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High Wind Warning 18, NWS Great Falls, MT

February 27, 2011

NWS Great Falls, MT issued this high wind warning at Feb 27, 2011, 10:39 PM MST. It took effect at Feb 27, 2011, 11:00 PM MST. It was in force for 21 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
Feb 27, 2011, 10:39 PM MST (05:39 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 27, 2011, 11:00 PM MST
Expired
Feb 28, 2011, 7:41 PM MST
In force
21 hr
Issued by
NWS Great Falls, MT

The text

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

468 
WWUS75 KTFX 280539
NPWTFX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
1039 PM MST SUN FEB 27 2011

MTZ015-281200-
/O.NEW.KTFX.HW.W.0018.110228T0600Z-110301T0600Z/
/O.CON.KTFX.HW.A.0011.110228T1200Z-110301T0600Z/
MADISON-
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ENNIS...NORRIS HILL...
RAYNOLDS PASS...TWIN BRIDGES
1039 PM MST SUN FEB 27 2011

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST MONDAY FOR THE
NORRIS HILL AREA...
...HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM MST MONDAY THROUGH
MONDAY EVENING FOR THE REMAINDER OF MADISON COUNTY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREAT FALLS HAS ISSUED A HIGH
WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST MONDAY FOR THE
NORRIS HILL AREA. A HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM
5 AM MST MONDAY THROUGH MONDAY EVENING FOR THE REMAINDER OF
MADISON COUNTY.

* TIMING AND MAIN IMPACT: STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE
  NORRIS HILL REGION THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. STRONG WINDS ARE
  POSSIBLE MONDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY EVENING OVER THE
  REMAINDER OF MADISON COUNTY.

* WINDS: OVER NORRIS HILL...EXPECT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 40 TO 50
  MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 65 MPH TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING.
  ELSEWHERE..SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH
  GUSTS TO 60 MPH POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY OVER HIGHER ELEVATIONS...
  PASSES AND THROUGH CANYONS. THE STRONGEST WIND GUSTS ARE
  EXPECTED TO OCCUR DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS ON MONDAY.

* ROAD IMPACTS: BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW COULD AFFECT PORTIONS OF
  THE REGION. VISIBILITIES COULD BE REDUCE TO LESS THAN ONE HALF
  MILE AT TIMES IN BLOWING SNOW. SNOW DRIFTS COULD IMPACT DRIVING
  LANES AT TIMES.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE: NORRIS HILL...INCLUDING
  LOCATIONS ALONG HIGHWAY 287 FROM NORTH OF ENNIS TO SOUTH OF
  HARRISON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A HAZARDOUS
HIGH WIND EVENT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH...OR GUSTS OF
58 MPH OR STRONGER MAY OCCUR. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST
FORECASTS.

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.

&&

$$

MTZ010-012-014-046-049-050-052-053-055-281200-
/O.CON.KTFX.HW.A.0011.110228T1200Z-110301T0600Z/
EASTERN GLACIER-CASCADE-CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN LEWIS AND CLARK-
EASTERN PONDERA-EASTERN TETON-JUDITH BASIN-JEFFERSON-BROADWATER-
GALLATIN-
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...CUT BANK...GREAT FALLS...
KINGS HILL PASS...FLESHER PASS...HELENA...LINCOLN...
MACDONALD PASS...ROGERS PASS...CONRAD...FAIRFIELD...STANFORD...
BOULDER...BOULDER HILL...ELK PARK PASS...HOMESTAKE PASS...
WHITEHALL...TOWNSEND...BATTLE RIDGE PASS...BOZEMAN...
BOZEMAN PASS...TARGHEE PASS...WEST YELLOWSTONE
1039 PM MST SUN FEB 27 2011

...HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM MST MONDAY THROUGH
MONDAY EVENING...

A HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM MST MONDAY THROUGH
MONDAY EVENING. 

* TIMING AND MAIN IMPACT: STRONG WINDS ARE POSSIBLE MONDAY
  MORNING THROUGH MONDAY EVENING...AS A BAND OF STRONG WINDS 
  ALOFT MOVES THROUGH THE REGION AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD 
  FRONT. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE ANTICIPATED TO OCCUR OVER 
  HIGHER ELEVATIONS AND WIND FAVORED LOCATIONS...SUCH AS 
  MOUNTAIN PASSES...CANYON MOUTHS AND EXPOSED LOCATIONS OVER 
  THE NORTHERN PLAINS.

* WINDS: SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH 
  GUSTS TO 60 MPH POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY OVER HIGHER 
  ELEVATIONS... PASSES AND THROUGH CANYONS. THE STRONGEST WIND 
  GUSTS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS ON 
  MONDAY. 

