Alert archive / Montana / High Wind Warnings in 2012
High Wind Warning 9, NWS Billings, MT
NWS Billings, MT issued this high wind warning at Mar 26, 2012, 11:38 PM MDT for 4 counties in Montana. It took effect at Mar 27, 2012, 12:00 AM MDT. It was in force for 6 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
- Mar 26, 2012, 11:38 PM MDT (05:38 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 27, 2012, 12:00 AM MDT
- Expired
- Mar 27, 2012, 5:43 AM MDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Billings, MT
Counties Carter County, MT, Custer County, MT, Fallon County, MT, Powder River County, MT
The nearest sounding before it
Rapid City, SD (KUNR), launched 00:00Z, 5.6 hours before the alert went out and 263 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
- 78 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -328 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1925 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 27 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 2 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
745 WWUS75 KBYZ 270538 NPWBYZ URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT 1138 PM MDT MON MAR 26 2012 MTZ032-033-036-037-271800- /O.CAN.KBYZ.HW.W.0008.000000T0000Z-120327T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KBYZ.HW.W.0009.120327T0600Z-120327T1800Z/ CUSTER-FALLON-POWDER RIVER-CARTER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MILES CITY...BAKER...BROADUS...EKALAKA 1138 PM MDT MON MAR 26 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BILLINGS HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT TUESDAY. * TIMING...WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE OVERNIGHT AND PERSIST THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. WINDS WILL DECREASE BY NOON. * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS CROSSWINDS CAN BE EXPECTED ON NORTH SOUTH ROADWAYS TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING. LIGHT WEIGHT AND HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WILL BE MOST IMPACTED. LOOSE ITEMS WILL EASILY BE BLOWN AROUND AND COULD IMPACT STANDING STRUCTURES CAUSING PROPERTY DAMAGE IN THE STRONGER WIND GUSTS. * WINDS...SPEEDS OF 30 TO 45 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 60 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WINDS OF THESE MAGNITUDES CAN CAUSE PROPERTY DAMAGE WITHOUT EXTRA PRECAUTIONS. MOTORISTS IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD USE CAUTION UNTIL THE WINDS SUBSIDE. && $$ MTZ030-031-038-057-058-WYZ099-270645- /O.CAN.KBYZ.HW.W.0008.000000T0000Z-120327T0600Z/ TREASURE-NORTHERN ROSEBUD-SOUTHERN BIG HORN-NORTHERN BIG HORN- SOUTHERN ROSEBUD-SHERIDAN FOOTHILLS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HYSHAM...COLSTRIP...FORSYTH...PRYOR... LODGE GRASS...HARDIN...CROW AGENCY...LAME DEER...SHERIDAN 1138 PM MDT MON MAR 26 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BILLINGS HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH WIND WARNING. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE OVERNIGHT AND THUS...THE HIGH WIND WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED DURING THE EARLY OVERNIGHT HOURS. $$ HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/BILLINGS
2 follow-up statements
793 WWUS75 KBYZ 270941 NPWBYZ URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT 341 AM MDT TUE MAR 27 2012 MTZ032-036-271045- /O.CAN.KBYZ.HW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-120327T1800Z/ CUSTER-POWDER RIVER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MILES CITY...BROADUS 341 AM MDT TUE MAR 27 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BILLINGS HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH WIND WARNING. WEST WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE THROUGH THE MORNING. WINDS WILL STILL GUST TO 40 MPH THIS MORNING...BUT ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED TO REACH HIGH WIND CRITERIA. THEREFORE...THE HIGH WIND WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ MTZ033-037-271800- /O.CON.KBYZ.HW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-120327T1800Z/ FALLON-CARTER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BAKER...EKALAKA 341 AM MDT TUE MAR 27 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT TODAY... * TIMING...WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS MORNING BEFORE TAPERING OFF BY EARLY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS CROSSWINDS CAN BE EXPECTED ON NORTH SOUTH ROADWAYS. LIGHT WEIGHT AND HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WILL BE MOST IMPACTED. LOOSE ITEMS WILL EASILY BE BLOWN AROUND AND COULD IMPACT STANDING STRUCTURES CAUSING PROPERTY DAMAGE IN THE STRONGER WIND GUSTS. * WINDS...SPEEDS OF 30 TO 45 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 60 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WINDS OF THESE MAGNITUDES CAN CAUSE PROPERTY DAMAGE WITHOUT EXTRA PRECAUTIONS. MOTORISTS IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD USE CAUTION UNTIL THE WINDS SUBSIDE. && $$ HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/BILLINGS
083 WWUS75 KBYZ 271143 NPWBYZ URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT 543 AM MDT TUE MAR 27 2012 MTZ033-037-271245- /O.CAN.KBYZ.HW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-120327T1800Z/ FALLON-CARTER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BAKER...EKALAKA 543 AM MDT TUE MAR 27 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BILLINGS HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH WIND WARNING. WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE THROUGH THE MORNING. WINDS WILL STILL GUST TO 45 MPH THIS MORNING...BUT ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED TO REACH HIGH WIND CRITERIA. THEREFORE...THE HIGH WIND WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/BILLINGS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Billings, MT issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 26, 6:03 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | Musselshell, Yellowstone | 57 min |
| Mar 26, 6:05 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | Musselshell, Yellowstone | 70 min |
| Mar 26, 6:21 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | Big Horn | 54 min |
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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.