Alert archive / Montana / 2012
Weather alerts in Montana, February 2012
63 weather alerts in February 2012, 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 February 2012. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 63
- Warnings
- 11
- Watches
- 8
- Advisories
- 35
- Busiest day
- February 22, 201213 alerts
Over time
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 1, 12:47 PM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | BYZ | Carbon, Stillwater, Sweet Grass | 23 hr |
| Feb 2, 8:00 AM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | TFX | 4 hr | |
| Feb 3, 9:02 AM MST | Dense Fog Advisory | BYZ | Carter, Custer, Fallon | 3 hr |
| Feb 3, 9:03 AM MST | Dense Fog Advisory | GGW | Daniels, Dawson, McCone, Prairie, Richland, Roosevelt and 3 more | 26 hr |
| Feb 4, 1:13 AM MST | Dense Fog Advisory | BYZ | Custer, Fallon | 10 hr |
| Feb 8, 11:53 PM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | MSO | Flathead, Lake, Sanders | 11 hr |
| Feb 9, 1:43 PM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | TFX | 44 hr | |
| Feb 9, 3:21 PM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | BYZ | Carbon, Park, Stillwater, Sweet Grass | 36 hr |
| Feb 10, 3:04 AM MST | Wind Chill Advisory | GGW | Daniels, Dawson, McCone, Phillips, Richland, Roosevelt and 3 more | 6 hr |
| Feb 10, 4:39 AM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | MSO | Deer Lodge, Flathead, Granite, Lake, Lincoln, Mineral and 5 more | 30 hr |
| Feb 10, 4:54 AM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | TFX | 26 hr | |
| Feb 12, 4:39 AM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | MSO | Flathead, Granite, Lake, Mineral, Missoula, Powell and 2 more | 6 hr |
| Feb 13, 3:51 AM MST | Dense Fog Advisory | MSO | Granite, Lake, Mineral, Missoula, Powell, Ravalli and 1 more | 7 hr |
| Feb 14, 9:36 AM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | GGW | Phillips, Roosevelt, Valley | 10 hr |
| Feb 17, 3:36 AM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | MSO | Deer Lodge, Flathead, Granite, Lake, Lincoln, Mineral and 5 more | 55 hr |
| Feb 17, 2:43 PM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | TFX | 38 hr | |
| Feb 18, 9:43 AM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | BYZ | Carbon, Park, Stillwater, Sweet Grass | 12 hr |
| Feb 19, 3:03 PM MST | High Wind Watch | MSO | Deer Lodge, Flathead, Granite, Lake, Missoula, Powell and 3 more | 54 hr |
| Feb 19, 3:06 PM MST | Winter Storm Watch | MSO | Flathead, Granite, Lake, Mineral, Missoula, Ravalli and 1 more | 47 hr |
| Feb 20, 3:33 AM MST | High Wind Watch | TFX | 24 hr | |
| Feb 20, 10:19 AM MST | High Wind Watch | BYZ | Big Horn, Carbon, Carter, Custer, Golden Valley, Musselshell and 7 more | 29 hr |
| Feb 20, 2:43 PM MST | High Wind Warning | TFX | 51 hr | |
| Feb 20, 3:45 PM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | TFX | 12 hr | |
| Feb 20, 9:04 PM MST | High Wind Warning | BYZ | Big Horn, Carbon, Carter, Custer, Golden Valley, Musselshell and 7 more | 47 hr |
| Feb 21, 3:46 AM MST | Winter Storm Warning | MSO | Flathead, Granite, Lake, Mineral, Missoula, Ravalli and 1 more | 48 hr |
| Feb 21, 3:47 AM MST | Wind Advisory | MSO | Flathead, Lincoln, Sanders | 43 hr |
| Feb 21, 3:47 AM MST | Winter Storm Warning | TFX | 48 hr | |
| Feb 21, 4:02 AM MST | Winter Storm Warning | BYZ | Carbon, Park, Stillwater, Sweet Grass | 71 hr |
| Feb 21, 6:39 AM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | MSO | Missoula, Ravalli | 3 hr |
| Feb 21, 10:28 AM MST | High Wind Warning | MSO | Deer Lodge, Flathead, Granite, Lake, Missoula, Powell and 3 more | 31 hr |
| Feb 22, 12:31 PM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | TFX | 10 hr | |
| Feb 22, 2:21 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | 24 min | |
| Feb 22, 2:24 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | Yellowstone | 36 min |
| Feb 22, 2:24 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | GGW | Garfield | 66 min |
| Feb 22, 2:36 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | BYZ | Big Horn, Rosebud | 24 hr |
