Local Storm Report
Issued by NWS Great Falls, MT
Issued by NWS Great Falls, MT
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Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Great Falls MT
1100 AM MDT Wed May 8 2024
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1200 AM Blizzard Neihart 46.93N 110.74W
05/08/2024 Cascade MT Mesonet
Blizzard conditions observed. Montana Zone
317 - Little Belt and Highwood Mountains.
Visibility at MT DOT RWIS Monarch Canyon
station was below 0.25mi from 12pm May 7th
until power failed at 7pm. Highway 89 was
closed from Armington Junction to White
Sulpher Springs starting at 1am May 8th. The
Onion Park SNOTEL station reported 28 inches
of new snow and snowfall rate of 2 inches
per hour from 8pm to midnight on the evening
of May 7th. During this time the Porphyry
Peak RAWS reported winds averaging 25 mph
with gusts to 52 mph before the sensor
failed at 10:05pm. A widespread power outage
affected much of the zone through the
overnight hours into Wednesday morning.
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PN