Alert archive / Montana / Tornado Warnings in 1999
Tornado Warning 1, NWS Billings, MT
NWS Billings, MT issued this tornado warning at Apr 28, 1999, 5:20 PM MDT for Carbon County, Montana. It was in force for 30 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
- Apr 28, 1999, 5:20 PM MDT (23:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 28, 1999, 5:50 PM MDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Billings, MT
- Area
- Whole counties
County Carbon County, MT
The radar
The Billings radar (KBLX), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:23 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 28, 5:30 PM MDT | Thunderstorm Wind 52 | Bridger, MT | A spotter reported a 60 mph wind gust with a thunderstorm. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 28, 5:06 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BYZ | Carbon | 64 min |
| Apr 28, 5:55 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BYZ | Rosebud, Treasure | 65 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.