Special Weather Statement
NWS Great Falls MT ยท US
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Gusty Showers Will Impact Southwestern Chouteau And Northeastern Cascade Counties Through 800 PM MDT
- Event
- Special Weather Statement
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Moderate
- Certainty
- Observed
- Response
- Execute
Description
Overview
At 723 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking gusty showers 10 miles northwest of Highwood, or 16 miles southwest of Fort Benton, moving northeast at 40 mph.
Hazard
Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph.
Source
Radar indicated.
Impacts
Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include... Fort Benton, Carter, and Floweree.
Instructions
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
Affected areas
- Western and Central Chouteau County
- Cascade County below 5000ft
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Great Falls MT
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~36s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M3DMZ09WV5ZE248F1XNT1HQW
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.f63c9b84a0b6d4d6b655e5f56c69ff1da592f604.001.1
- 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.1999
- 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 | SPS |
| NationalWeatherService | SPS |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | SPSTFX |
| WMOidentifier | WWUS85 KTFX 260123 |
| NWSheadline | GUSTY SHOWERS WILL IMPACT SOUTHWESTERN CHOUTEAU AND NORTHEASTERN CASCADE COUNTIES THROUGH 800 PM MDT |
| eventMotionDescription | 2026-09-26T01:23:00-00:00...storm...224DEG...36KT...47.7,-110.95 |
| maxWindGust | 55 MPH |
| maxHailSize | 0.00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Western and Central Chouteau County
- Cascade County below 5000ft
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 030015 |
| SAME | 030013 |
| UGC | MTZ310 |
| UGC | MTZ312 |
- Polygons
- 47.58,-110.93 47.7,-111.12 48.12,-110.78 47.76,-110.28 47.58,-110.93