Alert archive / Montana / 2023
Weather alerts in Montana, February 2023
115 weather alerts in February 2023, 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 2023. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 115
- Warnings
- 30
- Watches
- 19
- Advisories
- 56
- Busiest day
- February 19, 202313 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, 1:13 PM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | TFX | Broadwater, Gallatin, Glacier, Lewis and Clark, Meagher, Pondera | 12 hr |
| Feb 1, 1:22 PM MST | Wind Advisory | BYZ | Park, Stillwater, Sweet Grass | 68 hr |
| Feb 1, 7:07 PM MST | Wind Chill Advisory | GGW | Daniels, Roosevelt, Sheridan, Valley | 35 hr |
| Feb 2, 1:50 AM MST | High Wind Watch | TFX | Blaine, Chouteau, Fergus, Glacier, Hill, Judith Basin and 4 more | 35 hr |
| Feb 3, 12:56 AM MST | High Wind Watch | BYZ | Golden Valley, Sweet Grass, Wheatland | 12 hr |
| Feb 3, 2:17 AM MST | High Wind Warning | TFX | Blaine, Cascade, Chouteau, Fergus, Glacier, Hill and 5 more | 39 hr |
| Feb 3, 2:27 AM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | TFX | Glacier, Pondera | 39 hr |
| Feb 3, 2:47 AM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | MSO | Flathead, Lake | 33 hr |
| Feb 3, 2:48 AM MST | High Wind Watch | GGW | Phillips | 8 hr |
| Feb 3, 10:18 AM MST | High Wind Warning | GGW | Phillips | 31 hr |
| Feb 3, 12:31 PM MST | High Wind Warning | BYZ | Golden Valley, Sweet Grass, Wheatland | 29 hr |
| Feb 4, 12:33 PM MST | Wind Advisory | BYZ | Park, Stillwater, Sweet Grass | 17 hr |
| Feb 4, 2:37 PM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | TFX | Beaverhead, Broadwater, Cascade, Chouteau, Gallatin, Judith Basin and 3 more | 42 hr |
| Feb 4, 2:38 PM MST | High Wind Watch | TFX | Glacier, Lewis and Clark, Pondera, Teton, Toole | 47 hr |
| Feb 5, 11:55 AM MST | High Wind Warning | TFX | Glacier, Lewis and Clark, Pondera, Teton, Toole | 46 hr |
| Feb 6, 2:05 AM MST | High Wind Watch | BYZ | Sweet Grass, Wheatland | 10 hr |
| Feb 6, 2:05 AM MST | Wind Advisory | BYZ | Park, Stillwater, Sweet Grass | 54 hr |
| Feb 6, 12:24 PM MST | High Wind Warning | BYZ | Sweet Grass, Wheatland | 20 hr |
| Feb 6, 1:03 PM MST | Winter Storm Warning | TFX | Glacier, Pondera | 50 hr |
| Feb 6, 1:09 PM MST | High Wind Warning | TFX | Fergus, Glacier, Judith Basin, Lewis and Clark, Pondera, Teton and 1 more | 54 hr |
| Feb 6, 1:48 PM MST | High Wind Watch | TFX | Blaine, Chouteau, Fergus, Hill, Judith Basin | 25 hr |
| Feb 6, 1:57 PM MST | High Wind Watch | GGW | Petroleum, Phillips | 24 hr |
| Feb 7, 1:19 AM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | MSO | Deer Lodge, Flathead, Granite, Lake, Mineral, Missoula and 4 more | 34 hr |
| Feb 7, 2:06 AM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | TFX | Beaverhead, Gallatin, Lewis and Clark, Madison, Teton | 37 hr |
| Feb 7, 1:04 PM MST | High Wind Watch | BYZ | Golden Valley, Wheatland | 12 hr |
| Feb 7, 2:12 PM MST | High Wind Warning | GGW | Petroleum, Phillips | 29 hr |
| Feb 8, 1:20 AM MST | High Wind Warning | BYZ | Golden Valley, Wheatland | 19 hr |
| Feb 8, 12:45 PM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | BYZ | Big Horn, Carbon, Carter, Custer, Fallon, Powder River and 1 more | 17 hr |
| Feb 9, 11:48 AM MST | Wind Advisory | BYZ | Park, Stillwater, Sweet Grass | 23 hr |
| Feb 10, 1:57 PM MST | High Wind Watch | TFX | Glacier, Lewis and Clark, Pondera, Teton, Toole | 23 hr |
| Feb 11, 12:09 PM MST | Wind Advisory | BYZ | Park, Stillwater, Sweet Grass | 49 hr |
| Feb 11, 12:46 PM MST | Winter Storm Watch | TFX | Beaverhead, Broadwater, Cascade, Chouteau, Fergus, Gallatin and 8 more | 24 hr |
