Alert archive / Montana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 24, NWS Billings, MT
NWS Billings, MT issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 5, 1997, 11:10 PM MDT for Golden Valley County, Musselshell County, Montana. It was in force for 65 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 5, 1997, 11:10 PM MDT (05:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 6, 1997, 12:15 AM MDT
- In force
- 65 min
- Issued by
- NWS Billings, MT
- Area
- Whole counties
The radar
The Billings radar (KBLX), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:10 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 5, 8:22 PM MDT, 2 hours 48 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 5, 8:22 PM MDT, 2 hours 48 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT 800 PM MDT THU JUN 05 1997 VERY BUSY WITH SEVERE WEATHER...HYDRO...AND CURRENT FORECAST LOOKS TO BE GOOD. NO CHANGES TO WORK ZONES. RASCH BIL TB 055/080 055/083 057 564342 LVM .. 053/080 053/082 ... 565353 HDN .. 052/082 055/085 ... 564342 MLS .. 059/084 062/088 ... 562232 4BQ .. 054/083 058/088 ... 562232 BHK .. 056/080 058/084 ... 562232 SHR TB 051/078 053/081 055 564342
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 5, 10:20 PM MDT, 50 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
1020 PM MDT THU JUN 5 1997
TIME(MDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0720 PM 5S MCLEOD MT HEAVY RAIN
06/05/97 SWEET GRASS 3 INCHES OF RAIN IN 30
MINUTES
0MDT PM 5S MCLEOD MT 0.75 INCH HAIL
06/05/97 SWEET GRASS
0MDT PM HARLOWTON MT 0.75 INCH HAIL
06/05/97 WHEATLAND
0MDT PM HARLOWTON MT 1.00 INCH HAIL
06/05/97 WHEATLAND
0MDT PM HARLOWTON MT HEAVY RAIN
06/05/97 WHEATLAND 4.5 INCHES OF RAIN IN 30
MINUTES
0MDT PM 10S MCLEOD MT FLASH FLOOD
06/05/97 SWEET GRASS FLASH FLOOD REPORTED 10
MILES SOUTH OF MCLEOD
0MDT PM 8SSE JUDITH GAP MT TORNADO
06/05/97 WHEATLAND TORNADO ON GROUND 8 MILES
SSE OF JUDITH GAP ON
GROUND FOR APPROXIMATELY
15 MINUTES
0MDT PM 5E BIG TIMBER MT 0.75 INCH HAIL
06/05/97 SWEET GRASS
RASCHLocal storm report, Jun 5, 10:26 PM MDT, 44 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED FOR TIMES...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
1026 PM MDT THU JUN 5 1997
TIME(MDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
720 PM 5S MCLEOD MT HEAVY RAIN
06/05/97 SWEET GRASS 3 INCHES OF RAIN IN 30
MINUTES
730 PM 5S MCLEOD MT 0.75 INCH HAIL
06/05/97 SWEET GRASS
735 PM HARLOWTON MT 0.75 INCH HAIL
06/05/97 WHEATLAND
738 PM HARLOWTON MT 1.00 INCH HAIL
06/05/97 WHEATLAND
755 PM HARLOWTON MT HEAVY RAIN
06/05/97 WHEATLAND 4.5 INCHES OF RAIN IN 30
MINUTES
720 PM 10S MCLEOD MT FLASH FLOOD
06/05/97 SWEET GRASS FLASH FLOOD REPORTED 10
MILES SOUTH OF MCLEOD
815 PM 8SSE JUDITH GAP MT TORNADO
06/05/97 WHEATLAND TORNADO ON GROUND 8 MILES
SSE OF JUDITH GAP ON
GROUND FOR APPROXIMATELY
15 MINUTES
900 PM 5E BIG TIMBER MT 0.75 INCH HAIL
06/05/97 SWEET GRASS
RASCHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Billings, MT issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 5, 7:20 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BYZ | Wheatland | 65 min |
| Jun 5, 7:26 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BYZ | Sweet Grass | 64 min |
| Jun 5, 8:00 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BYZ | Wheatland | 35 min |
| Jun 5, 8:11 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | BYZ | Sweet Grass | 4 hr |
| Jun 5, 8:16 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | BYZ | Wheatland | 3 hr |
| Jun 5, 8:18 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BYZ | Golden Valley, Musselshell | 62 min |
| Jun 5, 8:28 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BYZ | Sweet Grass | 62 min |
| Jun 5, 8:45 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BYZ | Musselshell | 35 min |
| Jun 5, 9:23 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BYZ | Musselshell | 62 min |
| Jun 5, 9:34 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BYZ | Sweet Grass | 61 min |
| Jun 5, 10:25 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | BYZ | Sweet Grass, Wheatland | 4 hr |
| Jun 5, 10:32 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BYZ | Musselshell | 33 min |
| Jun 5, 10:50 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | BYZ | Musselshell | 4 hr |
| Jun 6, 12:03 AM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | BYZ | Musselshell, Yellowstone | 117 min |
| Jun 6, 12:53 AM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | BYZ | Rosebud | 117 min |
| Jun 6, 5:08 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BYZ | Carbon | 62 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.