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High Wind Warning 2, NWS Glasgow, MT

February 13, 20118 counties in Montana

NWS Glasgow, MT issued this high wind warning at Feb 13, 2011, 2:01 PM MST for 8 counties in Montana. It was in force for 4 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 13, 2011, 2:01 PM MST (21:01 UTC)
Expired
Feb 13, 2011, 5:43 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, Wibaux County, MT

The radar

The Glasgow radar (KGGW), 130 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:04 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Feb 13, 3:00 PM MSTHIGH SUST WINDS 405 N Mildred, MTSUSTAINED WINDS 40 MPH FROM NOON TO 3 PM WITH GUST TO 52 MPH.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Glasgow Intl Airport, MT (KGGW), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 129 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, Glasgow Intl Airport, MT at 12:00Z on 2011-02-13Temperature 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°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Glasgow Intl Airport, MT at 12:00Z on 2011-02-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 452 square meters per square second.1939587897117136156Sfc1 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
3242 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
84 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
452 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
495 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

629 
WWUS75 KGGW 132101
NPWGGW

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GLASGOW MT
201 PM MST SUN FEB 13 2011


MTZ018>020-023-062-140100-
/O.CAN.KGGW.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110213T2100Z/
/O.NEW.KGGW.HW.W.0002.110213T2101Z-110214T0100Z/
DANIELS-SHERIDAN-WESTERN ROOSEVELT-MCCONE-EASTERN ROOSEVELT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SCOBEY...PLENTYWOOD...MEDICINE LAKE...
WOLF POINT...POPLAR...CIRCLE...CULBERTSON
201 PM MST SUN FEB 13 2011

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GLASGOW HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. 

* WINDS: WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH...WITH GUSTS NEAR
  60 MPH WILL CONTINUE.

* TIMING: THESE VERY STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO
  THE LATE AFTERNOON. EXPECT THEM TO QUICKLY DIMINISH AROUND 6 PM.

* IMPACTS: WINDS OF THIS STRENGTH CAN CAUSE DAMAGE TO PROPERTY 
  AND ARE DANGEROUS FOR PERSONS TO BE OUTDOORS IN...WHERE LOOSE 
  OBJECTS ARE EASILY BLOWN BY THE WIND. 

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.

&&

$$

MTZ024>027-140100-
/O.CAN.KGGW.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110214T0100Z/
/O.NEW.KGGW.HW.W.0002.110213T2101Z-110214T0100Z/
RICHLAND-DAWSON-PRAIRIE-WIBAUX-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SIDNEY...FAIRVIEW...GLENDIVE...RICHEY...
TERRY...WIBAUX
201 PM MST SUN FEB 13 2011

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GLASGOW HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. 

* WINDS: WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH...WITH GUSTS NEAR
  60 MPH WILL CONTINUE.

* TIMING: THESE VERY STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO
  THE LATE AFTERNOON. EXPECT THEM TO QUICKLY DIMINISH AROUND 6 PM.

* IMPACTS: WINDS OF THIS STRENGTH CAN CAUSE DAMAGE TO PROPERTY AND
  ARE DANGEROUS FOR PERSONS TO BE OUTDOORS IN...WHERE LOOSE
  OBJECTS ARE EASILY BLOWN BY THE WIND.

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.

&&

$$

MTZ016-017-021-022-059>061-132215-
/O.CAN.KGGW.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110213T2100Z/
CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PHILLIPS-CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN VALLEY-
PETROLEUM-GARFIELD-NORTHERN PHILLIPS-SOUTHWEST PHILLIPS-
NORTHERN VALLEY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MALTA...SACO...GLASGOW...FORT PECK...
HINSDALE...FRAZER...WINNETT...JORDAN...WHITEWATER...ZORTMAN...
OPHEIM
201 PM MST SUN FEB 13 2011

...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GLASGOW HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH
WIND WARNING. 

WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED BELOW HIGH WIND WARNING CRITERIA. THEREFORE
THE HIGH WIND WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

$$
1 follow-up statement
115 
WWUS75 KGGW 140043
NPWGGW

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GLASGOW MT
543 PM MST SUN FEB 13 2011

MTZ018>020-023>027-062-140145-
/O.CAN.KGGW.HW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110214T0100Z/
DANIELS-SHERIDAN-WESTERN ROOSEVELT-MCCONE-RICHLAND-DAWSON-PRAIRIE-
WIBAUX-EASTERN ROOSEVELT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SCOBEY...PLENTYWOOD...MEDICINE LAKE...
WOLF POINT...POPLAR...CIRCLE...SIDNEY...FAIRVIEW...GLENDIVE...
RICHEY...TERRY...WIBAUX...CULBERTSON
543 PM MST SUN FEB 13 2011

...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GLASGOW HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH
WIND WARNING. 

WINDS HAVE STARTED TO DIMINISH AND WILL RAPIDLY DIMINISH MORE THIS
EVENING.


$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Glasgow, MT issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 13, 12:12 AM MSTAreal Flood AdvisoryGGWGarfield, Petroleum36 hr

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.