Alert archive / Montana / High Wind Warnings in 2011
High Wind Warning 13, NWS Glasgow, MT
NWS Glasgow, MT issued this high wind warning at Dec 31, 2011, 2:45 AM MST for 9 counties in Montana. It took effect at Dec 31, 2011, 11:00 AM MST. It was in force for 4 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
- Dec 31, 2011, 2:45 AM MST (09:45 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 31, 2011, 11:00 AM MST
- Expired
- Dec 31, 2011, 2:56 PM MST
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Glasgow, MT
Counties Daniels County, MT, Dawson County, MT, McCone 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), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:46 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
Glasgow Intl Airport, MT (KGGW), launched 00:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 113 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
- 1699 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 72 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 239 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 257 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
411 WWUS75 KGGW 310945 NPWGGW URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GLASGOW MT 245 AM MST SAT DEC 31 2011 MTZ016-021-022-059-060-311045- /O.CAN.KGGW.HW.A.0009.111231T1500Z-120101T0600Z/ CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PHILLIPS-PETROLEUM-GARFIELD- NORTHERN PHILLIPS-SOUTHWEST PHILLIPS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MALTA...SACO...WINNETT...JORDAN... WHITEWATER...ZORTMAN 245 AM MST SAT DEC 31 2011 ...HIGH WIND WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GLASGOW HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH WIND WATCH. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS CANCELLED. HOWEVER...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MILES PER HOUR WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MILES PER HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON. $$ MTZ017>020-023>027-061-062-311900- /O.UPG.KGGW.HW.A.0009.111231T1500Z-120101T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KGGW.HW.W.0013.111231T1800Z-120101T0300Z/ CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN VALLEY-DANIELS-SHERIDAN-WESTERN ROOSEVELT- MCCONE-RICHLAND-DAWSON-PRAIRIE-WIBAUX-NORTHERN VALLEY- EASTERN ROOSEVELT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GLASGOW...FORT PECK...HINSDALE... FRAZER...SCOBEY...PLENTYWOOD...MEDICINE LAKE...WOLF POINT... POPLAR...CIRCLE...SIDNEY...FAIRVIEW...GLENDIVE...RICHEY...TERRY... WIBAUX...OPHEIM...CULBERTSON 245 AM MST SAT DEC 31 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM MST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GLASGOW HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM MST THIS EVENING. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * WINDS...WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS 30 TO 40 MILES PER HOUR WITH GUSTS TO 60 MILES PER HOUR. * TIMING...THE WINDS WILL INCREASE LATE THIS MORNING BEHIND A COLD FRONT. THE STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND DIMINISH THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...THE STRONG WINDS WILL CAUSE LOOSE OBJECTS TO BLOW AROUND AND WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS ON THIS AFTERNOON ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MILES PER HOUR OR GUSTS OF 58 MILES PER HOUR OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$
2 follow-up statements
096 WWUS75 KGGW 311626 NPWGGW URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GLASGOW MT 926 AM MST SAT DEC 31 2011 MTZ017>020-023>027-061-062-010300- /O.CON.KGGW.HW.W.0013.111231T1800Z-120101T0300Z/ CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN VALLEY-DANIELS-SHERIDAN-WESTERN ROOSEVELT- MCCONE-RICHLAND-DAWSON-PRAIRIE-WIBAUX-NORTHERN VALLEY- EASTERN ROOSEVELT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GLASGOW...FORT PECK...HINSDALE... FRAZER...SCOBEY...PLENTYWOOD...MEDICINE LAKE...WOLF POINT... POPLAR...CIRCLE...SIDNEY...FAIRVIEW...GLENDIVE...RICHEY...TERRY... WIBAUX...OPHEIM...CULBERTSON 926 AM MST SAT DEC 31 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MST THIS EVENING... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MST THIS EVENING. * WINDS...WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS 30 TO 40 MILES PER HOUR WITH GUSTS TO 60 MILES PER HOUR. * TIMING...THE WINDS WILL INCREASE LATE THIS MORNING BEHIND A COLD FRONT. THE STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND DIMINISH THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...THE STRONG WINDS WILL CAUSE LOOSE OBJECTS TO BLOW AROUND AND WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS ON THIS AFTERNOON ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MILES PER HOUR OR GUSTS OF 58 MILES PER HOUR OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$
209 WWUS75 KGGW 312156 NPWGGW URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GLASGOW MT 256 PM MST SAT DEC 31 2011 MTZ017>020-023>027-061-062-312300- /O.CAN.KGGW.HW.W.0013.000000T0000Z-120101T0300Z/ CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN VALLEY-DANIELS-SHERIDAN-WESTERN ROOSEVELT- MCCONE-RICHLAND-DAWSON-PRAIRIE-WIBAUX-NORTHERN VALLEY- EASTERN ROOSEVELT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GLASGOW...FORT PECK...HINSDALE... FRAZER...SCOBEY...PLENTYWOOD...MEDICINE LAKE...WOLF POINT... POPLAR...CIRCLE...SIDNEY...FAIRVIEW...GLENDIVE...RICHEY...TERRY... WIBAUX...OPHEIM...CULBERTSON 256 PM MST SAT DEC 31 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GLASGOW HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH WIND WARNING. WHILE CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN SOMEWHAT WINDY THIS EVENING WITH WINDS UP TO 30 MPH AND GUSTS TO 40...SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED TO REACH NEAR 40 MPH. $$
Nearby
High Wind Warnings in Montana, 2011Every high wind warning in 2011
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.