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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Billings, MT

June 9, 2000Big Horn County, Powder River County, Montana; Sheridan County, Wyoming

NWS Billings, MT issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 9, 2000, 6:18 PM MDT for Big Horn County, Powder River County, Montana; Sheridan County, Wyoming. It was in force for 57 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 9, 2000, 6:18 PM MDT (00:18 UTC)
Expired
Jun 9, 2000, 7:15 PM MDT
In force
57 min
Issued by
NWS Billings, MT
Area
Whole counties

Counties Big Horn County, MT, Powder River County, MT, Sheridan County, WY

The radar

The Billings radar (KBLX), 168 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 9, 2:30 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Riverton, WY (KRIW), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 275 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Riverton, WY at 00:00Z on 2000-06-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 40 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Riverton, WY at 00:00Z on 2000-06-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -39 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
40 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-123 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2557 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-39 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-48 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS55 KBYZ 100022 COR
SVRBIL
MTC003-075-WYC033-100115-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING...CORRECTED FOR WYOMING CODES
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
618 PM MDT FRI JUN 9 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BILLINGS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN POWDER RIVER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MONTANA
  NORTHEASTERN SHERIDAN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL WYOMING
  EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN BIG HORN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MONTANA

* UNTIL 715 PM MDT

* AT 618 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS 12 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF QUIETAS...OR ABOUT 30 MILES NORTHEAST OF SHERIDAN...
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF...
  SOUTHEASTERN BIG HORN...NORTHEASTERN SHERIDAN...SOUTHWESTERN POWDER
  RIVER...WESTERN POWDER RIVER AND CENTRAL POWDER RIVER COUNTIES.y

$$

LAT...LON 4504 10650 4488 10651 4489 10618 4533 10557
          4534 10600
WCJIN-WYNE-WYNW
MIDDENDORF

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 9, 7:34 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBYZCarter, Powder River56 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Montana, 2000Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Wyoming, 2000Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2000

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.