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Tornado Warning 1, NWS Billings, MT

July 23, 1992Rosebud County, Montana

NWS Billings, MT issued this tornado warning at Jul 23, 1992, 11:10 PM MDT for Rosebud County, Montana. It was in force for 35 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 23, 1992, 11:10 PM MDT (05:10 UTC)
Expired
Jul 23, 1992, 11:45 PM MDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Billings, MT
Area
Whole counties

County Rosebud County, MT

The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this tornado warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 23, 6:31 PM MDT, 4 hours 39 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHERIDAN WY
630 PM MDT JUL 23 1992

TIME                EVENT
350 PM MDT          HAIL IN EXCESS OF 3/4 INCH IN WORLAND. FIRST
                    REPORT WAS FROM SH>ERIFFS DEPARTMENT. NUMEROUS
                    OTHER REPORTS WERE RECIEVED OF 3/4 INCH HAIL BY
                    PUBLIC WITH THE LAST ONE BEING AT 406 PM MDT.
Special weather statement, Jul 23, 7:01 PM MDT, 4 hours 9 minutes before
WYZ-051-057-240115-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHERIDAN WY
701 PM MDT THU JUL 23 1992

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELED FOR SHERIDAN AND
JOHNSON COUNTIES...

THE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WHICH HAD BEEN NOTED AROUND NORTH CENTRAL
WYOMING THIS AFTERNOON HAS MOVED EAST.  ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE
STILL POSSIBLE THIS EVENING...BUT THEY ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW
SEVERE LIMITS.  THEREFORE...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR
SHERIDAN AND JOHNSON COUNTIES HAS BEEN CANCELED.

EVANS
Special weather statement, Jul 23, 7:21 PM MDT, 3 hours 49 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 23, 8:42 PM MDT, 2 hours 28 minutes before
MTZ005-006-007-008-009-WYZ-005-006-240430-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
840 PM MDT THU JUL 23 1992

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF CENTRAL
AND EASTERN MONTANA UNTIL 10 PM MDT...

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE NO LONGER INDICATED OVER CENTRAL AND EASTERN
MONTANA AT 835 PM.  HOWEVER...PEOPLE IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA SHOULD
KEEP AN EYE ON APPROACHING THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD SEVERE STORMS REDEVELOP.

AT 830 PM MDT...THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINS AND GUSTY WINDS WERE
SOUTH THROUGH SOUTHEAST GREAT FALLS...NORTH OF LEWISTOWN...WEST OF
HYSHAM...WEST OF WINNETT...AND SOUTH OF EKALAKA...ALL IN MONTANA.
THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST TO NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

OTHER ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER CENTRAL AND EASTERN
MONTANA.
KARR
Local storm report, Jul 23, 9:05 PM MDT, 2 hours 5 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS, MT
905 PM MDT THU JUL 23 1992

TIME             EVENT
330 PM MDT       HEAVY RAIN AT RYEGATE MONTANA.

325 PM MDT       DIME SIZE HAIL 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF RYEGATE BY WEATHER
                 SPOTTER.

436 PM MDT       1/4 INCH HAIL AT ROUNDUP MONTANA.

505 PM MDT       PEA TO 1/2 INCH HAIL AT MELSTONE MONTANA.

KARR

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Billings, MT issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 23, 10:41 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBYZRosebud64 min
Jul 23, 11:18 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBYZRosebud, Treasure57 min
Jul 23, 11:30 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBYZCuster, Prairie60 min

Nearby

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.