Weather alerts in Montana, December 2008

137 weather alerts in December 2008, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered any part of the state, so the counties below add up to more than the state.

Weather alerts by county

Each county as a circle sized by its count in December 2008. Tap one for its archive.

Alerts: 137
Warnings: 45
Watches: 21
Advisories: 62
Busiest day: December 26, 200810 alerts

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By day

Days in UTC, the clock the archive keeps.

The alerts

Every alert, in the order issued. Times are local, Mountain Time. Each opens its own page with the text, the map, the radar and the sounding.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Dec 1, 3:17 AM MST	High Wind Warning	BYZ	Golden Valley, Stillwater, Wheatland	24 hr
Dec 1, 3:17 AM MST	Wind Advisory	BYZ	Park, Stillwater, Sweet Grass	24 hr
Dec 1, 4:45 AM MST	Winter Weather Advisory	TFX		42 hr
Dec 1, 6:30 AM MST	Dense Fog Advisory	MSO	Deer Lodge, Flathead, Granite, Lake, Mineral, Missoula and 4 more	3 hr
Dec 1, 2:46 PM MST	Winter Weather Advisory	GGW	Garfield, Petroleum, Phillips	26 hr
Dec 1, 2:50 PM MST	Winter Weather Advisory	MSO	Flathead, Granite, Lake, Missoula, Powell, Ravalli	26 hr
Dec 1, 2:53 PM MST	Lake Wind Advisory	GGW	Garfield, McCone, Valley	29 hr
Dec 1, 3:42 PM MST	Winter Weather Advisory	BYZ	Big Horn, Carbon, Carter, Golden Valley, Musselshell, Park and 6 more	31 hr
Dec 2, 11:29 AM MST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Carter	4 hr
Dec 3, 3:22 AM MST	Lake Wind Advisory	GGW	Garfield, McCone, Valley	14 hr
Dec 4, 3:49 AM MST	Wind Advisory	BYZ	Park, Stillwater, Sweet Grass	12 hr
Dec 4, 3:44 PM MST	High Wind Warning	BYZ	Park, Stillwater, Sweet Grass	19 hr
Dec 5, 4:41 AM MST	High Wind Warning	TFX		33 hr
Dec 5, 4:57 AM MST	Lake Wind Advisory	GGW	Garfield, McCone, Valley	14 hr
Dec 5, 3:42 PM MST	Wind Advisory	BYZ	Park, Stillwater, Sweet Grass	42 hr
Dec 5, 7:51 PM MST	Winter Weather Advisory	MSO	Flathead, Granite, Lake, Mineral, Missoula, Powell and 2 more	4 hr
Dec 5, 11:25 PM MST	Freezing Rain Advisory	MSO	Flathead, Granite, Lake, Lincoln, Mineral, Missoula and 3 more	10 hr
Dec 6, 5:20 AM MST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Flathead, Granite, Lake, Lincoln, Mineral, Missoula and 2 more	4 hr
Dec 6, 2:06 PM MST	Winter Storm Watch	TFX		14 hr
Dec 6, 6:46 PM MST	Freezing Rain Advisory	GGW	Daniels, Dawson, Garfield, McCone, Prairie, Richland and 4 more	4 hr
Dec 6, 7:11 PM MST	Freezing Rain Advisory	BYZ	Custer, Fallon	4 hr
Dec 6, 9:38 PM MST	Winter Weather Advisory	MSO	Deer Lodge, Flathead, Granite, Lake, Lincoln, Mineral and 5 more	30 hr
Dec 7, 3:45 AM MST	Winter Storm Watch	BYZ	Carbon, Park, Stillwater, Sweet Grass, Wheatland	12 hr
Dec 7, 4:09 AM MST	Winter Weather Advisory	GGW	Daniels, Garfield, McCone, Petroleum, Phillips, Richland and 3 more	32 hr
