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High Wind Watch 2, NWS Glasgow, MT

January 17, 2015Phillips County, Montana

NWS Glasgow, MT issued this high wind watch at Jan 17, 2015, 3:26 AM MST for Phillips County, Montana. It took effect at Jan 18, 2015, 2:00 PM MST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 17, 2015, 3:26 AM MST (10:26 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 18, 2015, 2:00 PM MST
Expired
Jan 18, 2015, 3:46 AM MST
In force
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 10:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this high wind watch went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Glasgow, MT wrote its last area forecast discussion before this high wind watch went out at Jan 17, 3:12 AM MST, 14 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 17, 3:12 AM MST, 14 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 16, 2:46 PM MST, 12 hours 40 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GLASGOW MT
246 PM MST FRI JAN 16 2015

MTZ016>027-059-061-062-171200-
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-
246 PM MST FRI JAN 16 2015

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST
MONTANA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

WEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED
TONIGHT BEHIND A COLD FRONT. LOCALLY HIGHER WIND GUSTS ARE
EXPECTED IN THE TERRAIN-FAVORED REGIONS...ESPECIALLY IN THE BIG
SHEEP MOUNTAINS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

GUSTY WEST WINDS ARE POSSIBLE AGAIN MONDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.

MTZ060-171200-
SOUTHWEST PHILLIPS-
246 PM MST FRI JAN 16 2015

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST
MONTANA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

HIGH WINDS ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT NEAR THE LITTLE ROCKY MOUNTAINS.
NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 60 MPH CAN
BE EXPECTED. A HIGH WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

ANOTHER DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY
BRINGING THE POTENTIAL OF STRONG GUSTY WINDS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.