Alert archive / Montana / High Wind Warnings in 2008
High Wind Warning 2, NWS Missoula, MT
NWS Missoula, MT issued this high wind warning at Feb 6, 2008, 10:54 AM MST for 4 counties in Montana; Idaho County, Idaho. It took effect at Feb 7, 2008, 1:00 AM MST. It was in force for 9 hr. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 6, 2008, 10:54 AM MST (17:54 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 7, 2008, 1:00 AM MST
- Expired
- Feb 7, 2008, 9:50 AM MST
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Missoula, MT
Counties Idaho County, ID, Deer Lodge County, MT, Granite County, MT, Powell County, MT, Silver Bow County, MT
The radar
The Missoula radar (KMSX), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:55 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 7, 3:04 AM MST | BLIZZARD | Grangeville, ID | GRANGEVILLE AIRPORT REPORTED SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 60 MPH FROM 204 AM PST TO 849 AM PST. PEAK WIND GUSTS OCCURRED AT 728 AM PST AND 828 AM PST UP TO 62 MPH. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORATION CLOSED HIGHWAY 95 ACROSS THE CAMAS PRAIRIE DUE TO W |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Great_falls, MT (KTFX), launched 12:00Z, 5.9 hours before the alert went out and 261 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1662 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -3 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -105 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS75 KMSO 061754 NPWMSO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 1054 AM MST WED FEB 6 2008 IDZ007-061900- /O.CAN.KMSO.HW.A.0003.080207T0800Z-080207T2000Z/ OROFINO/GRANGEVILLE REGION- 954 AM PST WED FEB 6 2008 ...HIGH WIND WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH WIND WATCH. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. $$ IDZ008-070300- /O.NEW.KMSO.HW.W.0002.080207T0800Z-080207T1800Z/ LOWER HELLS CANYON/SALMON RIVER REGION- 954 AM PST WED FEB 6 2008 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 AM PST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 AM PST THURSDAY. SOUTHERLY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH SUSTAINED WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 60 MPH ARE EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. AREAS IMPACTED INCLUDE THE US HIGHWAY 95 CORRIDOR BETWEEN THE WHITEBIRD GRADE AND RIGGINS. IN ADDION TO THE HIGHT WINDS LIGHT SNOWFALL WILL CREATE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW NEAR THE WHITEBIRD GRADE. A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. VERY STRONG WINDS CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. $$ MTZ007-070300- /O.NEW.KMSO.HW.A.0004.080207T0900Z-080208T0000Z/ BUTTE/BLACKFOOT REGION- 1054 AM MST WED FEB 6 2008 ...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH SUSTAINED WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH ARE POSSIBLE ALONG THE INTERSTATE 90 CORRIDOR BETWEEN DEER LODGE AND ANACONDA...THE US HIGHWAY 12 CORRIDOR BETWEEN GARRISON JUNCTION AND MCDONALD PASS...AND THE MONTANA HIGHWAY 1 CORRIDOR BETWEEN ANACONDA AND GEORGETOWN LAKE THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. $$
4 follow-up statements
000 WWUS75 KMSO 062158 NPWMSO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 258 PM MST WED FEB 6 2008 IDZ008-070500- /O.CON.KMSO.HW.W.0002.080207T0800Z-080207T1800Z/ LOWER HELLS CANYON/SALMON RIVER REGION- 158 PM PST WED FEB 6 2008 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 AM PST THURSDAY... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 AM PST THURSDAY. SOUTHERLY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH SUSTAINED WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 60 MPH ARE EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. AREAS IMPACTED INCLUDE THE US HIGHWAY 95 CORRIDOR BETWEEN THE WHITEBIRD GRADE AND RIGGINS. IN ADDION TO THE HIGHT WINDS LIGHT SNOWFALL WILL CREATE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW NEAR THE WHITEBIRD GRADE. A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. VERY STRONG WINDS CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. $$ MTZ007-070500- /O.CON.KMSO.HW.A.0004.080207T0900Z-080208T0000Z/ BUTTE/BLACKFOOT REGION- 258 PM MST WED FEB 6 2008 ...HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM MST THURSDAY THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... A HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM MST THURSDAY THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH SUSTAINED WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH ARE POSSIBLE ALONG THE INTERSTATE 90 CORRIDOR BETWEEN DEER LODGE AND ANACONDA...THE US HIGHWAY 12 CORRIDOR BETWEEN GARRISON JUNCTION AND MCDONALD PASS...AND THE MONTANA HIGHWAY 1 CORRIDOR BETWEEN ANACONDA AND GEORGETOWN LAKE THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. $$