Dec 7, 4:33 AM MST	Winter Weather Advisory	TFX		29 hr
Dec 7, 5:40 AM MST	Freezing Rain Advisory	GGW	McCone, Phillips, Richland, Roosevelt, Valley	5 hr
Dec 7, 3:52 PM MST	Winter Storm Warning	BYZ	Carbon, Park, Stillwater, Sweet Grass	24 hr
Dec 7, 3:52 PM MST	Winter Weather Advisory	BYZ	Carbon, Stillwater, Sweet Grass	24 hr
Dec 8, 4:46 AM MST	High Wind Watch	TFX		10 hr
Dec 8, 2:44 PM MST	High Wind Warning	TFX		37 hr
Dec 8, 3:50 PM MST	High Wind Watch	BYZ	Park, Stillwater, Sweet Grass	12 hr
Dec 9, 4:16 AM MST	High Wind Warning	BYZ	Golden Valley, Park, Stillwater, Sweet Grass, Wheatland	24 hr
Dec 11, 3:41 AM MST	Winter Storm Watch	MSO	Deer Lodge, Flathead, Granite, Lake, Lincoln, Mineral and 5 more	49 hr
Dec 11, 5:01 AM MST	Winter Storm Watch	TFX		33 hr
Dec 11, 2:26 PM MST	Lake Wind Advisory	GGW	Garfield, McCone, Valley	2 hr
Dec 11, 2:37 PM MST	Blizzard Watch	GGW	Daniels, Dawson, Garfield, McCone, Petroleum, Phillips and 6 more	24 hr
Dec 11, 3:40 PM MST	Winter Storm Watch	BYZ	Big Horn, Carbon, Carter, Custer, Fallon, Golden Valley and 8 more	24 hr
Dec 11, 6:48 PM MST	Dense Fog Advisory	MSO	Flathead, Lincoln, Mineral, Missoula, Ravalli, Sanders	16 hr
Dec 12, 3:54 AM MST	Blizzard Warning	MSO	Flathead, Lake, Sanders	30 hr
Dec 12, 3:54 AM MST	Winter Storm Warning	MSO	Deer Lodge, Flathead, Granite, Lake, Lincoln, Mineral and 5 more	55 hr
Dec 12, 11:57 AM MST	Winter Weather Advisory	MSO	Deer Lodge, Flathead, Granite, Lake, Lincoln, Mineral and 5 more	40 hr
Dec 12, 1:39 PM MST	Winter Storm Warning	TFX		31 hr
Dec 12, 1:39 PM MST	Winter Weather Advisory	TFX		18 hr
Dec 12, 2:50 PM MST	Blizzard Warning	GGW	Daniels, Dawson, Garfield, McCone, Petroleum, Phillips and 6 more	37 hr
Dec 12, 3:48 PM MST	Blizzard Warning	BYZ	Big Horn, Carter, Custer, Fallon, Golden Valley, Musselshell and 5 more	35 hr
Dec 12, 3:48 PM MST	Winter Storm Warning	BYZ	Big Horn, Carbon, Carter, Custer, Fallon, Golden Valley and 8 more	35 hr
Dec 13, 2:26 AM MST	Blizzard Warning	TFX		19 hr
Dec 13, 4:33 AM MST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Blaine, Broadwater, Cascade, Chouteau, Fergus, Golden Valley and 10 more	5 hr
Dec 13, 10:35 AM MST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Big Horn, Carter, Custer, Dawson, Fallon, Garfield and 7 more	4 hr
Dec 13, 2:59 PM MST	Wind Chill Warning	MSO	Deer Lodge, Flathead, Granite, Lake, Lincoln, Mineral and 5 more	50 hr
Dec 13, 3:41 PM MST	Wind Chill Warning	GGW	Daniels, Dawson, Garfield, McCone, Petroleum, Phillips and 6 more	42 hr
Dec 13, 5:29 PM MST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Carter, Custer, Dawson, Fallon, Powder River, Prairie and 1 more	4 hr
Dec 13, 9:07 PM MST	Wind Chill Warning	TFX		39 hr
Dec 13, 9:07 PM MST	Wind Chill Advisory	TFX		39 hr
