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URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
1018 AM MDT THU SEP 24 2026
MTZ001-003-260600-
/O.NEW.KMSO.WI.Y.0009.260925T2000Z-260926T0600Z/
KOOTENAI/CABINET REGION-FLATHEAD/MISSION VALLEYS-
1018 AM MDT THU SEP 24 2026
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM FRIDAY TO MIDNIGHT MDT FRIDAY
NIGHT...
* WHAT...SOUTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH
EXPECTED.
* WHERE...FLATHEAD/MISSION VALLEYS AND KOOTENAI/CABINET REGION.
* WHEN...FROM 2 PM FRIDAY TO MIDNIGHT MDT FRIDAY NIGHT.
* IMPACTS...GUSTY WINDS WILL BLOW AROUND UNSECURED OBJECTS. TREE
LIMBS COULD BE BLOWN DOWN AND A FEW POWER OUTAGES MAY RESULT.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...THERE'S A 70 TO 90 PERCENT CHANCE OF GUSTING
OVER 40 MPH FROM HAPPY'S INN DOWN TO HOT SPRINGS BETWEEN 4PM AND
6PM MDT. DURING THE SAME PERIOD THERE'S A 60 PERCENT CHANCE OF
GUSTING OVER 40 MPH WEST OF KALISPELL, NEAR KILA, AND A 40 PERCENT
CHANCE ALONG THE WEST SIDE OF THE MISSION VALLEY AND ALONG THE
WESTERN SHORE OF FLATHEAD LAKE. THERE'S A 90 PERCENT CHANCE OF
GUSTS OVER 40 MPH ABOVE 6,000 FT IN THE MOUNTAINS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT, ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.
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