Special Weather Statement
NWS Great Falls MT ยท US
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Blowing Dust Reducing Visibility
- Event
- Special Weather Statement
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Moderate
- Certainty
- Observed
- Response
- Execute
Description
Westerly winds gusting between 40 and 50 mph are leading to areas of blowing dust across the Helena Valley this evening. Drivers should be prepared for changing conditions over short distances. If you encounter blowing dust and subsequent reduced visibility, slow down and turn on your hazards.
Affected areas
- Helena Valley
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Great Falls MT
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~1m14s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M3DN7FWR5RZGX941D82QTY6E
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.a2366604e91b58ab17397ac147e87495d540fc2d.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.2189
- 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 260127 |
| NWSheadline | Blowing Dust Reducing Visibility |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Helena Valley
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 030049 |
| UGC | MTZ319 |