Dec 13, 9:07 PM MST	Winter Weather Advisory	TFX		3 hr
Dec 13, 9:16 PM MST	Wind Chill Advisory	BYZ	Big Horn, Carbon, Carter, Custer, Fallon, Golden Valley and 8 more	31 hr
Dec 14, 9:34 AM MST	Wind Chill Warning	BYZ	Carter, Fallon	24 hr
Dec 15, 2:40 PM MST	Winter Storm Watch	MSO	Flathead, Granite, Lake, Lincoln, Mineral, Missoula and 3 more	55 hr
Dec 15, 3:06 PM MST	Wind Chill Advisory	TFX		42 hr
Dec 16, 1:41 PM MST	Winter Storm Warning	MSO	Deer Lodge, Flathead, Granite, Lake, Lincoln, Mineral and 5 more	62 hr
Dec 17, 9:03 AM MST	High Wind Warning	BYZ	Park, Stillwater, Sweet Grass	5 hr
Dec 17, 2:28 PM MST	Wind Chill Advisory	GGW	Daniels, Phillips, Sheridan, Valley	25 hr
Dec 17, 3:16 PM MST	Winter Weather Advisory	TFX		46 hr
Dec 17, 9:51 PM MST	Winter Weather Advisory	MSO	Missoula, Ravalli	30 hr
Dec 18, 4:09 AM MST	Wind Chill Advisory	GGW	McCone, Phillips, Richland, Roosevelt, Valley	11 hr
Dec 18, 3:07 PM MST	Wind Chill Warning	GGW	Daniels, Dawson, Garfield, McCone, Petroleum, Phillips and 6 more	67 hr
Dec 18, 3:07 PM MST	Winter Weather Advisory	GGW	Daniels, Dawson, Garfield, McCone, Petroleum, Phillips and 6 more	31 hr
Dec 18, 9:28 PM MST	Winter Weather Advisory	BYZ	Big Horn, Carbon, Carter, Custer, Fallon, Golden Valley and 8 more	24 hr
Dec 19, 4:07 AM MST	Wind Chill Warning	MSO	Deer Lodge, Flathead, Granite, Lake, Missoula, Powell and 1 more	10 hr
Dec 19, 4:07 AM MST	Wind Chill Advisory	MSO	Flathead, Lake, Sanders	19 hr
Dec 19, 9:40 AM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	MSO	Deer Lodge	47 hr
Dec 19, 10:34 AM MST	Wind Chill Warning	TFX		25 hr
Dec 19, 10:34 AM MST	Wind Chill Advisory	TFX		3 days
Dec 19, 9:15 PM MST	Wind Chill Advisory	BYZ	Carter, Custer, Fallon, Powder River, Rosebud	27 hr
Dec 20, 2:37 AM MST	Winter Storm Watch	MSO	Granite, Mineral, Missoula, Ravalli, Sanders	12 hr
Dec 20, 2:35 PM MST	Winter Storm Warning	MSO	Granite, Missoula, Ravalli	44 hr
Dec 20, 2:35 PM MST	Winter Weather Advisory	MSO	Deer Lodge, Flathead, Granite, Lake, Lincoln, Mineral and 5 more	50 hr
Dec 20, 2:51 PM MST	Winter Storm Watch	TFX		13 hr
Dec 20, 3:38 PM MST	Wind Chill Warning	BYZ	Carter, Fallon	18 hr
Dec 20, 9:28 PM MST	Wind Chill Advisory	GGW	Garfield, Petroleum, Phillips, Valley	9 hr
Dec 21, 3:30 AM MST	Winter Weather Advisory	TFX		51 hr
Dec 21, 3:06 PM MST	Wind Chill Warning	GGW	Daniels, Phillips, Roosevelt, Valley	19 hr
Dec 21, 3:06 PM MST	Winter Weather Advisory	GGW	Dawson, Garfield, McCone, Petroleum, Phillips, Prairie and 4 more	48 hr
Dec 21, 9:13 PM MST	Wind Chill Advisory	GGW	Garfield, McCone, Prairie, Wibaux	13 hr
Dec 21, 9:30 PM MST	Winter Storm Watch	BYZ	Carbon, Park, Stillwater, Sweet Grass	7 hr
Dec 22, 4:20 AM MST	Wind Chill Advisory	BYZ	Carter, Custer, Fallon, Powder River, Rosebud	7 hr
Dec 22, 4:20 AM MST	Winter Storm Warning	BYZ	Carbon, Park, Stillwater, Sweet Grass	23 hr
