Alert archive / Montana / Winter Storm Watches
Winter Storm Watches in Montana, 2017
47 winter storm watches in 2017. An alert counts here when it covered any part of the state, so the counties below add up to more than the state. The archive of winter storm watches reaches back to 2005.
Winter Storm Watches by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2017. Tap one for its archive.
- Winter Storm Watches
- 47
- Busiest month
- December8 winter storm watches
- Busiest day
- November 2, 20174 winter storm watches
Over time
By month
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 6, 2:07 PM MST | Winter Storm Watch | BYZ | Carbon, Park, Stillwater, Sweet Grass | 25 hr |
| Jan 6, 2:43 PM MST | Winter Storm Watch | TFX | 13 hr | |
| Jan 7, 2:31 PM MST | Winter Storm Watch | GGW | Daniels, Dawson, Garfield, McCone, Petroleum, Phillips and 6 more | 267 days |
| Jan 7, 2:35 PM MST | Winter Storm Watch | MSO | Granite, Lake, Mineral, Missoula, Powell, Ravalli and 1 more | 59 days |
| Jan 29, 2:19 PM MST | Winter Storm Watch | TFX | 24 hr | |
| Jan 29, 2:29 PM MST | Winter Storm Watch | MSO | Deer Lodge, Flathead, Granite, Lake, Lincoln, Mineral and 5 more | 39 days |
| Jan 29, 2:51 PM MST | Winter Storm Watch | BYZ | Big Horn, Carbon, Golden Valley, Musselshell, Park, Stillwater and 2 more | 13 hr |
| Feb 3, 4:11 AM MST | Winter Storm Watch | TFX | 48 hr | |
| Feb 3, 1:27 PM MST | Winter Storm Watch | MSO | Flathead, Granite, Lake, Lincoln, Mineral, Missoula and 2 more | 14 hr |
| Feb 7, 2:24 PM MST | Winter Storm Watch | MSO | Flathead, Lake, Lincoln, Sanders | 29 hr |
| Feb 7, 3:09 PM MST | Winter Storm Watch | TFX | 13 hr | |
| Feb 21, 3:30 AM MST | Winter Storm Watch | TFX | 11 hr | |
| Feb 21, 3:49 AM MST | Winter Storm Watch | GGW | Phillips | 11 hr |
| Feb 22, 3:06 AM MST | Winter Storm Watch | BYZ | Carbon, Park, Stillwater, Sweet Grass | 11 hr |
| Mar 7, 3:21 PM MST | Winter Storm Watch | BYZ | Big Horn, Golden Valley, Musselshell, Rosebud, Stillwater, Treasure and 1 more | 24 hr |
| Mar 7, 3:36 PM MST | Winter Storm Watch | GGW | Garfield, Petroleum, Phillips | 36 hr |
| Mar 8, 3:30 AM MST | Winter Storm Watch | GGW | Daniels, Dawson, McCone, Phillips, Prairie, Richland and 4 more | 24 hr |
| Mar 8, 2:50 PM MST | Winter Storm Watch | TFX | 14 hr | |
| Mar 29, 2:24 AM MDT | Winter Storm Watch | BYZ | Carbon, Park, Stillwater, Sweet Grass | 14 hr |
| Mar 29, 3:15 AM MDT | Winter Storm Watch | TFX | 11 hr | |
| Apr 7, 2:52 PM MDT | Winter Storm Watch | TFX | 20 hr | |
| Apr 23, 2:46 PM MDT | Winter Storm Watch | BYZ | Carbon, Park, Stillwater, Sweet Grass | 13 hr |
| Apr 24, 4:15 AM MDT | Winter Storm Watch | BYZ | Carter, Powder River, Rosebud | 9 hr |
| Apr 26, 4:04 AM MDT | Winter Storm Watch | BYZ | 24 hr | |
| May 15, 12:54 PM MDT | Winter Storm Watch | MSO | Deer Lodge, Flathead, Granite, Lake, Missoula, Powell and 2 more | 24 hr |
