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High Wind Warning 9, NWS Glasgow, MT
NWS Glasgow, MT issued this high wind warning at Apr 26, 2012, 6:57 PM MDT for Dawson County, Prairie County, Wibaux 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
- Apr 26, 2012, 6:57 PM MDT (00:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 27, 2012, 12:00 AM MDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Glasgow, MT
Counties Dawson County, MT, Prairie County, MT, Wibaux County, MT
The radar
The Glasgow radar (KGGW), 187 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:55 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 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 187 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
- 1935 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 158 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 364 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
031 WWUS75 KGGW 270057 NPWGGW URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GLASGOW MT 657 PM MDT THU APR 26 2012 MTZ025>027-270600- /O.NEW.KGGW.HW.W.0009.120427T0057Z-120427T0600Z/ DAWSON-PRAIRIE-WIBAUX- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GLENDIVE...RICHEY...TERRY...WIBAUX 657 PM MDT THU APR 26 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GLASGOW HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT. * TIMING...STRONG SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL PERSIST ACROSS THE AREA UNTIL MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. * WINDS...SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH THROUGH WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...STRONG SOUTHEAST CROSS WINDS WILL MAKE IT DIFFICULT FOR TRAVELERS ON INTERSTATE 94. HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WILL BE IMPACTED THE MOST BY THESE CROSS WINDS. 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. && $$ MTZ016-017-021>023-270600- /O.CON.KGGW.LW.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-120427T1500Z/ CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PHILLIPS-CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN VALLEY- PETROLEUM-GARFIELD-MCCONE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MALTA...SACO...GLASGOW...FORT PECK... HINSDALE...FRAZER...WINNETT...JORDAN...CIRCLE 657 PM MDT THU APR 26 2012 ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM MDT FRIDAY... A LAKE WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM MDT FRIDAY. * TIMING...STRONGEST WINDS CONTINUING TONIGHT...THEN WILL START TO DIMINISH FRIDAY MORNING. * SPEEDS...EAST 30 TO 40 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...THE STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE LARGE WAVES THAT WILL BE DANGEROUS FOR BOATS AND MAY TIP OR SWAMP SMALLER CRAFT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BOATING SAFETY BEGINS ON SHORE WITH ADVANCE PLANNING. BEFORE SETTING OUT...CHECK THE LATEST WEATHER FORECASTS...ADVISORIES... AND WARNINGS FOR YOUR BOATING AREA. && $$
1 follow-up statement
069 WWUS75 KGGW 270558 NPWGGW URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GLASGOW MT 1158 PM MDT THU APR 26 2012 MTZ025>027-270700- /O.EXP.KGGW.HW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-120427T0600Z/ DAWSON-PRAIRIE-WIBAUX- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GLENDIVE...RICHEY...TERRY...WIBAUX 1158 PM MDT THU APR 26 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT... THE HIGH WIND WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT. THE HIGH WINDS ACROSS THE YELLOWSTONE VALLEY HAVE DROPPED BELOW 30 MPH SO THE HIGH WIND WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED EXPIRE. WINDS SPEEDS OF BETWEEN 20 TO 30 MPH WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA OVERNIGHT WITH OCCASIONAL HIGHER WIND GUSTS. $$ MTZ016-017-021>023-271400- /O.CON.KGGW.LW.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-120427T1500Z/ CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PHILLIPS-CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN VALLEY- PETROLEUM-GARFIELD-MCCONE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MALTA...SACO...GLASGOW...FORT PECK... HINSDALE...FRAZER...WINNETT...JORDAN...CIRCLE 1158 PM MDT THU APR 26 2012 ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM MDT FRIDAY... A LAKE WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM MDT FRIDAY. * TIMING...STRONGEST WINDS CONTINUING TONIGHT...THEN WILL START TO DIMINISH FRIDAY MORNING. * SPEEDS...EAST 30 TO 40 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...THE STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE LARGE WAVES THAT WILL BE DANGEROUS FOR BOATS AND MAY TIP OR SWAMP SMALLER CRAFT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BOATING SAFETY BEGINS ON SHORE WITH ADVANCE PLANNING. BEFORE SETTING OUT...CHECK THE LATEST WEATHER FORECASTS...ADVISORIES... AND WARNINGS FOR YOUR BOATING AREA. && $$
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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.