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High Wind Warning 6, NWS Glasgow, MT

February 16, 20266 counties in Montana

NWS Glasgow, MT issued this high wind warning at Feb 16, 2026, 10:11 PM MST for 6 counties in Montana. It took effect at Feb 17, 2026, 11:00 AM MST. It was in force for 16 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: Feb 16, 2026, 10:11 PM MST (05:11 UTC)
In effect from: Feb 17, 2026, 11:00 AM MST
Expired: Feb 18, 2026, 3:02 AM MST
In force: 16 hr
Issued by: NWS Glasgow, MT

Counties Dawson County, MT, Garfield County, MT, McCone County, MT, Petroleum County, MT, Phillips County, MT, Prairie County, MT

The radar

The Glasgow radar (KGGW), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:15 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 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 high wind warning went out at Feb 16, 3:30 PM MST, 6 hours 41 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 16, 3:30 PM MST, 6 hours 41 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Feb 16, 10:33 PM MST	Blizzard Warning	GGW	Daniels, McCone, Phillips, Roosevelt, Sheridan, Valley	36 hr
Feb 16, 10:33 PM MST	Winter Weather Advisory	GGW	Dawson, Garfield, Phillips, Prairie, Richland	31 hr
Feb 17, 11:42 AM MST	Cold Weather Advisory	GGW	Phillips, Valley	24 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.