| Feb 11, 12:51 PM MST | High Wind Warning | TFX | Cascade, Chouteau, Fergus, Glacier, Judith Basin, Lewis and Clark and 5 more | 50 hr |
| Feb 12, 1:39 AM MST | Winter Storm Watch | BYZ | Big Horn, Carbon, Park, Rosebud, Stillwater, Sweet Grass and 2 more | 25 hr |
| Feb 12, 12:24 PM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | MSO | Deer Lodge, Flathead, Granite, Lake, Lincoln, Mineral and 5 more | 60 hr |
| Feb 12, 12:30 PM MST | Winter Storm Warning | TFX | Beaverhead, Broadwater, Gallatin, Lewis and Clark, Madison, Meagher | 59 hr |
| Feb 12, 12:30 PM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | TFX | Beaverhead, Broadwater, Cascade, Chouteau, Fergus, Gallatin and 8 more | 55 hr |
| Feb 12, 5:19 PM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | TFX | Glacier, Pondera | 39 hr |
| Feb 13, 2:39 AM MST | Winter Storm Warning | BYZ | Big Horn, Carbon, Park, Powder River, Rosebud, Stillwater and 2 more | 44 hr |
| Feb 13, 2:39 AM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | BYZ | Big Horn, Carbon, Carter, Custer, Fallon, Golden Valley and 9 more | 44 hr |
| Feb 13, 1:38 PM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | GGW | Dawson, McCone, Prairie, Wibaux | 28 hr |
| Feb 14, 8:46 AM MST | Special Weather Statement | MSO | Deer Lodge, Granite, Mineral | 59 min |
| Feb 14, 10:37 PM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | TFX | Beaverhead, Gallatin, Madison | 11 hr |
| Feb 15, 2:45 AM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | BYZ | Park, Stillwater, Sweet Grass, Wheatland | 21 hr |
| Feb 16, 12:03 PM MST | Wind Advisory | BYZ | Park, Stillwater, Sweet Grass | 22 hr |
| Feb 17, 12:45 AM MST | High Wind Warning | TFX | Glacier, Pondera, Toole | 10 hr |
| Feb 17, 12:26 PM MST | Wind Advisory | BYZ | Park, Stillwater, Sweet Grass | 23 hr |
| Feb 17, 1:34 PM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | TFX | Beaverhead, Broadwater, Cascade, Chouteau, Gallatin, Glacier and 5 more | 39 hr |
| Feb 18, 2:29 AM MST | Winter Storm Watch | BYZ | Carbon, Park, Stillwater, Sweet Grass, Wheatland | 24 hr |
| Feb 18, 2:41 AM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | MSO | Flathead, Granite, Lake, Mineral, Missoula, Powell and 1 more | 16 hr |
| Feb 18, 3:30 AM MST | Winter Storm Watch | TFX | Beaverhead, Blaine, Broadwater, Cascade, Chouteau, Fergus and 12 more | 49 hr |
| Feb 18, 12:50 PM MST | Winter Storm Warning | TFX | Beaverhead, Blaine, Broadwater, Cascade, Chouteau, Fergus and 9 more | 4 days |
| Feb 18, 12:50 PM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | TFX | Beaverhead, Broadwater, Gallatin, Glacier, Lewis and Clark, Madison and 3 more | 14 hr |
| Feb 18, 12:53 PM MST | High Wind Warning | TFX | Glacier, Lewis and Clark, Pondera, Teton, Toole | 32 hr |
| Feb 18, 2:25 PM MST | Winter Storm Watch | MSO | Deer Lodge, Flathead, Granite, Lake, Lincoln, Mineral and 5 more | 72 hr |
| Feb 18, 2:25 PM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | MSO | Deer Lodge, Flathead, Granite, Lake, Mineral, Missoula and 4 more | 4 days |
| Feb 18, 5:13 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | Wheatland | 2 hr |
| Feb 18, 6:06 PM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | BYZ | Golden Valley, Wheatland | 9 hr |
| Feb 18, 6:31 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | Musselshell | 119 min |
| Feb 18, 9:13 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | Big Horn, Yellowstone | 107 min |
| Feb 18, 9:44 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | Carbon, Park, Stillwater, Sweet Grass | 2 hr |
| Feb 18, 11:18 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | Big Horn | 87 min |
| Feb 19, 2:21 AM MST | Wind Advisory | BYZ | Park, Stillwater, Sweet Grass | 26 hr |
