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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 111, NWS Billings, MT
NWS Billings, MT issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 24, 1997, 6:08 PM MDT for Sweet Grass County, Montana. It was in force for 62 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 24, 1997, 6:08 PM MDT (00:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 24, 1997, 7:10 PM MDT
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- NWS Billings, MT
- Area
- Whole counties
County Sweet Grass County, MT
The radar
The Billings radar (KBLX), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Billings, MT wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jul 24, 2:11 PM MDT, 3 hours 57 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 24, 2:11 PM MDT, 3 hours 57 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Billings, MT issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 24, 7:14 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BYZ | Carter | 46 min |
| Jul 25, 2:50 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BYZ | Big Horn | 60 min |
| Jul 25, 3:58 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BYZ | Big Horn, Rosebud | 47 min |
| Jul 25, 4:15 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BYZ | Powder River | 60 min |
| Jul 25, 5:15 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BYZ | Carter | 55 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Montana, 1997Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1997
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.