Alert archive / Montana / Powell County

Weather alerts in Powell County, Montana, 2026

97 weather alerts in 2026, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.

Powell County and its neighbors

Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2026. Tap one for its archive.

Alerts
97
Warnings
15
Watches
20
Advisories
19
Busiest month
July21 alerts
Busiest day
September 6, 20268 alerts

Over time

By month

Warning verification

How often warnings here had a storm report inside them, and how much warning the reports had.

Powell County, 2026

WarningsWith a reportFalse alarm ratioReportsInside a warningMean lead time
Tornado warnings00
Severe thunderstorm warnings3167%250%17 min
Flash flood warnings10100%0

Each office's whole area, 2026

WarningsWith a reportFalse alarm ratioReportsInside a warningMean lead time
NWS Missoula, MT: severe thunderstorm warnings25868%2532%14 min
NWS Missoula, MT: flash flood warnings50100%60%

An office's figures cover every county it serves, including across state lines.

The year is still running; reports filed late and damage surveys can still change these figures.

Verified by the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow, which matches each storm-based warning with the local storm reports inside its polygon while it was in force, within 15 km of its edge: a tornado warning counts as verified on a tornado report, a severe thunderstorm warning on hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more, or wind damage, a flash flood warning on a flash flood report. The false alarm ratio is the share of warnings with no such report; "inside a warning" is the probability of detection, the share of reports that fell inside one; lead time runs from the warning's issue to each report inside it, counting zero for a report that came first. A warning with no report is not proof nothing happened: reports come from spotters, the public and damage surveys, and are thin where few people live.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jan 1, 1:18 PM MSTWinter Weather AdvisoryMSO25 hr
Jan 5, 11:50 AM MSTSpecial Weather StatementMSO40 min
Jan 5, 1:03 PM MSTWinter Weather AdvisoryMSO19 hr
Jan 5, 1:03 PM MSTWinter Weather AdvisoryMSO46 hr
Feb 8, 10:29 AM MSTWinter Weather AdvisoryMSO23 hr
Feb 15, 12:17 PM MSTWinter Weather AdvisoryMSO4 days
Feb 22, 2:05 PM MSTWinter Weather AdvisoryMSO45 hr
Feb 24, 8:35 PM MSTWinter Weather AdvisoryMSO11 hr
Mar 3, 11:08 PM MSTWinter Weather AdvisoryMSO40 hr
Mar 6, 10:30 AM MSTHigh Wind WatchMSO23 hr
Mar 7, 9:26 AM MSTWind AdvisoryMSO37 hr
Mar 9, 12:40 PM MDTHigh Wind WatchMSO23 hr
Mar 10, 11:42 AM MDTWinter Storm WarningMSO4 days
Mar 10, 11:52 AM MDTHigh Wind WarningMSO54 hr
Mar 13, 1:38 PM MDTWinter Weather AdvisoryMSO34 hr
Mar 14, 9:05 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementMSO40 min
Mar 15, 12:57 PM MDTWinter Weather AdvisoryMSO23 hr
Mar 24, 11:33 AM MDTWind AdvisoryMSO31 hr
Mar 31, 10:23 AM MDTWinter Storm WatchMSO25 hr
Apr 1, 11:02 AM MDTWinter Weather AdvisoryMSO47 hr
Apr 6, 10:40 AM MDTWind AdvisoryMSO34 hr
Apr 11, 6:07 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementMSO38 min
Apr 12, 5:12 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementMSO48 min
Apr 14, 11:53 AM MDTWinter Weather AdvisoryMSO45 hr
Apr 21, 1:50 PM MDTWinter Weather AdvisoryMSO68 hr
May 11, 12:00 PM MDTFire Weather WatchMSO23 hr
May 12, 10:23 AM MDTWind AdvisoryMSO35 hr
May 12, 10:38 AM MDTRed Flag WarningMSO34 hr
May 13, 12:50 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr
May 13, 5:22 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementMSO23 min
May 15, 11:38 AM MDTWinter Weather AdvisoryMSO60 hr
May 25, 5:32 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementMSO28 min
May 25, 5:46 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC119 min
May 26, 4:50 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFX40 min
May 28, 3:30 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementMSO30 min
May 28, 4:14 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementMSO31 min
May 28, 4:21 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC9 hr
