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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 14, NWS Billings, MT

June 2, 1997Big Horn County, Powder River County, Montana; Sheridan County, Wyoming

NWS Billings, MT issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 2, 1997, 3:23 PM MDT for Big Horn County, Powder River County, Montana; Sheridan County, Wyoming. It was in force for 47 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: Jun 2, 1997, 3:23 PM MDT (21:23 UTC)
Expired: Jun 2, 1997, 4:10 PM MDT
In force: 47 min
Issued by: NWS Billings, MT
Area: Whole counties

Counties Big Horn County, MT, Powder River County, MT, Sheridan County, WY

The radar

The Billings radar (KBLX), 168 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:24 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 Jun 2, 2:00 PM MDT, 1 hour 23 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 2, 2:00 PM MDT, 1 hour 23 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
200 PM MDT MON JUN 02 1997

A FEW THUNDERSTORMS POPPING UP THIS AFTERNOON...BUT GENERALLY
ISOLATED. LOW OFF PAC NW COAST EXPECTED TO BUMP UP RIDGE WITH GOOD
WARMING EXPECTED. S/WV ENERGY TONIGHT PROGGED TO PASS SOUTH INTO
WYOMING AS RIDGE BUILDS. WITH UPPER RIDGE THROUGH EASTERN CWA ON
TUESDAY...XPCT MAIN ACTIVITY WEST OF DIVIDE. HOWEVER...ENOUGH RESIDUAL
MOISTURE AROUND FOR AT LEAST ISOLATED TRW. SE FLOW AT SFC COULD BRING
IN SOME MOISTURE...SPLY BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. MODELS DO NOT PICK UP
ON THIS. FLOW BECOMES MORE FAVORABLE FOR THUNDERSTORMS ON WEDNESDAY SC
WITH RIDGE SHIFTING EAST...BUT TOUGH TO HANG A HAT ON ANY KICKER THIS
FAR OUT. HYDRO GOING GANGBUSTERS...SPLY AT LVM WHERE FLOOD OF RECORD
BEING ESTABLISHED. FLOOD WARNINGS FOR YELLOWSTONE FROM YELLOWSTONE
COUNTY TO PARK COUNTY. FLOOD WARNINGS FOR SHIELDS...BOULDER AND CLARKS
FORK. SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR PARK COUNTY. SCARLETT

BIL BB 053/083 057/086 059 572122
LVM .. 050/080 053/083 ... 572122
HDN .. 053/084 056/090 ... 572122
MLS .. 056/085 062/091 ... 572122
4BQ .. 057/086 060/094 ... 572122
BHK .. 054/083 056/091 ... 572122
SHR BB 049/078 053/086 053 573222

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 2, 3:36 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BYZ	Big Horn, Powder River	34 min
Jun 2, 2:34 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BYZ	Sheridan	46 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Montana, 1997 Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Wyoming, 1997 Every 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.