| Feb 22, 2:50 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | Rosebud | 25 min |
| Feb 22, 2:50 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | GGW | Garfield | 55 min |
| Feb 22, 3:21 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | Rosebud | 24 min |
| Feb 22, 3:21 PM MST | High Wind Warning | GGW | Petroleum | 4 hr |
| Feb 22, 3:25 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | Big Horn | 35 min |
| Feb 22, 3:48 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | Custer, Rosebud | 27 min |
| Feb 22, 4:18 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | Custer | 27 min |
| Feb 22, 4:53 PM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | MSO | Deer Lodge, Flathead, Granite, Lake, Missoula, Powell and 3 more | 16 hr |
| Feb 22, 7:43 PM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | GGW | Dawson, McCone, Prairie, Wibaux | 6 hr |
| Feb 22, 8:33 PM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | BYZ | Carter, Fallon | 8 hr |
| Feb 23, 9:50 AM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | TFX | Lewis and Clark | 28 hr |
| Feb 23, 2:11 PM MST | Winter Storm Watch | MSO | Flathead, Granite, Lake, Mineral, Missoula, Ravalli and 1 more | 24 hr |
| Feb 24, 4:27 AM MST | Winter Storm Watch | TFX | 10 hr | |
| Feb 24, 4:27 AM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | TFX | 53 hr | |
| Feb 24, 2:08 PM MST | High Wind Warning | TFX | 28 hr | |
| Feb 24, 2:18 PM MST | Winter Storm Warning | MSO | Flathead, Granite, Lake, Lincoln, Mineral, Missoula and 3 more | 37 hr |
| Feb 24, 2:18 PM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | MSO | Deer Lodge, Flathead, Granite, Lake, Lincoln, Mineral and 5 more | 44 hr |
| Feb 24, 2:23 PM MST | Winter Storm Warning | TFX | 37 hr | |
| Feb 24, 3:27 PM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | GGW | Daniels, Dawson, Garfield, McCone, Petroleum, Phillips and 6 more | 43 hr |
| Feb 24, 3:49 PM MST | Wind Advisory | BYZ | Park, Stillwater, Sweet Grass | 28 hr |
| Feb 25, 3:58 PM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | BYZ | Carter, Custer, Fallon, Powder River, Rosebud, Treasure | 19 hr |
| Feb 25, 6:23 PM MST | Flood Watch | BYZ | Custer | 43 hr |
| Feb 26, 2:35 PM MST | Wind Chill Advisory | GGW | Valley | 19 hr |
| Feb 26, 3:43 PM MST | Winter Storm Watch | BYZ | Carter, Fallon, Powder River | 36 hr |
| Feb 28, 3:31 AM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | BYZ | Carter, Fallon, Powder River, Rosebud | 23 hr |
| Feb 28, 11:44 AM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | MSO | Deer Lodge, Flathead, Granite, Lake, Lincoln, Mineral and 5 more | 59 hr |
| Feb 28, 2:44 PM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | TFX | 34 hr | |
| Feb 29, 2:36 PM MST | Winter Storm Warning | TFX | 7 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 | |
| Special Weather Statement | 9 |
| Flooding | |
| Flood Watch | 1 |
| Areal Flood Advisory | 2 |
| Winter | |
| Winter Storm Warning | 6 |
| Winter Storm Watch | 4 |
| Winter Weather Advisory | 25 |
| Cold | |
| Wind Chill Advisory | 2 |
| Wind and dust | |
| High Wind Warning | 5 |
| High Wind Watch | 3 |
| Wind Advisory | 2 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 4 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Sanders County15
- Flathead County14
- Lake County14
- Missoula County14
- Ravalli County14
- Granite County13
- Mineral County10
- Powell County10
- Custer County8
- Rosebud County8
- Stillwater County7
- Sweet Grass County7
- Carter County7
- Deer Lodge County7
- Silver Bow County7
- Carbon County6
- Fallon County6
- Park County6
- Lincoln County6
- Valley County5
- Powder River County5
- Dawson County4
- McCone County4
- Roosevelt County4
- Wibaux County4
- Big Horn County4
- Daniels County3
- Prairie County3
- Richland County3
- Sheridan County3
- Phillips County3
- Treasure County3
- Garfield County3
- Golden Valley County2
- Musselshell County2
- Wheatland County2
- Petroleum County2
- Yellowstone County1
- Lewis and Clark County1
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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. Rebuilt daily.