| May 15, 3:06 PM MDT | Winter Storm Watch | TFX | 23 hr | |
| May 15, 3:24 PM MDT | Winter Storm Watch | BYZ | Carbon, Park, Stillwater, Sweet Grass, Wheatland | 36 hr |
| Sep 12, 2:03 PM MDT | Winter Storm Watch | MSO | Deer Lodge, Granite, Lake, Missoula, Powell, Ravalli and 1 more | 43 hr |
| Sep 13, 3:25 PM MDT | Winter Storm Watch | BYZ | Carbon, Park, Stillwater, Sweet Grass, Wheatland | 13 hr |
| Sep 20, 3:51 AM MDT | Winter Storm Watch | BYZ | Carbon, Park, Stillwater, Sweet Grass | 11 hr |
| Sep 30, 4:17 AM MDT | Winter Storm Watch | TFX | 35 hr | |
| Sep 30, 2:07 PM MDT | Winter Storm Watch | MSO | Flathead, Lake | 24 hr |
| Oct 30, 1:57 PM MDT | Winter Storm Watch | TFX | 25 hr | |
| Oct 30, 2:22 PM MDT | Winter Storm Watch | MSO | Flathead, Lake, Sanders | 24 hr |
| Oct 31, 2:38 PM MDT | Winter Storm Watch | MSO | Flathead, Lake, Lincoln, Sanders | 23 hr |
| Nov 2, 2:53 AM MDT | Winter Storm Watch | GGW | Daniels, Garfield, McCone, Petroleum, Phillips, Roosevelt and 2 more | 12 hr |
| Nov 2, 3:22 AM MDT | Winter Storm Watch | BYZ | Carbon, Park, Stillwater, Sweet Grass, Wheatland | 11 hr |
| Nov 2, 3:46 AM MDT | Winter Storm Watch | TFX | 11 hr | |
| Nov 2, 2:19 PM MDT | Winter Storm Watch | BYZ | Carbon, Golden Valley, Park, Stillwater, Sweet Grass, Wheatland | 13 hr |
| Dec 2, 8:15 AM MST | Winter Storm Watch | TFX | 6 hr | |
| Dec 17, 2:57 PM MST | Winter Storm Watch | TFX | 23 hr | |
| Dec 17, 2:58 PM MST | Winter Storm Watch | MSO | Flathead, Granite, Lake, Missoula, Powell, Sanders | 24 hr |
| Dec 18, 2:59 AM MST | Winter Storm Watch | GGW | Daniels, Phillips, Roosevelt, Sheridan, Valley | 12 hr |
| Dec 27, 3:33 AM MST | Winter Storm Watch | TFX | 24 hr | |
| Dec 27, 3:40 AM MST | Winter Storm Watch | GGW | Garfield, Petroleum, Phillips | 24 hr |
| Dec 27, 4:04 AM MST | Winter Storm Watch | BYZ | Big Horn, Carbon, Custer, Golden Valley, Musselshell, Park and 6 more | 24 hr |
| Dec 27, 4:40 AM MST | Winter Storm Watch | MSO | Deer Lodge, Flathead, Granite, Lake, Lincoln, Mineral and 5 more | 23 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Stillwater County12
- Carbon County11
- Park County11
- Sweet Grass County11
- Lake County11
- Flathead County9
- Sanders County8
- Phillips County7
- Granite County7
- Missoula County7
- Powell County7
- Wheatland County7
- Ravalli County5
- Lincoln County5
- Daniels County4
- Garfield County4
- Petroleum County4
- Roosevelt County4
- Sheridan County4
- Valley County4
- Mineral County4
- Deer Lodge County4
- Silver Bow County4
- Golden Valley County4
- McCone County3
- Big Horn County3
- Musselshell County3
- Rosebud County3
- Dawson County2
- Prairie County2
- Richland County2
- Wibaux County2
- Treasure County2
- Powder River County2
- Carter County1
- Custer County1
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
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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.