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High Wind Warning 7, NWS Great Falls, MT

November 18, 2005

NWS Great Falls, MT issued this high wind warning at Nov 18, 2005, 1:21 PM MST. It was in force for 4 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

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The facts

Issued: Nov 18, 2005, 1:21 PM MST (20:21 UTC)
Expired: Nov 18, 2005, 5:10 PM MST
In force: 4 hr
Issued by: NWS Great Falls, MT

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WWUS75 KTFX 182021
NPWTFX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
121 PM MST FRI NOV 18 2005

MTZ011-013-047-051-190200-
/O.NEW.KTFX.HW.W.0007.051118T2021Z-051119T0200Z/
HILL-CHOUTEAU-BLAINE-FERGUS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HAVRE...FORT BENTON...CHINOOK...
LEWISTOWN
121 PM MST FRI NOV 18 2005

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM MST THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREAT FALLS HAS ISSUED A HIGH
WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM MST THIS EVENING. 

BRISK WEST WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST AND INCREASE THIS
AFTERNOON AS COLD FRONT PASSES THROUGH CENTRAL MONTANA. NORTHWEST
WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 65 MPH WILL DEVELOP AS THE
FRONT PASSES. STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO EARLY THIS
EVENING...BUT QUICKLY DIMINISH BY THE LATER EVENING HOURS.

A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED
OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS
OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE.

$$

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS75 KTFX 190010
NPWTFX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
510 PM MST FRI NOV 18 2005

MTZ011-013-047-051-190115-
/O.CAN.KTFX.HW.W.0007.000000T0000Z-051119T0200Z/
HILL-CHOUTEAU-BLAINE-FERGUS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HAVRE...FORT BENTON...CHINOOK...
LEWISTOWN
510 PM MST FRI NOV 18 2005

...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREAT FALLS HAS CANCELLED THE
HIGH WIND WARNING. WIND SPEEDS HAVE DROPPED BELOW HIGH WIND
WARNING CRITERIA. WEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS TO
45 MPH ARE STILL POSSIBLE THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING BUT WILL
QUICKLY DIMINISH THROUGH THE LATER EVENING HOURS.

$$

THOMSON

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Sources

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