| Feb 19, 2:44 AM MST | Winter Storm Watch | BYZ | Big Horn, Carbon, Carter, Custer, Fallon, Golden Valley and 9 more | 24 hr |
| Feb 19, 2:44 AM MST | Winter Storm Warning | BYZ | Big Horn, Carbon, Carter, Custer, Fallon, Golden Valley and 9 more | 4 days |
| Feb 19, 2:55 AM MST | Winter Storm Watch | GGW | Dawson, Garfield, McCone, Petroleum, Phillips, Prairie and 1 more | 24 hr |
| Feb 19, 3:17 AM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | TFX | Beaverhead, Blaine, Broadwater, Cascade, Chouteau, Fergus and 8 more | 34 hr |
| Feb 19, 2:02 PM MST | Winter Storm Warning | MSO | Deer Lodge, Flathead, Granite, Lake, Lincoln, Mineral and 5 more | 61 hr |
| Feb 19, 2:43 PM MST | High Wind Warning | BYZ | Sweet Grass, Wheatland | 14 hr |
| Feb 19, 9:15 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | Big Horn | 3 hr |
| Feb 20, 2:25 AM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | BYZ | Custer, Fallon | 11 hr |
| Feb 20, 2:40 AM MST | Winter Storm Warning | GGW | Dawson, Garfield, McCone, Petroleum, Phillips, Prairie and 4 more | 36 hr |
| Feb 20, 2:40 AM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | GGW | Daniels, Dawson, Garfield, McCone, Petroleum, Phillips and 6 more | 39 hr |
| Feb 20, 5:14 AM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | TFX | Beaverhead, Blaine, Broadwater, Cascade, Chouteau, Fergus and 12 more | 67 hr |
| Feb 20, 12:28 PM MST | High Wind Warning | BYZ | Sweet Grass, Wheatland | 21 hr |
| Feb 20, 12:28 PM MST | Wind Advisory | BYZ | Park, Stillwater, Sweet Grass | 21 hr |
| Feb 20, 2:34 PM MST | Blizzard Warning | GGW | Phillips, Roosevelt, Valley | 24 hr |
| Feb 20, 2:34 PM MST | Winter Storm Warning | GGW | Phillips | 12 hr |
| Feb 20, 2:51 PM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | MSO | Granite, Lake, Missoula, Powell | 20 hr |
| Feb 21, 12:08 AM MST | High Wind Warning | TFX | Beaverhead, Cascade, Madison | 8 hr |
| Feb 21, 4:23 AM MST | Special Weather Statement | TFX | Teton | 52 min |
| Feb 21, 4:28 AM MST | Special Weather Statement | TFX | Blaine, Chouteau, Hill, Liberty, Toole | 47 min |
| Feb 21, 5:49 AM MST | Special Weather Statement | TFX | Blaine, Cascade, Chouteau, Fergus, Glacier, Hill and 6 more | 41 min |
| Feb 21, 2:20 PM MST | Wind Chill Warning | MSO | Deer Lodge, Flathead, Granite, Lake, Missoula, Powell and 2 more | 24 hr |
| Feb 21, 2:20 PM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | MSO | Flathead, Lake | 6 hr |
| Feb 21, 2:38 PM MST | Wind Chill Advisory | GGW | Daniels, Dawson, Garfield, McCone, Petroleum, Phillips and 6 more | 4 days |
| Feb 21, 9:00 PM MST | Wind Chill Advisory | MSO | Deer Lodge, Flathead, Granite, Lake, Lincoln, Mineral and 5 more | 39 hr |
| Feb 22, 2:30 AM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | BYZ | Big Horn, Carbon, Carter, Custer, Fallon, Golden Valley and 8 more | 23 hr |
| Feb 22, 3:54 AM MST | Wind Chill Advisory | TFX | Beaverhead, Blaine, Broadwater, Cascade, Chouteau, Fergus and 12 more | 49 hr |
| Feb 22, 3:54 AM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | TFX | Beaverhead, Gallatin, Madison | 6 hr |
| Feb 22, 11:58 AM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | TFX | Broadwater, Gallatin, Lewis and Clark, Meagher | 8 hr |
| Feb 22, 1:29 PM MST | Wind Chill Advisory | BYZ | Big Horn, Carbon, Carter, Custer, Fallon, Golden Valley and 9 more | 46 hr |
| Feb 23, 2:44 AM MST | Wind Chill Warning | TFX | Beaverhead, Broadwater, Cascade, Chouteau, Gallatin, Glacier and 8 more | 8 hr |
| Feb 23, 2:44 AM MST | Wind Chill Advisory | TFX | Beaverhead, Broadwater, Glacier, Jefferson, Lewis and Clark, Pondera and 2 more | 33 hr |
