Alert archive / Montana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 88, NWS Billings, MT
NWS Billings, MT issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 10, 1997, 8:16 PM MDT for Big Horn County, Yellowstone County, Montana. It was in force for 64 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 10, 1997, 8:16 PM MDT (02:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 10, 1997, 9:20 PM MDT
- In force
- 64 min
- Issued by
- NWS Billings, MT
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Big Horn County, MT, Yellowstone County, MT
The radar
The Billings radar (KBLX), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 10, 9:15 PM MDT | Hail 0.75 | Hardin, MT |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 10, 3:00 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
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 10, 1:47 PM MDT, 6 hours 29 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 10, 1:47 PM MDT, 6 hours 29 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Billings, MT issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 10, 9:20 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BYZ | Rosebud | 65 min |
| Jul 10, 9:26 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BYZ | Big Horn, Treasure | 64 min |
| Jul 10, 10:28 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BYZ | Rosebud | 62 min |
| Jul 10, 10:45 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BYZ | Rosebud | 35 min |
| Jul 10, 11:33 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BYZ | Custer | 62 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.