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High Wind Warning 2, NWS Glasgow, MT

January 5, 2012Phillips County, Montana

NWS Glasgow, MT issued this high wind warning at Jan 5, 2012, 3:12 AM MST for Phillips County, Montana. It took effect at Jan 5, 2012, 10:00 AM MST. It was in force for 7 hr. 2 reports 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: Jan 5, 2012, 3:12 AM MST (10:12 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 5, 2012, 10:00 AM MST
Expired: Jan 5, 2012, 5:00 PM MST
In force: 7 hr
Issued by: NWS Glasgow, MT

County Phillips County, MT

The radar

The Glasgow radar (KGGW), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jan 5, 10:30 AM MST	NON-TSTM WND GST 73	11 Ene Zortman, MT	MALTA SOUTH DOT SENSOR. GUSTS DROPPED BELOW 58 MPH AT 1150 AM.
Jan 5, 10:41 AM MST	NON-TSTM WND GST 58	15 S Zortman, MT	MANNING CORRAL DOGTOWN RAWS STATION

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 00:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 97 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 2751 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 56 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 373 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 383 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.

855 
WWUS75 KGGW 051012
NPWGGW

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GLASGOW MT
312 AM MST THU JAN 5 2012

.FAST WESTERLY FLOW ALOFT WILL DEVELOP THIS MORNING. THE
STRONGER WINDS ALOFT WILL POSSIBLY COMBINE WITH A PASSING COLD
FRONT TO BE BROUGHT TO THE SURFACE THIS AFTERNOON.

MTZ016>027-059-061-062-051115-
/O.CAN.KGGW.HW.A.0001.120105T1700Z-120106T0000Z/
CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PHILLIPS-CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN VALLEY-
DANIELS-SHERIDAN-WESTERN ROOSEVELT-PETROLEUM-GARFIELD-MCCONE-
RICHLAND-DAWSON-PRAIRIE-WIBAUX-NORTHERN PHILLIPS-NORTHERN VALLEY-
EASTERN ROOSEVELT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MALTA...SACO...GLASGOW...FORT PECK...
HINSDALE...FRAZER...SCOBEY...PLENTYWOOD...MEDICINE LAKE...
WOLF POINT...POPLAR...WINNETT...JORDAN...CIRCLE...SIDNEY...
FAIRVIEW...GLENDIVE...RICHEY...TERRY...WIBAUX...WHITEWATER...
OPHEIM...CULBERTSON
312 AM MST THU JAN 5 2012

...HIGH WIND WATCH IS CANCELLED...

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

WHILE WINDS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO REACH HIGH WIND CRITERIA... BREEZY
CONDITIONS WILL STILL BE PREVALENT THROUGHOUT THE DAY REACHING UP
TO 35 MPH SUSTAINED IN SOME LOCATIONS..

$$

MTZ060-051815-
/O.UPG.KGGW.HW.A.0001.120105T1700Z-120106T0000Z/
/O.NEW.KGGW.HW.W.0002.120105T1700Z-120106T0000Z/
SOUTHWEST PHILLIPS-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...ZORTMAN
312 AM MST THU JAN 5 2012

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM
MST THIS AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GLASGOW HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM MST
THIS AFTERNOON. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

* WINDS...WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60
  MPH. 

* TIMING...THE WINDS WILL INCREASE LATE IN THE MORNING BEHIND A
  COLD FRONT. THE STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON AND
  DIMINISH IN THE EVENING.

* IMPACTS...THE STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS ESPECIALLY
  FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES MOVING ON NORTH/SOUTH HIGHWAYS AND
  CAUSE LOOSE OBJECTS TO BLOW AROUND.

* OTHER IMPACTS...CONDITIONS REMAIN VERY DRY ACROSS THE REGION.
  COMBINED WITH THE STRONG WINDS...WILDFIRE STARTS ARE A
  POSSIBILITY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED
OR OCCURRING WITH SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF
58 MPH OR MORE WHICH CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. BE SURE TO
SECURE ANY TRASH OR OTHER LIGHT AND LOOSE LAWN OBJECTS. 

&&

$$

2 follow-up statements

341 
WWUS75 KGGW 051637
NPWGGW

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GLASGOW MT
937 AM MST THU JAN 5 2012

.FAST WESTERLY FLOW ALOFT WILL DEVELOP THIS MORNING. THE STRONGER
WINDS ALOFT WILL POSSIBLY COMBINE WITH A PASSING COLD FRONT TO BE
BROUGHT TO THE SURFACE THIS AFTERNOON.

MTZ060-060000-
/O.CON.KGGW.HW.W.0002.120105T1700Z-120106T0000Z/
SOUTHWEST PHILLIPS-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...ZORTMAN
937 AM MST THU JAN 5 2012

...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS
AFTERNOON...

A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS
AFTERNOON. 

* WINDS...WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 70
  MPH.

* TIMING...THE WINDS WILL CONTINUE AT THESE SPEEDS INTO THE EARLY
  AFTERNOON THEN GRADUALLY DIMINISH BY THE EVENING.

* IMPACTS...THE STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS
  ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES MOVING ON NORTH/SOUTH 
  HIGHWAYS AND CAUSE LOOSE OBJECTS TO BLOW AROUND. 

* OTHER IMPACTS...CONDITIONS REMAIN VERY DRY ACROSS THE REGION. 
  COMBINED WITH THE STRONG WINDS...WILDFIRE STARTS ARE A 
  POSSIBILITY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED
OR OCCURRING WITH SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR
GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE WHICH CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. BE
SURE TO SECURE ANY TRASH OR OTHER LIGHT AND LOOSE LAWN OBJECTS.

&&

$$

437 
WWUS75 KGGW 052352
NPWGGW

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GLASGOW MT
452 PM MST THU JAN 5 2012


MTZ060-060100-
/O.EXP.KGGW.HW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120106T0000Z/
SOUTHWEST PHILLIPS-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...ZORTMAN
452 PM MST THU JAN 5 2012

...HIGH WIND WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON...

THE HIGH WIND WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. 

WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO 25 TO 35 MPH ACROSS SOUTHWEST PHILLIPS
COUNTY. THEREFORE THE HIGH WIND WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 5 PM.

$$

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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.