Alert archive / Montana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 8, NWS Billings, MT

May 30, 1998Carter County, Montana

NWS Billings, MT issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 30, 1998, 12:56 PM MDT for Carter County, Montana. It was in force for 59 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: May 30, 1998, 12:56 PM MDT (18:56 UTC)
Expired: May 30, 1998, 1:55 PM MDT
In force: 59 min
Issued by: NWS Billings, MT
Area: Whole counties

County Carter County, MT

The radar

The Rapid City radar (KUDX), 205 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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
May 30, 1:40 PM MDT	Hail 2.75	Ekalaka, 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.

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 29, 7:44 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BYZ	Golden Valley, Musselshell	61 min
May 30, 11:14 AM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BYZ	Powder River, Rosebud	61 min
May 30, 12:18 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BYZ	Carter	62 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Montana, 1998 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1998

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.