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High Wind Warning 3, NWS Glasgow, MT

January 15, 2012Phillips County, Montana

NWS Glasgow, MT issued this high wind warning at Jan 15, 2012, 5:06 AM MST for Phillips County, Montana. It was in force for 5 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
Jan 15, 2012, 5:06 AM MST (12:06 UTC)
Expired
Jan 15, 2012, 9:37 AM MST
In force
5 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 12:06 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 12:00Z, 0.1 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Glasgow Intl Airport, MT at 12:00Z on 2012-01-15Temperature 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 2012-01-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -133 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
1081 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
96 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-133 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
256 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.

792 
WWUS75 KGGW 151206
NPWGGW

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GLASGOW MT
ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
506 AM MST SUN JAN 15 2012

.VERY STRONG WINDS WILL OCCUR AHEAD OF A STRONG COLD FRONT THIS
MORNING. THE WINDS WILL REMAIN VERY STRONG AFTER THE FRONT MOVES
THROUGH...THEN DECREASE THIS AFTERNOON.

MTZ060-152100-
/O.NEW.KGGW.HW.W.0003.120115T1206Z-120115T2100Z/
SOUTHWEST PHILLIPS-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...ZORTMAN
506 AM MST SUN JAN 15 2012

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GLASGOW HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. 

* WINDS...WEST WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH. THE
  WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTH BY LATE MORNING.

* TIMING...THE STRONG WEST WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTH LATE THIS
  MORNING. THE WINDS WILL DECREASE THIS AFTERNOON.

* IMPACTS...THE STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY
  FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. LOOSE OBJECTS WILL BE VERY EASILY
  BLOWN AROUND.

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.

&&

$$
1 follow-up statement
984 
WWUS75 KGGW 151637
NPWGGW

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GLASGOW MT
937 AM MST SUN JAN 15 2012


MTZ060-151745-
/O.CAN.KGGW.HW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-120115T2100Z/
SOUTHWEST PHILLIPS-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...ZORTMAN
937 AM MST SUN JAN 15 2012

...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED...

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

WINDS ACROSS THE REGION ARE LOWER THAN ANTICIPATED. THEREFORE...THE
HIGH WIND WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. WINDS WILL STILL BE BREEZY
TODAY NEAR 25 TO 35 MPH.

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 15, 5:16 AM MSTWind Chill AdvisoryGGWDaniels, Dawson, Garfield, McCone, Petroleum, Phillips and 6 more28 hr

Nearby

High Wind Warnings in Montana, 2012Every high wind warning in 2012

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.