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URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GLASGOW MT
206 PM MDT TUE MAY 21 2013


MTZ016-017-021.023-221000-
/O.NEW.KGGW.LW.Y.0007.130522T1600Z-130524T0600Z/
CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PHILLIPS-CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN VALLEY-
PETROLEUM-GARFIELD-MCCONE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MALTA...SACO...GLASGOW...FORT PECK...
HINSDALE...FRAZER...WINNETT...JORDAN...CIRCLE
206 PM MDT TUE MAY 21 2013

...LAKE WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM WEDNESDAY TO MIDNIGHT
MDT THURSDAY NIGHT FOR FORT PECK LAKE...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GLASGOW HAS ISSUED A LAKE WIND
ADVISORY FOR FORT PECK LAKE...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM
WEDNESDAY TO MIDNIGHT MDT THURSDAY NIGHT. 

* TIMING...LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE THURSDAY EVENING. 

* WINDS...SOUTHEAST 20 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH AT TIMES. 

* IMPACTS...THESE WINDS WILL MAKE OPEN WATERS OF THE LAKE ROUGH
  AND HAZARDOUS...AND MAY RESULT IN HIGH WAVES WHICH MAY TIP OR
  SWAMP SMALLER CRAFT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

BOATERS SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION IF VENTURING ONTO FORT PECK
LAKE. THESE WINDS WILL MAKE OPEN WATERS OF THE LAKE ROUGH AND
HAZARDOUS...AND MAY RESULT IN HIGH WAVES WHICH MAY TIP OR SWAMP
SMALLER CRAFT. FOR YOUR PERSONAL SAFETY...AVOID THE OPEN WATERS.
STAY CLOSE TO SHORE OR AROUND PROTECTED AREAS.

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