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URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
1249 PM MDT THU OCT 17 2024
MTZ301-302-181200-
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EAST GLACIER PARK REGION-NORTHERN HIGH PLAINS-
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS: BROWNING, SAINT MARY, KIOWA,
EAST GLACIER PARK, MARIAS PASS, BABB, LOGAN PASS, DUPUYER, AND
HEART BUTTE
1249 PM MDT THU OCT 17 2024
...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM FRIDAY TO 6 PM MDT
SATURDAY...
* WHAT...SOUTHWEST WINDS 35 TO 45 MPH, WITH GUSTS UP TO 85 MPH
EXPECTED.
* WHERE...EASTERN GLACIER NATIONAL PARK AND ADJACENT FOOTHILLS AND
PLAINS.
* WHEN...FROM 6 PM FRIDAY TO 6 PM MDT SATURDAY.
* IMPACTS...HIGH WINDS MAY MOVE LOOSE DEBRIS, DAMAGE PROPERTY AND
CAUSE POWER OUTAGES. TRAVEL COULD BE DIFFICULT, ESPECIALLY FOR
HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...THE MOST INTENSE PERIOD OF WIND IS EXPECTED
TO OCCUR FROM LATE FRIDAY EVENING THROUGH THE MID-MORNING HOURS ON
SATURDAY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PEOPLE ARE URGED TO SECURE LOOSE OBJECTS THAT COULD BE BLOWN AROUND
OR DAMAGED BY THE WIND.
REMEMBER, A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS THAT THERE IS AT LEAST AN 80%
CHANCE OF 40 MPH SUSTAINED WINDS OR 58 MPH WIND GUSTS OCCURRING
DURING THE WARNING PERIOD.
MTZ303-181200-
/O.NEW.KTFX.HW.W.0021.241019T0900Z-241020T0000Z/
EASTERN GLACIER, WESTERN TOOLE, AND CENTRAL PONDERA-
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS: ETHRIDGE, CUT BANK, AND SANTA
RITA
1249 PM MDT THU OCT 17 2024
..HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 6 PM MDT SATURDAY
* WHAT...SOUTHWEST WINDS 30 TO 40 MPH, WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH
EXPECTED.
* WHERE...EASTERN GLACIER, WESTERN TOOLE, AND CENTRAL PONDERA
COUNTIES.
* WHEN...FROM 3 AM TO 6 PM MDT SATURDAY.
* IMPACTS...HIGH WINDS MAY MOVE LOOSE DEBRIS, DAMAGE PROPERTY AND
CAUSE POWER OUTAGES. TRAVEL COULD 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.
REMEMBER, A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS THAT THERE IS AT LEAST AN 80%
CHANCE OF 40 MPH SUSTAINED WINDS OR 58 MPH WIND GUSTS OCCURRING
DURING THE WARNING PERIOD.
MOLDAN
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