Alert archive / Montana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 86, NWS Billings, MT
NWS Billings, MT issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 31, 1998, 4:23 PM MDT for Yellowstone County, Montana. It was in force for 62 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 31, 1998, 4:23 PM MDT (22:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 31, 1998, 5:25 PM MDT
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- NWS Billings, MT
- Area
- Whole counties
County Yellowstone County, MT
The radar
The Billings radar (KBLX), 27 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:25 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 31, 4:30 PM MDT | Thunderstorm Wind 52 | Billings, MT | A spotter estimated a 60 mph wind gust in Billings. The Billings communications center reported that a tree was downed at 15th and Poly, and an amateur radio operator reported several tree limbs were down at 17th and Lewis. |
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 31, 4:00 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.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Billings, MT issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 31, 3:37 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BYZ | Big Horn, Yellowstone | 63 min |
| Jul 31, 4:10 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BYZ | Park | 65 min |
| Jul 31, 4:37 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BYZ | Sweet Grass | 63 min |
| Jul 31, 5:33 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BYZ | Big Horn | 62 min |
| Jul 31, 5:53 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BYZ | Golden Valley, Musselshell | 62 min |
Nearby
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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.