* OTHER IMPACTS: IN SOUTHWEST MONTANA...THE STRONGEST WINDS 
  WILL MAINLY IMPACT HIGHER ELEVATIONS...PARTICULARLY THE 
  NORRIS HILL TO THREE FORKS AREA...AS WELL AS EXPOSED 
  MOUNTAIN LOCATIONS. FARTHER NORTH...THE STRONG WINDS WILL BE 
  MORE WIDESPREAD...AND AFFECT BOTH MOUNTAIN AND PLAINS 
  LOCATIONS.

* ROAD IMPACTS: BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW COULD AFFECT PORTIONS
  OF THE REGION TOMORROW. VISIBILITIES COULD BE REDUCE TO LESS 
  THAN ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES IN BLOWING SNOW. SNOW DRIFTS 
  COULD IMPACT DRIVING LANES AT TIMES. 

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE: BOZEMAN PASS...STANFORD... 
  CONRAD...BOULDER HILL...HOMESTAKE PASS...CUT BANK...GREAT 
  FALLS...KINGS HILL PASS...HELENA...MACDONALD PASS...ROGERS 
  PASS AND NORRIS HILL.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A HAZARDOUS
HIGH WIND EVENT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH...OR GUSTS OF
58 MPH OR STRONGER MAY OCCUR. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST
FORECASTS.

&&

$$
5 follow-up statements
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URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
451 AM MST MON FEB 28 2011

MTZ015-282300-
/O.CAN.KTFX.HW.A.0011.110228T1200Z-110301T0600Z/
/O.CON.KTFX.HW.W.0018.000000T0000Z-110301T0600Z/
MADISON-
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ENNIS...NORRIS HILL...
RAYNOLDS PASS...TWIN BRIDGES
451 AM MST MON FEB 28 2011

...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS
EVENING...

THE HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS
EVENING...MAINLY FOR HIGHER ELEVATIONS IN MADISON COUNTY.

* TIMING AND MAIN IMPACT: WINDS WILL BECOME STRONG...MAINLY AT
  HIGHER ELEVATIONS...INCLUDING MOUNTAIN PASSES AND CANYON
  MOUTHS...BY THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING AHEAD
  OF A CANADIAN COLD FRONT.

* WINDS: SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS
  TO 60 MPH BY THIS AFTERNOON IN THE MENTIONED AREAS.

* ROAD IMPACTS: VISIBILITIES MAY BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE HALF
  MILE AT TIMES IN BLOWING SNOW. SNOW DRIFTS COULD ALSO IMPACT
  DRIVING LANES AT TIMES.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE: NORRIS HILL...INCLUDING
  LOCATIONS ALONG HIGHWAY 287 FROM NORTH OF ENNIS TO SOUTH OF
  HARRISON.

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.

&&

$$

MTZ010-012-014-046-049-050-052-053-055-282300-
/O.UPG.KTFX.HW.A.0011.110228T1200Z-110301T0600Z/
/O.EXA.KTFX.HW.W.0018.000000T0000Z-110301T0600Z/
EASTERN GLACIER-CASCADE-CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN LEWIS AND CLARK-
EASTERN PONDERA-EASTERN TETON-JUDITH BASIN-JEFFERSON-BROADWATER-
GALLATIN-
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...CUT BANK...GREAT FALLS...
KINGS HILL PASS...FLESHER PASS...HELENA...LINCOLN...
MACDONALD PASS...ROGERS PASS...CONRAD...FAIRFIELD...STANFORD...
BOULDER...BOULDER HILL...ELK PARK PASS...HOMESTAKE PASS...
WHITEHALL...TOWNSEND...BATTLE RIDGE PASS...BOZEMAN...
BOZEMAN PASS...TARGHEE PASS...WEST YELLOWSTONE
451 AM MST MON FEB 28 2011

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREAT FALLS HAS ISSUED A HIGH
WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING.
THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

* TIMING AND MAIN IMPACT: WINDS WILL BECOME STRONG ALONG THE EAST
  SLOPES OF THE ROCKIES BY THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO THIS
  EVENING AHEAD OF A CANADIAN COLD FRONT. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
  EXPECTED INTO PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST MONTANA...BUT THEY WILL
  MAINLY BE OVER HIGHER ELEVATIONS AND WIND FAVORED
  LOCATIONS...SUCH AS MOUNTAIN PASSES AND CANYON MOUTHS.

* WINDS: SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 40 MPH
  WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH BY THIS AFTERNOON IN THE MENTIONED AREAS.

