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URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GLASGOW MT
946 AM MDT TUE JUN 18 2013

...GUSTY SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL IMPACT FORT PECK LAKE INTO WEDNESDAY
   NIGHT...

MTZ016-017-021>023-191100-
/O.NEW.KGGW.LW.Y.0016.130618T1546Z-130620T0600Z/
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
946 AM MDT TUE JUN 18 2013

...LAKE WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT WEDNESDAY
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 UNTIL MIDNIGHT
MDT WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

* TIMING...GUSTY SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY
  NIGHT.

* WINDS...SOUTHEAST AT 20 TO 25 MPH...WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 30 MPH.

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

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

BOATERS SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION IF VENTURING ONTO FORT PECK
LAKE. FOR PERSONAL SAFETY...AVOID THE OPEN WATERS AND STAY CLOSE TO
SHORE OR NEAR AND AROUND PROTECTED AREAS.

&&

$$

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