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High Wind Warning 11, NWS Glasgow, MT

November 30, 2021Phillips County, Montana

NWS Glasgow, MT issued this high wind warning at Nov 30, 2021, 1:25 PM MST for Phillips County, Montana. It took effect at Nov 30, 2021, 11:00 PM MST. It was in force for 18 hr. 1 report 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 30, 2021, 1:25 PM MST (20:25 UTC)
In effect from
Nov 30, 2021, 11:00 PM MST
Expired
Dec 1, 2021, 4:38 PM MST
In force
18 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 20:29 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
Dec 1, 1:30 AM MSTNON-TSTM WND GST 6410 Ese Zortman, MTMESONET STATION MTM38 BLM ZORTMAN E.

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

The nearest sounding before it

Glasgow Intl Airport, MT (KGGW), launched 12:00Z, 8.4 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Glasgow Intl Airport, MT at 12:00Z on 2021-11-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Glasgow Intl Airport, MT at 12:00Z on 2021-11-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 304 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
709 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
71 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
304 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
480 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

558 
WWUS75 KGGW 302025
NPWGGW

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Glasgow MT
125 PM MST Tue Nov 30 2021

MTZ060-011200-
/O.UPG.KGGW.HW.A.0008.211201T0600Z-211202T0000Z/
/O.NEW.KGGW.HW.W.0011.211201T0600Z-211202T0000Z/
Southwest Phillips-
Including the city of Zortman
125 PM MST Tue Nov 30 2021

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 PM
MST WEDNESDAY...

* WHAT...West winds 35 to 45 mph with gusts up to 60 mph 
  expected.

* WHERE...Southwest Phillips County.

* WHEN...From 11 PM this evening to 5 PM MST Wednesday.

* IMPACTS...High winds may move loose debris, damage property and
  cause power outages. Travel will be difficult especially for
  high profile vehicles.


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

People are urged to secure loose objects that could be blown
around or damaged by the wind.

&&

$$
4 follow-up statements
121 
WWUS75 KGGW 010955
NPWGGW

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Glasgow MT
255 AM MST Wed Dec 1 2021

MTZ060-020000-
/O.CON.KGGW.HW.W.0011.000000T0000Z-211202T0000Z/
Southwest Phillips-
Including the city of Zortman
255 AM MST Wed Dec 1 2021

...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS
AFTERNOON...

* WHAT...West winds 30 to 40 mph with gusts up to 65 mph.

* WHERE...Southwest Phillips County.

* WHEN...Until 5 PM MST this afternoon.

* IMPACTS...High winds may move loose debris, damage property 
  and cause power outages. Travel will be difficult especially 
  for high profile vehicles.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

People are urged to secure loose objects that could be blown
around or damaged by the wind.

&&

$$
239 
WWUS75 KGGW 011542 AAC
NPWGGW

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED
National Weather Service Glasgow MT
842 AM MST Wed Dec 1 2021

MTZ060-020000-
/O.CON.KGGW.HW.W.0011.000000T0000Z-211202T0000Z/
Southwest Phillips-
Including the city of Zortman
842 AM MST Wed Dec 1 2021

...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS
AFTERNOON...

* WHAT...West winds 30 to 40 mph with gusts up to 65 mph.

* WHERE...Southwest Phillips County.

* WHEN...Until 5 PM MST this afternoon.

* IMPACTS...High winds may move loose debris, damage property 
  and cause power outages. Travel will be difficult especially 
  for high profile vehicles.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

People are urged to secure loose objects that could be blown
around or damaged by the wind.

&&

$$

MTZ016-017-021>023-020600-
/O.NEW.KGGW.LW.Y.0054.211201T1542Z-211202T0600Z/
Central and Southeast Phillips-Central and Southern Valley-
Petroleum-Garfield-McCone-
Including the city of Fort Peck
842 AM MST Wed Dec 1 2021

...LAKE WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING FOR
FORT PECK LAKE...

* WHAT...West winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 50 mph.

* WHERE...Fort Peck Lake.

* WHEN...Until 11 PM MST this evening.

* IMPACTS...Strong winds and rough waves on area lakes will 
  create hazardous conditions for small craft.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Boaters on area lakes should use extra caution since strong winds
and rough waves can overturn small craft.

&&

$$
731 
WWUS75 KGGW 011957
NPWGGW

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Glasgow MT
1257 PM MST Wed Dec 1 2021

MTZ060-020000-
/O.CON.KGGW.HW.W.0011.000000T0000Z-211202T0000Z/
Southwest Phillips-
Including the city of Zortman
1257 PM MST Wed Dec 1 2021

...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS
AFTERNOON...

* WHAT...West winds 30 to 40 mph with gusts up to 65 mph.

* WHERE...Southwest Phillips County.

* WHEN...Until 5 PM MST this afternoon.

* IMPACTS...High winds may move loose debris, damage property and
  cause power outages. Travel will be difficult especially for
  high profile vehicles.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

People are urged to secure loose objects that could be blown
around or damaged by the wind.

&&

$$

MTZ016-017-021>023-020700-
/O.EXT.KGGW.LW.Y.0054.000000T0000Z-211202T0700Z/
Central and Southeast Phillips-Central and Southern Valley-
Petroleum-Garfield-McCone-
Including the city of Fort Peck
1257 PM MST Wed Dec 1 2021

...LAKE WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MST TONIGHT
FOR FORT PECK LAKE...

* WHAT...West winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 50 mph.

* WHERE...Fort Peck Lake.

* WHEN...Until midnight MST tonight.

* IMPACTS...Strong winds and rough waves on area lakes will create
  hazardous conditions for small craft.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Boaters on area lakes should use extra caution since strong winds
and rough waves can overturn small craft.

&&

$$
899 
WWUS75 KGGW 012338
NPWGGW

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Glasgow MT
438 PM MST Wed Dec 1 2021

MTZ060-020045-
/O.CAN.KGGW.HW.W.0011.000000T0000Z-211202T0000Z/
Southwest Phillips-
438 PM MST Wed Dec 1 2021

...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED...

The threat for severe wind gusts has come to an end.

$$

MTZ016-017-021>023-020045-
/O.CAN.KGGW.LW.Y.0054.000000T0000Z-211202T0700Z/
Central and Southeast Phillips-Central and Southern Valley-
Petroleum-Garfield-McCone-
438 PM MST Wed Dec 1 2021

...LAKE WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

Winds have rapidly died down after sunset across the lake.
Therefore, the Lake Wind Advisory has been cancelled.

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 30, 2:47 AM MSTHigh Wind WatchGGWPhillips11 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.