Alert archive / Montana / High Wind Warnings in 2009
High Wind Warning 3, NWS Missoula, MT
NWS Missoula, MT issued this high wind warning at Sep 26, 2009, 2:43 AM MDT for Flathead County, Lake County, Montana. It took effect at Sep 26, 2009, 10:00 AM MDT. It was in force for 11 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
- Sep 26, 2009, 2:43 AM MDT (08:43 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 26, 2009, 10:00 AM MDT
- Expired
- Sep 26, 2009, 8:53 PM MDT
- In force
- 11 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Missoula, MT
Counties Flathead County, MT, Lake County, MT
The radar
The Missoula radar (KMSX), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:41 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 26, 6:00 PM MDT | HIGH SUST WINDS 56 | Logan Pass, MT | WINDS RANGED FROM 40 TO 56 MPH SUSTAINED, AND 86 TO 96 MPH GUSTS FROM 5PM TO 10PM. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Spokane, WA (KOTX), launched 00:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 177 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
- 3334 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 9 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 87 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 260843 NPWMSO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 243 AM MDT SAT SEP 26 2009 .A PASSING DRY COLD FRONT AND STRONG UPPER LEVEL JET MAY SUPPORT VERY STRONG WESTERLY WINDS TODAY...ESPECIALLY OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF GLACIER NATIONAL PARK. MTZ002-262100- /O.UPG.KMSO.HW.A.0001.090926T1600Z-090927T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KMSO.HW.W.0003.090926T1600Z-090927T0300Z/ WEST GLACIER REGION- 243 AM MDT SAT SEP 26 2009 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING ABOVE 6000 FEET... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING ABOVE 6000 FEET...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. STRONG WEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF GLACIER NATIONAL PARK THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING. WEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 30 TO 50 MPH WITH POSSIBLE GUSTS TO NEAR 70 MPH...BUT MAINLY ABOVE 6000 FEET AND OVER LOGAN PASS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS75 KMSO 262035 NPWMSO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 235 PM MDT SAT SEP 26 2009 .A PASSING DRY COLD FRONT AND STRONG UPPER LEVEL JET WILL SUPPORT VERY STRONG WESTERLY WINDS THROUGH THIS EVENING...ESPECIALLY OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF GLACIER NATIONAL PARK. MTZ002-270300- /O.CON.KMSO.HW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-090927T0300Z/ WEST GLACIER REGION- 235 PM MDT SAT SEP 26 2009 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING ABOVE 6000 FEET... A HIGH WIND WARNING ABOVE 6000 FEET REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING. STRONG WEST WINDS IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF GLACIER NATIONAL PARK WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING. WEST WINDS OF 30 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 70 MPH ARE EXPECTED...BUT MAINLY ABOVE 6000 FEET AND OVER LOGAN PASS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$
000 WWUS75 KMSO 270253 NPWMSO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 853 PM MDT SAT SEP 26 2009 MTZ002-270400- /O.CAN.KMSO.HW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-090927T0300Z/ WEST GLACIER REGION- 853 PM MDT SAT SEP 26 2009 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH WIND WARNING. WINDS HAVE DECREASED ACROSS THE WEST GLACIER REGION. THE HIGH WIND WARNING WILL END AT 900 PM MDT. $$
Nearby
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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.