| Feb 23, 2:44 AM MST | Winter Storm Watch | TFX | Glacier, Lewis and Clark, Pondera, Teton | 12 hr |
| Feb 23, 3:15 AM MST | Wind Chill Warning | MSO | Deer Lodge, Granite, Powell, Silver Bow | 9 hr |
| Feb 23, 3:15 AM MST | Wind Chill Advisory | MSO | Deer Lodge, Granite, Powell, Silver Bow | 4 hr |
| Feb 23, 5:55 AM MST | Wind Chill Advisory | TFX | Beaverhead, Broadwater, Cascade, Chouteau, Gallatin, Judith Basin and 5 more | 23 hr |
| Feb 23, 12:07 PM MST | Wind Chill Advisory | MSO | Deer Lodge, Flathead, Granite, Lake, Lincoln, Mineral and 5 more | 20 hr |
| Feb 23, 2:15 PM MST | Wind Chill Warning | TFX | Blaine, Broadwater, Cascade, Chouteau, Fergus, Gallatin and 9 more | 22 hr |
| Feb 23, 2:15 PM MST | Wind Chill Advisory | TFX | Blaine, Chouteau, Fergus, Glacier, Hill, Liberty and 3 more | 43 hr |
| Feb 23, 2:15 PM MST | Winter Storm Warning | TFX | Glacier, Lewis and Clark, Pondera, Teton | 47 hr |
| Feb 24, 3:12 AM MST | Blizzard Warning | TFX | Glacier, Pondera | 34 hr |
| Feb 24, 3:12 AM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | TFX | Cascade, Chouteau, Fergus, Glacier, Judith Basin, Meagher and 2 more | 34 hr |
| Feb 24, 10:47 AM MST | Wind Advisory | BYZ | Park, Stillwater, Sweet Grass | 44 hr |
| Feb 25, 1:34 PM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | TFX | Glacier, Pondera | 18 hr |
| Feb 25, 11:10 PM MST | High Wind Warning | TFX | Glacier, Pondera, Toole | 5 hr |
| Feb 26, 1:59 AM MST | High Wind Watch | TFX | Glacier, Pondera, Toole | 12 hr |
| Feb 26, 2:08 AM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | TFX | Beaverhead, Broadwater, Gallatin, Lewis and Clark, Madison, Meagher | 27 hr |
| Feb 26, 6:39 PM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | MSO | Deer Lodge, Granite, Lake, Mineral, Missoula, Powell and 3 more | 9 hr |
| Feb 27, 2:25 AM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | TFX | Beaverhead, Blaine, Chouteau, Gallatin, Glacier, Hill and 2 more | 41 hr |
| Feb 27, 1:14 PM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | BYZ | Carter, Fallon | 32 hr |
| Feb 27, 2:05 PM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | MSO | Flathead, Lake, Lincoln, Mineral, Missoula, Sanders | 27 hr |
| Feb 27, 7:58 PM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | GGW | Daniels, Dawson, Garfield, McCone, Phillips, Prairie and 4 more | 33 hr |
| Feb 28, 1:14 PM MST | High Wind Watch | TFX | Glacier, Lewis and Clark, Pondera, Teton, Toole | 11 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 | 10 |
| Winter | |
| Blizzard Warning | 2 |
| Winter Storm Warning | 9 |
| Winter Storm Watch | 8 |
| Winter Weather Advisory | 36 |
| Cold | |
| Wind Chill Warning | 4 |
| Wind Chill Advisory | 10 |
| Wind and dust | |
| High Wind Warning | 15 |
| High Wind Watch | 11 |
| Wind Advisory | 10 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Pondera County37
- Glacier County36
- Lewis and Clark County31
- Teton County27
- Sweet Grass County25
- Toole County23
- Chouteau County21
- Gallatin County20
- Park County20
- Stillwater County20
- Beaverhead County20
- Judith Basin County19
- Wheatland County19
- Broadwater County18
- Meagher County18
- Madison County18
- Cascade County17
- Fergus County16
- Lake County14
- Granite County14
- Blaine County13
- Hill County13
- Powell County13
- Flathead County12
- Deer Lodge County12
- Missoula County12
- Phillips County11
- Mineral County11
- Sanders County11
- Silver Bow County11
- Big Horn County11
- Golden Valley County10
- Carbon County10
- Ravalli County8
- Fallon County8
- Rosebud County8
- Jefferson County8
- Liberty County8
- Valley County7
- Carter County7
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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.