana

NWS Great Falls, MT issued this winter storm warning at Feb 16, 2026, 11:54 PM MST for Blaine County, Montana. It took effect at Feb 17, 2026, 11:00 AM MST. It was in force for 8 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, 11:54 PM MST (06:54 UTC)
In effect from: Feb 17, 2026, 11:00 AM MST
Expired: Feb 17, 2026, 7:21 PM MST
In force: 8 hr
Issued by: NWS Great Falls, MT

County Blaine County, MT

The radar

The Glasgow radar (KGGW), 174 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:53 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 winter storm 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 winter storm warning went out at Feb 16, 4:45 PM MST, 7 hours 9 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 16, 4:45 PM MST, 7 hours 9 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Feb 17, 5:58 AM MST	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Beaverhead, Madison	92 min
Feb 17, 6:40 AM MST	Snow Squall Warning	TFX	Beaverhead, Jefferson, Madison	50 min
Feb 17, 7:27 AM MST	Snow Squall Warning	TFX	Broadwater, Gallatin, Jefferson, Madison	48 min
Feb 17, 8:08 AM MST	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Broadwater, Gallatin	37 min
Feb 17, 9:50 AM MST	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Cascade, Pondera, Teton	55 min
Feb 17, 11:26 AM MST	Cold Weather Advisory	TFX	Blaine, Cascade, Chouteau, Fergus, Glacier, Hill and 6 more	48 hr
Feb 17, 11:26 AM MST	Extreme Cold Warning	TFX	Glacier, Liberty, Pondera, Toole	25 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.