Tornado Warning 2, NWS Billings, MT

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING IN SOUTHEAST IDAHO INTO SOUTHWEST
MONTANA AS A FAIRLY STRONG SHORTWAVE MOVES TOWARDS SOUTHWEST MONTANA.
ANOTHER WEAK SHORTWAVE IS IN NORTH-CENTRAL WYOMING, MOVING NORTH INTO
SOUTHERN MONTANA.  WITH PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES NOW OVER SOUTH-CENTRAL AND
SOUTHEAST MONTANA, TEMPERATURES ARE HEATING UP, INCREASING THE
INSTABILITY.  THUNDERSTORMS ARE FIRING IN THE WATCH AREA IN SOUTHEAST
IDAHO, AND THIS ACTIVITY SHOULD MOVE INTO SOUTH-CENTRAL MONTANA THIS
AFTERNOON.  MODIFYING GREAT FALLS SOUNDING ON SHARP GIVES AN LI OF -6
AND CAPE OF 2000, USING CURRENT CONDITIONS, SO SOME STRONG TO SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON.

MODELS BRING SHORTWAVE THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING IN SOUTHERN MONTANA,
WITH DRYING AND SUBSIDENCE BEHIND IT FOR TONIGHT AND TOMORROW.
TOMORROW NIGHT A LOW DEVELOPS IN SOUTHERN CANADA WHICH WILL INCREASE
SOUTHWEST WINDS AND KEEP PRECIPITATION CHANCES LOW, ALTHOUGH SOME
SCATTERED SHOWERS ARE POSSIBLE FRIDAY AFTERNOON WITH DAYTIME HEATING
AND WEAK SHORTWAVES MOVING OVER SOUTHERN MONTANA.  WILL GO A LITTLE
BELOW MOS FOR HIGHS TOMORROW, BUT WILL KEEP CLOSE TO POPS, EXCEPT I
WILL RAISE POPS FOR TONIGHT.  VAN AUSDALL

BIL 7312 051/070/048/070      MLS 7312 056/075/054/074
LVM 7312 049/066/047/066      4BQ 7312 055/076/053/074
HDN 7312 050/071/048/071      BKR 7312 055/076/053/074

MTZ007-009-WYZ051-170030-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
525 PM MDT THU MAY 16 1996

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING OVER SOUTHEAST OF
BILLINGS...

AT 520 PM MDT...BILLINGS DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM
DEVELOPING 15 MILES WEST/SOUTHWEST OF BIRNEY. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT
40 MPH. THIS STORM WILL MOVE OVER SOUTHERN ROSEBUD COUNTY AND AFFECT THE
TOWNS OF BIRNEY AND LAME DEER THROUGH 615 PM. SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS
AND HEAVY RAIN ARE ALL POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

ANOTHER STRONG STORM WAS MOVING INTO SOUTHEASTERN SHERIDAN COUNTY
WYOMING. THIS STORM WILL MOVE INTO KENDRIC AND ARVADA THROUGH 600 PM.

PEOPLE IN THESE AREAS SHOUL`D BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IF THREATENING
AREA DEVELOPS.

HUMPHREY

MTZ009-170130-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
623 PM MDT THU MAY 16 1996

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER SOUTHEAST MONTANA...

AT 617 PM MDT RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER POWDER RIVER
COUNTY. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE 35 MILES WEST OF BROADUS AND 20 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF BROADUS. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. HAIL UP TO 1/2"
IN DIAMETER...ALONG WITH GUSTY WINDS AND VERY HEAVY RAIN ARE ALL
POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. THESE STORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH BROADUS AND
COALWOOD THROUGH 715 PM MDT.

OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST FROM CAMPBELL COUNTY WYOMING.
THESE STORMS WILL ENTER BELLE CREEK AND RIDGE MONTANA BY 715 PM MDT. HAI1/2" IN DIAMETER...GUSTY WINDS AND VERY HEAVY RAIN ARE POSSIBLE WITH
THESE STORMS AS WELL.

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST MONTANA THROUGH MIDNIGHT. IF
THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES...TAKE SHELTER. STAY TUNED FOR FURTHER
STATEMENTS AND POSSIbBLE WARNINGS.

HUMPHREY

MTZ009-170200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
659 PM MDT THU MAY 16 1996

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM ENTERING NORTHERN CARTER COUNTY...

AT 655 PM MDT...RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES NORTHEAST
OF BROADUS. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. THIS STORM WILL MOVE INTO
EKALAKA BY 740 PM MDT.

ANOTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ALZADA. MOVEMENT
WAS NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THIS STORM WILL MOVE INTO ALZADA BY 730 PM.

HAIL 1/2" IN DIAMETER...GUSTY WINDS AND VERY HEAVY RAIN ARE POSSIBLE WITTHSESE STORMS.

SOUTHEAST MONTANA REMAINS IN A TORNADO WATCH TILL MIDNIGHT. STAY TUNED
FOR FURTHER STATMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

HUMPHREY