Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Billings, MT

Issued

Jun 3, 1996, 5:33 PM MDT (23:33 UTC)

Expired

Jun 3, 1996, 6:30 PM MDT

In force

57 min

Issued by

NWS Billings, MT

Area

Whole counties

Counties Musselshell County, MT, Yellowstone County, MT

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TTAA00 KBIL 032333
SVRBIL
MTC065-111-040030-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
533 PM MDT MON JUN 3 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BILLINGS HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  630 PM MDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN CENTRAL MONTANA
 
   ...SOUTHERN MUSSELSHELL COUNTY
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL MONTANA
 
   ...NORTHERN YELLOWSTONE COUNTY
 
AT 5:30 PM, BILLINGS WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
LOCATED 38 MILES NORTH OF BILLINGS IN SOUTHERN MUSSELSHELL COUNTY. THIS
STORM IS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH AND HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DIME
SIZE HAIL AND TORRENTIAL RAINS. THIS STORM WILL ENTER NORTHERN
YELLOWSTONE COUNTY AROUND 5:45 PM MDT.
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF YOURX HOME OR BUSINESS.  HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO
DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

NWS Billings, MT wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 3, 1:16 PM MDT, 4 hours 17 minutes earlier.

MODELS ONCE AGAIN CONSISTANT WITH RIDGE ERODING AS SERIES OF S/W MOVE
THRU NEXT 24/36HRS. AS THERMAL RIDGE MOVES TO THE EAST...CHANCE OF ANY
RW-/TRW- WILL INCREASE OVER THAT AREA FOR TUESDAY IN ADVANCE OF MAJOR
S/W TO BREAK DOWN RIDGE. MODELS INDICATING LI`S OF -2 OVER THIS REGION
THIS AFTERNOON AND FOR TOMORROW AFTERNOON ALTHOUGH PRECIP LIGHT...WILL
KEEP POPS FROM 20-30%. HEIGHTS AT 500MB WILL THEN FALL TO APPROX 576
FOR SC AND SE MT BRINGING SLIGHTLY COOLER TEMPS FOR WED. LATER IN THE
WEEK ANOTHER HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE IS PROGGED TO SET UP OVER THE REGION
WITH TEMPS RISING BACK INTO LOW 80S...IT DOES APPEAR THAT SUMMER IS HERE.

BIL 2211 055/082/053/076     MLS 2321 054/085/054/076
LVM 2321 052/085/050/077     4BQ 2321 052/085/050/076
HDN 2321 052/085/048/077     BKR 2321 052/082/052/074

ALEXANDER

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Montana, 1996Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1996

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