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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 48, NWS Billings, MT
NWS Billings, MT issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 5, 1998, 4:17 PM MDT for Big Horn County, Montana. It was in force for 63 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 5, 1998, 4:17 PM MDT (22:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 5, 1998, 5:20 PM MDT
- In force
- 63 min
- Issued by
- NWS Billings, MT
- Area
- Whole counties
County Big Horn County, MT
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 5, 5:30 PM MDT | Hail 1 | Wyola, 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 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 5, 2:10 PM MDT, 2 hours 7 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 5, 2:10 PM MDT, 2 hours 7 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Billings, MT issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Jul 4, 6:16 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BYZ | Wheatland | 59 min |
| Jul 4, 7:06 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BYZ | Carter | 64 min |
| Jul 4, 7:23 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BYZ | Custer | 62 min |
| Jul 4, 8:10 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BYZ | Golden Valley, Stillwater, Yellowstone | 60 min |
| Jul 4, 8:10 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BYZ | Musselshell | 60 min |
| Jul 4, 8:21 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BYZ | Custer | 64 min |
| Jul 4, 8:34 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BYZ | Yellowstone | 31 min |
| Jul 4, 9:13 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BYZ | Yellowstone | 27 min |
| Jul 4, 9:22 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BYZ | Custer | 58 min |
| Jul 4, 9:41 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BYZ | Yellowstone | 59 min |
| Jul 4, 9:49 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BYZ | Rosebud | 61 min |
| Jul 4, 9:55 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BYZ | Big Horn | 60 min |
| Jul 4, 10:24 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | BYZ | Custer | 61 min |
| Jul 4, 10:24 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BYZ | Custer | 61 min |
| Jul 4, 10:49 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BYZ | Rosebud | 61 min |
| Jul 4, 10:56 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BYZ | Big Horn, Treasure | 64 min |
| Jul 4, 11:11 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | BYZ | Custer | 64 min |
| Jul 5, 4:45 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BYZ | Powder River, Rosebud | 65 min |
| Jul 5, 5:01 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BYZ | Big Horn, Yellowstone | 64 min |
| Jul 5, 5:15 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BYZ | Big Horn | 65 min |
| Jul 5, 5:26 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BYZ | Powder River | 64 min |
| Jul 5, 5:49 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BYZ | Powder River | 66 min |
| Jul 5, 5:55 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BYZ | Stillwater | 65 min |
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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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data.