May 28, 4:44 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementMSO31 min
May 28, 5:24 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementMSO36 min
May 28, 6:42 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC63 min
May 28, 9:01 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC89 min
May 29, 1:18 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementMSO27 min
May 29, 1:30 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Jun 15, 10:30 AM MDTWind AdvisoryMSO38 hr
Jun 25, 11:56 AM MDTWinter Storm WatchMSO23 hr
Jun 25, 2:06 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC114 min
Jun 26, 11:04 AM MDTWinter Storm WarningMSO70 hr
Jun 28, 8:49 AM MDTFlood WatchMSO2 hr
Jun 28, 11:14 AM MDTFlood WatchMSO16 hr
Jun 30, 7:38 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementMSO52 min
Jul 1, 10:15 AM MDTFlood WatchMSO10 hr
Jul 1, 2:24 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementMSO36 min
Jul 1, 7:01 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementMSO29 min
Jul 1, 7:28 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementMSO32 min
Jul 10, 10:34 AM MDTFire Weather WatchMSO28 hr
Jul 16, 2:03 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC87 min
Jul 17, 2:12 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Jul 17, 3:18 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementMSO27 min
Jul 17, 4:17 PM MDTFlood WatchMSO3 hr
Jul 17, 4:51 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementMSO24 min
Jul 17, 5:09 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningMSO93 min
Jul 18, 1:36 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC84 min
Jul 18, 3:50 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementMSO25 min
Jul 18, 4:17 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementMSO28 min
Jul 18, 5:35 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC115 min
Jul 23, 10:15 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementMSO30 min
Jul 29, 8:45 AM MDTFire Weather WatchMSO52 hr
Jul 29, 10:46 AM MDTFire Weather WatchTFX48 hr
Jul 31, 11:01 AM MDTRed Flag WarningTFX64 hr
Jul 31, 1:11 PM MDTRed Flag WarningMSO56 hr
Aug 6, 8:07 AM MDTRed Flag WarningMSO13 hr
Aug 6, 1:14 PM MDTFire Weather WatchTFX10 hr
Aug 6, 1:35 PM MDTFire Weather WatchMSO8 hr
Aug 6, 9:41 PM MDTRed Flag WarningMSO47 hr
Aug 6, 10:51 PM MDTRed Flag WarningTFX46 hr
Aug 10, 6:45 PM MDTRed Flag WarningMSO26 hr
Aug 13, 10:15 AM MDTFlood WatchMSO10 hr
Aug 14, 6:15 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementMSO30 min
Aug 15, 4:25 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementMSO35 min
Aug 21, 10:39 AM MDTFire Weather WatchMSO22 hr
Aug 22, 9:08 AM MDTRed Flag WarningMSO35 hr
Aug 22, 4:04 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC116 min
Aug 27, 2:49 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC116 min
Aug 29, 2:11 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementMSO34 min
Sep 2, 11:49 AM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Sep 2, 1:21 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementMSO24 min
Sep 2, 1:34 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMSO26 min
Sep 2, 1:35 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr
Sep 2, 1:59 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMSO21 min
Sep 5, 6:22 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementMSO23 min
Sep 5, 8:26 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementMSO34 min
Sep 6, 9:51 AM MDTFlood WatchMSO50 hr
Sep 6, 4:16 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC119 min
Sep 6, 4:50 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementMSO25 min
Sep 6, 5:03 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMSO27 min
Sep 6, 5:19 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementMSO26 min
Sep 6, 5:47 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementMSO28 min

By product

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

The busiest days

Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.

Nearby

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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.