Dec 22, 4:20 AM MST	Winter Weather Advisory	BYZ	Carbon, Carter, Custer, Fallon, Golden Valley, Musselshell and 7 more	35 hr
Dec 22, 10:35 AM MST	Winter Storm Warning	TFX		19 hr
Dec 22, 2:30 PM MST	Wind Chill Warning	GGW	Daniels, Phillips, Sheridan, Valley	7 hr
Dec 22, 9:49 PM MST	Wind Chill Advisory	GGW	Daniels, Phillips, Roosevelt, Sheridan, Valley	13 hr
Dec 23, 3:45 AM MST	Winter Storm Watch	MSO	Flathead, Granite, Lake, Lincoln, Mineral, Missoula and 2 more	24 hr
Dec 24, 3:49 AM MST	Winter Storm Warning	MSO	Flathead, Granite, Lincoln, Mineral, Missoula, Ravalli and 1 more	37 hr
Dec 24, 3:49 AM MST	Winter Weather Advisory	MSO	Flathead, Granite, Lake, Missoula, Powell, Ravalli and 1 more	37 hr
Dec 24, 9:06 AM MST	Winter Weather Advisory	BYZ	Golden Valley, Park, Stillwater, Sweet Grass, Wheatland	19 hr
Dec 25, 4:26 AM MST	Winter Weather Advisory	TFX		30 hr
Dec 25, 2:18 PM MST	Winter Storm Warning	BYZ	Big Horn, Carbon, Carter, Custer, Fallon, Park and 4 more	31 hr
Dec 25, 2:18 PM MST	Winter Weather Advisory	BYZ	Big Horn, Carbon, Custer, Fallon, Golden Valley, Musselshell and 6 more	26 hr
Dec 25, 2:56 PM MST	High Wind Watch	BYZ	Park, Stillwater, Sweet Grass	49 hr
Dec 25, 3:23 PM MST	Winter Weather Advisory	GGW	Dawson, Garfield, Prairie, Wibaux	26 hr
Dec 26, 3:46 AM MST	Winter Storm Watch	MSO	Flathead, Granite, Lake, Lincoln, Mineral, Missoula and 3 more	11 hr
Dec 26, 4:20 AM MST	High Wind Watch	TFX		10 hr
Dec 26, 10:56 AM MST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Carter, Fallon, Powder River	4 hr
Dec 26, 2:26 PM MST	High Wind Warning	TFX		48 hr
Dec 26, 2:36 PM MST	Winter Storm Warning	MSO	Flathead, Granite, Lake, Lincoln, Mineral, Missoula and 3 more	50 hr
Dec 26, 2:36 PM MST	Winter Weather Advisory	MSO	Flathead, Lake, Sanders	14 hr
Dec 26, 3:03 PM MST	Winter Storm Warning	TFX		50 hr
Dec 26, 3:03 PM MST	Winter Weather Advisory	TFX		37 hr
Dec 26, 4:12 PM MST	Blizzard Warning	BYZ	Park, Stillwater, Sweet Grass	41 hr
Dec 26, 4:12 PM MST	Winter Weather Advisory	BYZ	Carbon, Golden Valley, Park, Stillwater, Wheatland	23 hr
Dec 27, 4:07 AM MST	Winter Weather Advisory	MSO	Deer Lodge, Granite, Missoula, Powell, Ravalli, Silver Bow	36 hr
Dec 27, 1:26 PM MST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Mineral	3 hr
Dec 27, 3:52 PM MST	High Wind Warning	BYZ	Golden Valley, Park, Stillwater, Sweet Grass, Wheatland	29 hr
Dec 28, 3:15 PM MST	Winter Storm Watch	GGW	Daniels, Dawson, Garfield, McCone, Petroleum, Phillips and 6 more	12 hr
Dec 28, 3:15 PM MST	Winter Weather Advisory	GGW	Daniels, Sheridan, Valley	3 hr
Dec 28, 3:15 PM MST	Freezing Rain Advisory	GGW	McCone, Phillips, Richland, Roosevelt, Valley	3 hr
Dec 28, 3:40 PM MST	Ice Storm Warning	GGW	McCone, Richland, Roosevelt	3 hr
Dec 28, 7:45 PM MST	Winter Storm Warning	MSO	Deer Lodge, Flathead, Granite, Lake, Lincoln, Mineral and 5 more	25 hr
