High Wind Warning issued October 17 at 1:05PM MDT until October 18 at 12:00AM MDT by NWS Great Falls MT
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* WHAT...Southwest winds 40 to 50 mph, with gusts up to 80 mph expected. Isolated wind gusts near 90 mph in wind prone locations along the immediate eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountain Front. * WHERE...East Glacier Park Region and Northern High Plains. * WHEN...Until midnight MDT tonight. * IMPACTS...Travel will be difficult, especially for high profile vehicles. Isolated instances of tree damage and or power outages are possible. Outdoor recreation within Glacier National Park, particularly near mountain passes and saddles, will be dangerous and could lead to falls in areas of exposure. People are urged to secure loose objects that could be blown around or damaged by the wind.
- 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
- event
- High Wind Warning
- onset
- 2026-10-17T13:05:00-06:00
- states
- ["MT"]
- urgency
- Expected
- certainty
- Likely
- effective
- 2026-10-17T13:05:00-06:00
- message id
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.810d2b46b4dc940f5d1f8236ceaa9bde0f0cec2f.001.1
- references
- ["urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.b8892989b587f5f92f907d60e7647d5f5bc3c71e.001.1"]
- instruction
- People are urged to secure loose objects that could be blown around or damaged by the wind.
- message type
- Update
- location basis
- Approximate: centers of the NWS zones listed in the alert
- freshness minutes
- 60
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