Alert archive / Montana / High Wind Warnings in 2012
High Wind Warning 7, NWS Glasgow, MT
NWS Glasgow, MT issued this high wind warning at Mar 9, 2012, 10:06 AM MST for Phillips County, Montana. It was in force for 4 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 9, 2012, 10:06 AM MST (17:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 9, 2012, 2:24 PM MST
- In force
- 4 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 17:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Glasgow Intl Airport, MT (KGGW), launched 12:00Z, 5.1 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2443 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 54 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 315 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 401 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
624 WWUS75 KGGW 091706 NPWGGW URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GLASGOW MT 1006 AM MST FRI MAR 9 2012 ...VERY STRONG WINDS TODAY OFF THE LITTLE ROCKIES... .FAVORABLE ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS ARE ALLOWING STRONGER WINDS TO REACH THE SURFACE TODAY NEAR THIS ISOLATED AREA JUST EAST OF THE LITTLE ROCKIES. MTZ060-100000- /O.NEW.KGGW.HW.W.0007.120309T1706Z-120310T0000Z/ SOUTHWEST PHILLIPS- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...ZORTMAN 1006 AM MST FRI MAR 9 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GLASGOW HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. * TIMING...THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS...SUSTAINED WEST WINDS OF 40 MPH GUSTING TO 60 MPH. * IMPACTS...VERY STRONG CROSSWINDS FROM THE WEST WILL CONTINUE TO MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS ALONG US HIGHWAY 191. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR THE SUDDEN LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL. 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
605 WWUS75 KGGW 092124 NPWGGW URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GLASGOW MT 224 PM MST FRI MAR 9 2012 ...WINDS DIMINISHING NEAR THE LITTLE ROCKIES... MTZ060-092230- /O.CAN.KGGW.HW.W.0007.000000T0000Z-120310T0000Z/ SOUTHWEST PHILLIPS- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...ZORTMAN 224 PM MST FRI MAR 9 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GLASGOW HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH WIND WARNING. SURFACE WINDS NEAR AND JUST EAST OF THE LITTLE ROCKIES HAVE FALLEN BELOW WARNING CRITERIA AND SETTLED INTO A SUSTAINED 35 MPH GUSTING TO 45 MPH RANGE AND ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN SO THROUGH THE REST OF THE DAY. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Glasgow, MT issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 9, 3:38 AM MST | Red Flag Warning | GGW | Dawson, Garfield, McCone, Petroleum, Phillips, Prairie and 3 more | 16 hr |
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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.