* ROAD IMPACTS: VISIBILITIES MAY BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE HALF
  MILE AT TIMES IN BLOWING SNOW. SNOW DRIFTS COULD ALSO IMPACT
  DRIVING LANES AT TIMES.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE: BOZEMAN PASS...STANFORD...
  CONRAD...BOULDER HILL...HOMESTAKE PASS...CUT BANK...GREAT
  FALLS...KINGS HILL PASS...HELENA...MACDONALD PASS...ROGERS
  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.

&&

$$

MTZ054-282300-
/O.EXA.KTFX.HW.W.0018.000000T0000Z-110301T0600Z/
MEAGHER-
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS
451 AM MST MON FEB 28 2011

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREAT FALLS HAS ISSUED A HIGH
WIND WARNING FOR MEAGHER COUNTY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM
MST THIS EVENING.

* TIMING AND MAIN IMPACT: WINDS WILL BECOME STRONG...MAINLY AT
  HIGHER ELEVATIONS...INCLUDING MOUNTAIN PASSES AND CANYON
  MOUTHS...BY THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING AHEAD
  OF A CANADIAN COLD FRONT.

* WINDS: SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS
  TO 60 MPH BY THIS AFTERNOON IN THE MENTIONED AREAS.

* ROAD IMPACTS: VISIBILITIES MAY BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE HALF
  MILE AT TIMES IN BLOWING SNOW. SNOW DRIFTS COULD ALSO IMPACT
  DRIVING LANES AT TIMES.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE: WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS.

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.

&&

$$
523 
WWUS75 KTFX 281349
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URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
649 AM MST MON FEB 28 2011

MTZ010-012-014-015-046-049-050-052>055-282300-
/O.CON.KTFX.HW.W.0018.000000T0000Z-110301T0600Z/
EASTERN GLACIER-CASCADE-CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN LEWIS AND CLARK-
MADISON-EASTERN PONDERA-EASTERN TETON-JUDITH BASIN-JEFFERSON-
BROADWATER-MEAGHER-GALLATIN-
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...CUT BANK...GREAT FALLS...
KINGS HILL PASS...FLESHER PASS...HELENA...LINCOLN...
MACDONALD PASS...ROGERS PASS...ENNIS...NORRIS HILL...
RAYNOLDS PASS...TWIN BRIDGES...CONRAD...FAIRFIELD...STANFORD...
BOULDER...BOULDER HILL...ELK PARK PASS...HOMESTAKE PASS...
WHITEHALL...TOWNSEND...WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS...
BATTLE RIDGE PASS...BOZEMAN...BOZEMAN PASS...TARGHEE PASS...
WEST YELLOWSTONE
649 AM MST MON FEB 28 2011

...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS
EVENING...

A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS
EVENING FOR THE EAST SLOPES OF THE ROCKIES AND MAINLY FOR THE
HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF MOST OF SOUTHWEST MONTANA.

* TIMING AND MAIN IMPACT: WINDS WILL BECOME STRONG ALONG THE EAST
  SLOPES OF THE ROCKIES BY THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO THIS
  EVENING AHEAD OF A CANADIAN COLD FRONT. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
  EXPECTED INTO PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST MONTANA...BUT THEY WILL
  MAINLY BE OVER HIGHER ELEVATIONS AND WIND FAVORED
  LOCATIONS...SUCH AS MOUNTAIN PASSES AND CANYON MOUTHS.

* WINDS: SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 40 MPH 
  WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH BY THIS AFTERNOON IN THE MENTIONED 
  AREAS.

* ROAD IMPACTS: VISIBILITIES MAY BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE 
  HALF MILE AT TIMES IN BLOWING SNOW. SNOW DRIFTS COULD ALSO 
  IMPACT DRIVING LANES AT TIMES.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE: BOZEMAN PASS...STANFORD...
  CONRAD...BOULDER HILL...HOMESTAKE PASS...CUT BANK...GREAT
  FALLS...KINGS HILL PASS...HELENA...MACDONALD PASS...ROGERS
  PASS...NORRIS HILL.

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.

&&

$$
128 
WWUS75 KTFX 282036
NPWTFX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
136 PM MST MON FEB 28 2011

MTZ010-012-014-015-046-049-050-052>055-010600-
/O.CON.KTFX.HW.W.0018.000000T0000Z-110301T0600Z/
EASTERN GLACIER-CASCADE-CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN LEWIS AND CLARK-
MADISON-EASTERN PONDERA-EASTERN TETON-JUDITH BASIN-JEFFERSON-
BROADWATER-MEAGHER-GALLATIN-
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...CUT BANK...GREAT FALLS...
KINGS HILL PASS...FLESHER PASS...HELENA...LINCOLN...
MACDONALD PASS...ROGERS PASS...ENNIS...NORRIS HILL...
RAYNOLDS PASS...TWIN BRIDGES...CONRAD...FAIRFIELD...STANFORD...
BOULDER...BOULDER HILL...ELK PARK PASS...HOMESTAKE PASS...
WHITEHALL...TOWNSEND...WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS...
BATTLE RIDGE PASS...BOZEMAN...BOZEMAN PASS...TARGHEE PASS...
WEST YELLOWSTONE
136 PM MST MON FEB 28 2011

...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS
EVENING...

