High Wind Watch issued October 15 at 10:57PM MDT until October 18 at 12:00AM MDT by NWS Great Falls MT
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* WHAT...Westerly winds 30 to 50 mph with gusts up to 75 mph possible. * WHERE...East Glacier Park Region Zone, and Eastern Glacier, Western Toole, and Central Pondera, Northern High Plains, Southern High Plains, and Southern Rocky Mountain Front. * WHEN...From Saturday morning through Saturday evening. * IMPACTS...Travel could be difficult, especially for high profile vehicles. Isolated instances of tree damage and or power outages are possible. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...The strong winds will also bring difficult conditions for outdoor recreation in portions Glacier National Park, particularly over and near higher terrain on the eastern side of the Park. Monitor the latest forecasts and warnings for updates.
- Event time
- Source last updated
- Current version retrieved
- Provider
- NWS — active weather alerts (Storm)
- Location
- MT, US
- Severity
- Severe
- area
- East Glacier Park Region; Northern High Plains; Eastern Glacier, Western Toole, and Central Pondera; Southern Rocky Mountain Front; Southern High Plains
- event
- High Wind Watch
- onset
- 2026-10-17T09:00:00-06:00
- states
- ["MT"]
- urgency
- Future
- certainty
- Possible
- effective
- 2026-10-15T22:57:00-06:00
- message id
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.10104e4be8c35494609405b6cb5ea0b85ef4bccf.001.1
- references
- ["urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.07332c54bf72ae26db1df4fb42f7c7560a89e805.001.1"]
- instruction
- Monitor the latest forecasts and warnings for updates.
- message type
- Update
- location basis
- Approximate: centers of the NWS zones listed in the alert
- freshness minutes
- 60
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