Alert archive / Montana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 99, NWS Billings, MT
NWS Billings, MT issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 10, 1998, 1:42 PM MDT for Powder River County, Montana. It was in force for 63 min. 2 reports 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
- Aug 10, 1998, 1:42 PM MDT (19:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 10, 1998, 2:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 63 min
- Issued by
- NWS Billings, MT
- Area
- Whole counties
County Powder River County, MT
The radar
The Billings radar (KBLX), 237 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:45 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 10, 1:53 PM MDT | Thunderstorm Wind 52 | Biddle, MT | |
| Aug 10, 1:55 PM MDT | Thunderstorm Wind 52 | Biddle, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 10, 3:04 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BYZ | Custer | 61 min |
| Aug 10, 5:57 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BYZ | Big Horn | 63 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.