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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 88, NWS Billings, MT

July 10, 1997Big Horn County, Yellowstone County, Montana

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 10, 9:15 PM MDTHail 0.75Hardin, 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 10, 3:00 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 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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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 10, 9:20 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBYZRosebud65 min
Jul 10, 9:26 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBYZBig Horn, Treasure64 min
Jul 10, 10:28 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBYZRosebud62 min
Jul 10, 10:45 PM MDTTornado WarningBYZRosebud35 min
Jul 10, 11:33 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBYZCuster62 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.