A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS
EVENING. 

* TIMING AND MAIN IMPACT: STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING
  ALONG THE EAST SLOPES OF THE ROCKIES AND ADJACENT PLAINS IN
  CENTRAL MONTANA AHEAD OF A CANADIAN COLD FRONT. STRONG WINDS ARE
  ALSO EXPECTED INTO PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST MONTANA...BUT MAINLY
  OVER HIGHER ELEVATIONS AND WIND FAVORED LOCATIONS...SUCH AS
  MOUNTAIN PASSES AND CANYON MOUTHS.

* WINDS: SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 40 MPH
  WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO NEAR 60 MPH IN THE MENTIONED AREAS.

* ROAD IMPACTS: VISIBILITIES MAY BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE 
  HALF MILE AT TIMES IN BLOWING SNOW. SNOW DRIFTS COULD ALSO 
  IMPACT DRIVING LANES AT TIMES.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE: BOZEMAN PASS...STANFORD... 
  CONRAD...BOULDER HILL...HOMESTAKE PASS...CUT BANK...GREAT 
  FALLS...KINGS HILL PASS...HELENA...MACDONALD PASS...ROGERS 
  PASS...NORRIS HILL.

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.

&&

$$
075 
WWUS75 KTFX 010046
NPWTFX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
546 PM MST MON FEB 28 2011

MTZ010-012-014-046-049-010200-
/O.CAN.KTFX.HW.W.0018.000000T0000Z-110301T0600Z/
EASTERN GLACIER-CASCADE-CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN LEWIS AND CLARK-
EASTERN PONDERA-EASTERN TETON-
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...CUT BANK...GREAT FALLS...
KINGS HILL PASS...FLESHER PASS...HELENA...LINCOLN...
MACDONALD PASS...ROGERS PASS...CONRAD...FAIRFIELD
546 PM MST MON FEB 28 2011

...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREAT FALLS HAS CANCELLED THE
HIGH WIND WARNING. 

HIGH WINDS ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL MONTANA. AS
A RESULT...THE HIGH WIND WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

$$

MTZ015-050-052>055-010600-
/O.CON.KTFX.HW.W.0018.000000T0000Z-110301T0600Z/
MADISON-JUDITH BASIN-JEFFERSON-BROADWATER-MEAGHER-GALLATIN-
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ENNIS...NORRIS HILL...
RAYNOLDS PASS...TWIN BRIDGES...STANFORD...BOULDER...
BOULDER HILL...ELK PARK PASS...HOMESTAKE PASS...WHITEHALL...
TOWNSEND...WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS...BATTLE RIDGE PASS...BOZEMAN...
BOZEMAN PASS...TARGHEE PASS...WEST YELLOWSTONE
546 PM MST MON FEB 28 2011

...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS
EVENING...

A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS
EVENING. 

* TIMING AND MAIN IMPACT: STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE OVER HIGHER
  ELEVATIONS AND WIND FAVORED LOCATIONS OF SOUTHWEST MONTANA...
  SUCH AS MOUNTAIN PASSES AND CANYON MOUTHS.

* WINDS: SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL
  GUSTS TO NEAR 60 MPH.

* LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE: BOZEMAN PASS...STANFORD...BOULDER
  HILL...HOMESTAKE PASS AND NORRIS HILL.

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.

&&

$$
224 
WWUS75 KTFX 010241
NPWTFX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
741 PM MST MON FEB 28 2011

MTZ015-050-052>055-010345-
/O.CAN.KTFX.HW.W.0018.000000T0000Z-110301T0600Z/
MADISON-JUDITH BASIN-JEFFERSON-BROADWATER-MEAGHER-GALLATIN-
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ENNIS...NORRIS HILL...
RAYNOLDS PASS...TWIN BRIDGES...STANFORD...BOULDER...
BOULDER HILL...ELK PARK PASS...HOMESTAKE PASS...WHITEHALL...
TOWNSEND...WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS...BATTLE RIDGE PASS...BOZEMAN...
BOZEMAN PASS...TARGHEE PASS...WEST YELLOWSTONE
741 PM MST MON FEB 28 2011

...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREAT FALLS HAS CANCELLED THE
HIGH WIND WARNING. 

HIGH WINDS ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED. AS A RESULT...THE HIGH WIND
WARNING HAS BEEN CANCEL.

$$

The office that day

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

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