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High Wind Warning 10, NWS Billings, MT

November 11, 2021Carter County, Fallon County, Montana

NWS Billings, MT issued this high wind warning at Nov 11, 2021, 12:37 AM MST for Carter County, Fallon County, Montana. It took effect at Nov 11, 2021, 8:00 AM MST. It was in force for 12 hr. 8 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Nov 11, 2021, 12:37 AM MST (07:37 UTC)
In effect from
Nov 11, 2021, 8:00 AM MST
Expired
Nov 11, 2021, 8:00 PM MST
In force
12 hr
Issued by
NWS Billings, MT

Counties Carter County, MT, Fallon County, MT

The radar

The Rapid City radar (KUDX), 238 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:39 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Nov 11, 9:45 AM MSTNON-TSTM WND GST 589 Ssw Capital, MT
Nov 11, 10:15 AM MSTNON-TSTM WND GST 599 Ssw Capital, MT
Nov 11, 11:45 AM MSTNON-TSTM WND GST 649 Ssw Capital, MT
Nov 11, 11:48 AM MSTNON-TSTM WND GST 553 Se Alzada, MT
Nov 11, 11:59 AM MSTNON-TSTM WND GST 5512 S Ridgeway, MT
Nov 11, 12:54 PM MSTNON-TSTM WND GST 537 Se Ekalaka, MT
Nov 11, 1:54 PM MSTNON-TSTM WND GST 547 Se Ekalaka, MT
Nov 11, 5:45 PM MSTNON-TSTM WND GST 545 Ene Plevna, MT

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Rapid City, SD (KUNR), launched 00:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 241 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, Rapid City, SD at 00:00Z on 2021-11-11Temperature 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, Rapid City, SD at 00:00Z on 2021-11-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -4 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
2049 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-4 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-9 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

215 
WWUS75 KBYZ 110737
NPWBYZ

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Billings MT
1237 AM MST Thu Nov 11 2021

MTZ033-037-120300-
/O.NEW.KBYZ.HW.W.0010.211111T1500Z-211112T0300Z/
Fallon-Carter-
Including the locations of Baker, Ekalaka, Ridgeway, and Alzada
1237 AM MST Thu Nov 11 2021

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM MST 
THIS EVENING...

* WHAT...Northwest winds with gusts 50 to 60 mph.

* WHERE...Carter and Fallon Counties. Strongest over the eastern 
  sections.

* WHEN...From 8 AM this morning to 8 PM MST this evening.

* IMPACTS...Travel will be difficult, especially for high profile 
  vehicles and those pulling trailers. The strong winds may cause 
  blowing dust and flying debris.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Motorists of high profile vehicles and those pulling trailers may 
want to delay travel or use alternate routes. People outdoors should 
be alert for flying debris and falling tree limbs.

&&

$$

Additional graphics for this hazard can be found at
http://www.weather.gov/billings

Tesar
2 follow-up statements
995 
WWUS75 KBYZ 112101
NPWBYZ

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Billings MT
201 PM MST Thu Nov 11 2021

MTZ033-037-120300-
/O.CON.KBYZ.HW.W.0010.000000T0000Z-211112T0300Z/
Fallon-Carter-
Including the locations of Baker, Ekalaka, Ridgeway, and Alzada
201 PM MST Thu Nov 11 2021

...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MST THIS EVENING...

* WHAT...Northwest winds with gusts 50 to 60 mph. The strong winds 
  will gradually decrease this evening.

* WHERE...Carter and Fallon.

* WHEN...Until 8 PM MST this evening.

* IMPACTS...Travel will be difficult, especially for high profile 
  vehicles and those pulling trailers. The strong winds may cause 
  blowing dust and flying debris.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Motorists of high profile vehicles and those pulling trailers may 
want to delay travel or use alternate routes. People outdoors should 
be alert for flying debris and falling tree limbs.

&&

$$

Additional graphics for this hazard can be found at
http://www.weather.gov/billings

Palmquist
249 
WWUS75 KBYZ 120256
NPWBYZ

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Billings MT
756 PM MST Thu Nov 11 2021

MTZ033-037-120400-
/O.EXP.KBYZ.HW.W.0010.000000T0000Z-211112T0300Z/
Fallon-Carter-
Including the locations of Baker, Ekalaka, Ridgeway, and Alzada
756 PM MST Thu Nov 11 2021

...HIGH WIND WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM MST THIS EVENING...

Winds will continue to decrease this evening, so the high wind 
threat has ended.

$$

Additional graphics for this hazard can be found at
http://www.weather.gov/billings

TWH

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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.