000 WWUS75 KMSO 070501 NPWMSO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 1001 PM MST WED FEB 6 2008 IDZ008-071315- /O.CON.KMSO.HW.W.0002.080207T0800Z-080207T1800Z/ LOWER HELLS CANYON/SALMON RIVER REGION- 901 PM PST WED FEB 6 2008 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 AM PST THURSDAY... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 AM PST THURSDAY. SOUTHERLY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH SUSTAINED WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 60 MPH ARE EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. AREAS IMPACTED INCLUDE THE US HIGHWAY 95 CORRIDOR BETWEEN THE WHITEBIRD GRADE AND RIGGINS. IN ADDION TO THE HIGHT WINDS LIGHT SNOWFALL WILL CREATE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW NEAR THE WHITEBIRD GRADE. A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. VERY STRONG WINDS CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. $$ MTZ007-071315- /O.EXT.KMSO.HW.A.0004.080207T1200Z-080208T0000Z/ BUTTE/BLACKFOOT REGION- 1001 PM MST WED FEB 6 2008 ...HIGH WIND WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM MST THURSDAY THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM MST THURSDAY THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH SUSTAINED WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH ARE POSSIBLE ALONG THE INTERSTATE 90 CORRIDOR BETWEEN DEER LODGE AND ANACONDA...THE US HIGHWAY 12 CORRIDOR BETWEEN GARRISON JUNCTION AND MCDONALD PASS...AND THE MONTANA HIGHWAY 1 CORRIDOR BETWEEN ANACONDA AND GEORGETOWN LAKE THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. $$
000 WWUS75 KMSO 071055 NPWMSO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 355 AM MST THU FEB 7 2008 MTZ007-071800- /O.UPG.KMSO.HW.A.0004.080207T1200Z-080208T0000Z/ /O.EXB.KMSO.HW.W.0002.080207T1500Z-080208T0000Z/ BUTTE/BLACKFOOT REGION- 355 AM MST THU FEB 7 2008 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... ...HIGH WIND WATCH NO LONGER IN EFFECT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH SUSTAINED WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH ARE POSSIBLE ALONG THE INTERSTATE 90 CORRIDOR BETWEEN DEER LODGE AND ANACONDA...THE US HIGHWAY 12 CORRIDOR BETWEEN GARRISON JUNCTION AND MCDONALD PASS...AND THE MONTANA HIGHWAY 1 CORRIDOR BETWEEN ANACONDA AND GEORGETOWN LAKE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. $$ IDZ008-071800- /O.CON.KMSO.HW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080207T1800Z/ LOWER HELLS CANYON/SALMON RIVER REGION- 255 AM PST THU FEB 7 2008 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING. SOUTHERLY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH SUSTAINED WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 60 MPH ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THIS MORNING. AREAS IMPACTED INCLUDE THE US HIGHWAY 95 CORRIDOR BETWEEN THE WHITEBIRD GRADE AND RIGGINS. IN ADDITION TO THE HIGHT WINDS LIGHT SNOWFALL WILL CREATE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW NEAR THE WHITEBIRD GRADE. $$
000 WWUS75 KMSO 071650 NPWMSO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 950 AM MST THU FEB 7 2008 IDZ008-080600- /O.CAN.KMSO.HW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080207T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KMSO.WI.Y.0009.080208T0600Z-080209T0600Z/ LOWER HELLS CANYON/SALMON RIVER REGION- 850 AM PST THU FEB 7 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 PM PST FRIDAY... ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 PM PST FRIDAY. THE HIGH WIND WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. SOUTHERLY WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH SUSTAINED WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED LATE THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING ALONG THE US HIGHWAY 95 CORRIDOR BETWEEN RIGGINS AND THE WHITEBIRD GRADE. LOCAL WHITEOUT CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED NEAR THE TOP OF THE WHITEBIRD GRADE. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED. DRIVING MAY BE DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...SO USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ MTZ007-071800- /O.CAN.KMSO.HW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080208T0000Z/ BUTTE/BLACKFOOT REGION- 950 AM MST THU FEB 7 2008 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH WIND WARNING. A BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Missoula, MT issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 6, 10:54 AM MST | Heavy Snow Warning | MSO | Flathead, Lincoln, Sanders | 28 hr |
| Feb 6, 10:54 AM MST | High Wind Watch | MSO | Deer Lodge, Granite, Powell, Silver Bow | 17 hr |
| Feb 6, 10:54 AM MST | Winter Storm Warning | MSO | Deer Lodge, Flathead, Granite, Lake, Mineral, Missoula and 4 more | 52 hr |
| Feb 6, 2:30 PM MST | Snow and Blowing Snow Advisory | MSO | Flathead, Lake, Missoula, Ravalli, Sanders | 56 hr |
| Feb 6, 2:30 PM MST | Winter Storm Watch | MSO | Flathead, Granite, Lake, Lincoln, Mineral, Missoula and 3 more | 48 hr |
| Feb 5, 8:05 PM MST | Blizzard Warning | MSO | Clearwater, Idaho | 6 hr |
| Feb 5, 8:05 PM MST | Snow Advisory | MSO | Clearwater, Idaho | 6 hr |
| Feb 6, 10:54 AM MST | Snow Advisory | MSO | Lemhi | 17 hr |
Nearby
High Wind Warnings in Montana, 2008High Wind Warnings in Idaho, 2008Every high wind warning in 2008
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.