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Red Flag Warning 22, NWS Glasgow, MT

November 23, 20175 counties in Montana

NWS Glasgow, MT issued this red flag warning at Nov 23, 2017, 4:52 PM MST for 5 counties in Montana. It took effect at Nov 23, 2017, 5:00 PM MST. 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
Nov 23, 2017, 4:52 PM MST (23:52 UTC)
In effect from
Nov 23, 2017, 5:00 PM MST
Expired
Nov 23, 2017, 10:19 PM MST
In force
5 hr
Issued by
NWS Glasgow, MT

Counties Garfield County, MT, McCone County, MT, Petroleum County, MT, Phillips County, MT, Valley County, MT

The radar

The Glasgow radar (KGGW), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:54 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

Great_falls, MT (KTFX), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 262 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, Great_falls, MT at 12:00Z on 2017-11-23Temperature 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°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Great_falls, MT at 12:00Z on 2017-11-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 209 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
1814 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
209 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
345 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this red flag warning 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 red flag warning went out at Nov 23, 2:07 PM MST, 2 hours 45 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 23, 2:07 PM MST, 2 hours 45 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 23, 3:28 AM MST, 13 hours 24 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Glasgow MT
328 AM MST Thu Nov 23 2017

MTZ016>027-059>062-241030-
Central and Southeast Phillips-Central and Southern Valley-
Daniels-Sheridan-Western Roosevelt-Petroleum-Garfield-McCone-
Richland-Dawson-Prairie-Wibaux-Northern Phillips-
Southwest Phillips-Northern Valley-Eastern Roosevelt-
328 AM MST Thu Nov 23 2017

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of northeast
Montana.

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight

Strong gusty west to northwest winds are anticipated from this
afternoon through Friday. This could produce a significant chop
on Fort Peck Lake and cause problems for high profile vehicles
driving on north/south roads.

A High Wind Warning is in effect around the Little Rockies.

A Lake Wind Advisory is in effect for Fort Peck Lake.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Weather spotters are encouraged to report significant weather
conditions according to standard operating procedures.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 23, 3:22 AM MSTHigh Wind WarningGGWPhillips24 hr
Nov 23, 3:22 AM MSTLake Wind AdvisoryGGWGarfield, McCone, Petroleum, Phillips, Valley38 hr

Nearby

Red Flag Warnings in Montana, 2017Every red flag warning in 2017

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.