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Wind Advisory 13, NWS Billings, MT

March 14, 2011Park County, Stillwater County, Sweet Grass County, Montana

NWS Billings, MT issued this wind advisory at Mar 14, 2011, 2:19 AM MDT for Park County, Stillwater County, Sweet Grass County, Montana. It was in force for 10 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 14, 2011, 2:19 AM MDT (08:19 UTC)
Expired
Mar 14, 2011, 12:00 PM MDT
In force
10 hr
Issued by
NWS Billings, MT

Counties Park County, MT, Stillwater County, MT, Sweet Grass County, MT

The radar

The Billings radar (KBLX), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:21 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

Great_falls, MT (KTFX), launched 00:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 206 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, Great_falls, MT at 00:00Z on 2011-03-14Temperature 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 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Great_falls, MT at 00:00Z on 2011-03-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 6 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
2988 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
6 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
55 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

736 
WWUS75 KBYZ 140819
NPWBYZ

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
219 AM MDT MON MAR 14 2011

...STRONG WINDS NEAR LIVINGSTON AND ALONG THE BEARTOOTH FOOTHILLS
ARE EXPECTED THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT AND TO CONTINUE THROUGH LATE
THIS MORNING.


MTZ065-141800-
/O.NEW.KBYZ.WI.Y.0013.110314T0819Z-110314T1800Z/
LIVINGSTON AREA-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...LIVINGSTON
219 AM MDT MON MAR 14 2011

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT TODAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BILLINGS HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT TODAY. 

* IMPACTS: DRIVERS OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD USE EXTRA
  CAUTION...PARTICULARLY ALONG PORTIONS OF INTERSTATE 90 FROM
  SPRINGDALE TO LIVINGSTON. VERY STRONG CROSS WINDS ARE EXPECTED
  IN THESE AREAS.

* TIMING: STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH LATE THIS MORNING. 
  THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR THROUGH 9 AM.   

* WINDS: SOUTHWEST WINDS 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 60 MPH
  WILL CONTINUE THROUGH LATE THIS MORNING.


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR
HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

&&

$$

MTZ066-141800-
/O.NEW.KBYZ.WI.Y.0013.110314T0819Z-110314T1800Z/
BEARTOOTH FOOTHILLS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FISHTAIL...MCLEOD
219 AM MDT MON MAR 14 2011

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT TODAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BILLINGS HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT TODAY. 

* IMPACTS: DRIVERS SHOULD USE EXTRA CAUTION...PARTICULARLY ALONG
  THE STILLWATER RIVER AND WEST ROSEBUD CREEK VALLEYS. THE
  STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED FROM NYE TO THE STILLWATER MINE
  SOUTH OF NYE...WITH SLIGHTLY LIGHTER WINDS EXPECTED ALONG WEST ROSEBUD
  CREEK SOUTH OF FIDDLER CREEK ROAD.

* TIMING: STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH LATE THIS MORNING. 
  THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR THROUGH 9 AM.   

* WINDS: SOUTHWEST WINDS 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 65 MPH
  WILL CONTINUE THROUGH LATE THIS MORNING.


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR
HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

&&

$$

HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/BILLINGS

HOOLEY

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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.