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High Wind Warning 1, NWS Glasgow, MT

April 8, 201012 counties in Montana

NWS Glasgow, MT issued this high wind warning at Apr 8, 2010, 2:39 PM MDT for 12 counties in Montana. It took effect at Apr 8, 2010, 4:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 12 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 8, 2010, 2:39 PM MDT (20:39 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 8, 2010, 4:00 PM MDT
Expired
Apr 9, 2010, 3:35 AM MDT
In force
12 hr
Issued by
NWS Glasgow, MT

Counties Daniels County, MT, Dawson County, MT, Garfield County, MT, McCone County, MT, Petroleum County, MT, Phillips County, MT, Prairie County, MT, Richland County, MT, Roosevelt County, MT, Sheridan County, MT, Valley County, MT, Wibaux County, MT

The radar

The Glasgow radar (KGGW), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:37 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 12:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 402 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Bismarck Municip, ND at 12:00Z on 2010-04-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Bismarck Municip, ND at 12:00Z on 2010-04-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 10 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1507 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
10 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
22 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this high wind warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Glasgow, MT wrote its last area forecast discussion before this high wind warning went out at Apr 8, 9:25 AM MDT, 5 hours 14 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 8, 9:25 AM MDT, 5 hours 14 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 8, 4:00 AM MDT, 10 hours 39 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GLASGOW MT
400 AM MDT THU APR 8 2010

MTZ016>027-059>062-091000-
CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PHILLIPS-CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN VALLEY-
DANIELS-SHERIDAN-WESTERN ROOSEVELT-PETROLEUM-GARFIELD-MCCONE-
RICHLAND-DAWSON-PRAIRIE-WIBAUX-NORTHERN PHILLIPS-
SOUTHWEST PHILLIPS-NORTHERN VALLEY-EASTERN ROOSEVELT-
400 AM MDT THU APR 8 2010

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST
MONTANA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

VERY DRY AND WINDY CONDITIONS ASSOCIATED WITH A COLD FRONTAL
PASSAGE WILL OCCUR THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT. THESE WINDS
MAY CAUSE ISSUES FOR PERSONS DRIVING IN HIGH PROFILE
VEHICLES...AND FOR ANY UNSECURED GOODS PEOPLE MAY HAVE AROUND
THEIR HOUSE.

A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF NORTHEAST
MONTANA FOR THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

WINDY CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST INTO FRIDAY BEFORE TAPERING OFF
FRIDAY EVENING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.