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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 34, NWS Billings, MT

June 17, 1997Golden Valley County, Stillwater County, Montana

NWS Billings, MT issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 17, 1997, 10:28 PM MDT for Golden Valley County, Stillwater 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: Jun 17, 1997, 10:28 PM MDT (04:28 UTC)
Expired: Jun 17, 1997, 11:30 PM MDT
In force: 62 min
Issued by: NWS Billings, MT
Area: Whole counties

Counties Golden Valley County, MT, Stillwater County, MT

The radar

The Billings radar (KBLX), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:31 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 17, 8:30 PM MDT, 1 hour 58 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 17, 8:30 PM MDT, 1 hour 58 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 17, 10:53 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BYZ	Yellowstone	47 min
Jun 17, 11:33 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BYZ	Yellowstone	62 min
Jun 18, 3:23 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BYZ	Yellowstone	62 min
Jun 18, 3:25 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BYZ	Yellowstone	65 min
Jun 18, 4:03 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BYZ	Big Horn	62 min
Jun 18, 4:59 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BYZ	Big Horn	61 min
Jun 18, 5:02 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BYZ	Big Horn	63 min
Jun 18, 5:39 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BYZ	Carbon	61 min
Jun 18, 5:40 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BYZ	Custer	65 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Montana, 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.