Dec 28, 7:45 PM MST	Winter Weather Advisory	MSO	Deer Lodge, Flathead, Granite, Lake, Missoula, Powell and 3 more	25 hr
Dec 28, 7:57 PM MST	Freezing Rain Advisory	BYZ	Rosebud, Treasure	4 hr
Dec 29, 3:29 AM MST	Winter Storm Warning	GGW	Daniels, Dawson, Garfield, McCone, Petroleum, Phillips and 6 more	30 hr
Dec 29, 3:55 AM MST	High Wind Warning	BYZ	Golden Valley, Park, Stillwater, Sweet Grass, Wheatland	30 hr
Dec 29, 5:03 AM MST	Winter Storm Warning	TFX		24 hr
Dec 29, 5:03 AM MST	Winter Weather Advisory	TFX		24 hr
Dec 29, 9:39 AM MST	Winter Storm Warning	BYZ	Carbon, Park, Stillwater, Sweet Grass, Wheatland	14 hr
Dec 29, 9:39 AM MST	Winter Weather Advisory	BYZ	Golden Valley, Wheatland	6 hr
Dec 29, 1:07 PM MST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Lincoln, Sanders	4 hr
Dec 29, 5:46 PM MST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Daniels, Dawson, McCone, Richland, Roosevelt, Sheridan and 2 more	4 hr
Dec 30, 3:33 AM MST	High Wind Watch	BYZ	Golden Valley, Park, Stillwater, Sweet Grass, Wheatland	24 hr
Dec 30, 4:15 AM MST	Winter Storm Watch	MSO	Flathead, Granite, Lake, Lincoln, Mineral, Missoula and 3 more	15 hr
Dec 30, 5:06 AM MST	Winter Storm Watch	TFX		8 hr
Dec 30, 1:08 PM MST	Winter Storm Warning	TFX		34 hr
Dec 30, 2:35 PM MST	Winter Storm Warning	MSO	Granite, Missoula, Ravalli	32 hr
Dec 30, 2:35 PM MST	Winter Weather Advisory	MSO	Deer Lodge, Flathead, Granite, Lake, Lincoln, Mineral and 5 more	32 hr
Dec 30, 2:37 PM MST	High Wind Watch	TFX		14 hr
Dec 30, 9:18 PM MST	High Wind Warning	TFX		26 hr
Dec 31, 3:29 AM MST	High Wind Warning	BYZ	Golden Valley, Park, Stillwater, Sweet Grass, Wheatland	21 hr

By product

Every kind of product issued here, grouped by hazard. Each opens the same place narrowed to that product.

Product	Alerts
Severe storms
Mesoscale Discussion	9
Flooding
Areal Flood Advisory	1
Winter
Blizzard Warning	5
Ice Storm Warning	1
Winter Storm Warning	18
Blizzard Watch	1
Winter Storm Watch	14
Freezing Rain Advisory	6
Winter Weather Advisory	34
Cold
Wind Chill Warning	10
Wind Chill Advisory	12
Wind and dust
High Wind Warning	11
High Wind Watch	6
Lake Wind Advisory	4
Wind Advisory	3
Fog and smoke
Dense Fog Advisory	2

By county

Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.

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Sources

National Weather Service watches, warnings, advisories and statements from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's VTEC archive, which reconstructs tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings back to 1986 from the NWS text archive. Storm Prediction Center watches and mesoscale discussions from SPC's archive through the Mesonet. County centers from the US Census Bureau. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.