High Wind Warning
NWS Great Falls MT ยท US
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High Wind Warning In Effect From 8 PM This Evening To 6 AM MDT Saturday
- Event
- High Wind Warning
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Expected end
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Severe
- Certainty
- Likely
- Response
- Prepare
Description
What
West winds 30 to 40 mph with gusts up to 60 mph expected.
Where
Bears Paw Mountains and Southern Blaine.
When
From 8 PM this evening to 6 AM MDT Saturday.
Impacts
Damaging winds will blow down trees and power lines. Widespread power outages are expected. Travel will be difficult, especially for high profile vehicles.
Instructions
People are urged to secure loose objects that could be blown around or damaged by the wind.
Affected areas
- Bears Paw Mountains and Southern Blaine
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Great Falls MT
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~41s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M3CXCS050VAQP303MZH6F683
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.8e65032c9b7bec3396cf3c7cf5f6b72e5830f1b7.001.1
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Scope
- Public
- CAP source
- 211803 v2.3.0
- Handling codes
- IPAWSv1.0
- Issuing office
- NWS Great Falls MT
- AWIPS ID
- CAPTFX
- NWWS sequence
- nwws_processor.981
- WMO heading
- XOUS55
- WMO data type
- CAP alert message XML (XO)
- WMO geography
- United States (US)
- WMO bulletin number
- 55
Event codes
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | HWW |
| NationalWeatherService | HWW |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | NPWTFX |
| WMOidentifier | WWUS75 KTFX 251831 |
| NWSheadline | HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM MDT SATURDAY |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| VTEC | /O.EXB.KTFX.HW.W.0032.260926T0200Z-260926T1200Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-09-26T06:00:00-06:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Bears Paw Mountains and Southern Blaine
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 030041 |
| SAME | 030005 |
| SAME | 030015 |
| UGC | MTZ311 |