Severe Thunderstorm Warning 52, NWS Billings, MT

Issued

Jul 4, 2000, 5:30 PM MDT (23:30 UTC)

Expired

Jul 4, 2000, 6:30 PM MDT

In force

60 min

Issued by

NWS Billings, MT

Area

Whole counties

Counties Carter County, MT, Powder River County, 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.

000 
WUUS55 KBYZ 042334
SVRBIL
MTC011-075-050030-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
530 PM MDT TUE JUL 4 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BILLINGS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  POWDER RIVER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MONTANA
  SOUTHWESTERN CARTER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MONTANA

* UNTIL 630 PM MDT

* AT 530 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM 22 MILES NORTHWEST OF  
  BROADUS TO 36 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BROADUS...MOVING EAST NORTHEAST   
  AT 20 MPH.

* THE LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
   BROADUS BY 610 PM MDT.
   BIDDLE BY 615 PM MDT.

VERY LARGE HAIL IS POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. IF YOU ARE IN THE 
PATH OF THEM...SEEK SHELTER AT ONCE. PLEASE REPORT INSTANCE OF 
SEVERE WEATHER TO YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY TO 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

$$

LAT...LON 4570 10587 4501 10583 4500 10441 4573 10435
CHB

NWS Billings, MT wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jul 4, 5:26 PM MDT, 4 minutes earlier.

SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST MONTANA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
526 PM MDT TUE JUL 04 2000

.WED AND THU...
WILL BE UPDATING ZONES TO GET RID OF THE WATCHES. MOREOVER...WILL BE
LOWERING THE POPS A BIT OVER MOST ZONES TONIGHT. HAVE NOT HAD A CHANCE
TO LOOK AT NEW ETA EXCEPT BRIEFLY. LOOKS LIKE MORE OF THE SAME FOR
TOMORROW.

.FRI...SAT...AND SUN...
MODELS SIMILAR IN TREND OF DROPPING AN UPPER LOW OFF THE NORTHERN
CALIFORNIA COAST FRIDAY THEN WEAKENING AND LIFTING THE LOW NORTHEAST
INTO SUNDAY. ECMWF IS THE PREFERRED MODEL FOR POSITION AS MRF WANTS
TO RETROGRADE PACIFIC RIDGE TOO MUCH. THE RIDGE SLOWLY BUILDS HEIGHTS
OVER THE NORTHERN ROCKIES THROUGH THE PERIOD WITH TEMPERATURES WARMING.
THE DISTURBANCES IN THE FLOW ALOFT WILL AID IN THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT
THROUGH THE PERIOD AND WILL BROADBRUSH FOR THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE
EXTENDED PERIOD. THORICHT

BIL TTBBB 054/083 058/085 057/086 058/089 059/092 522333 58
LVM TTBBB 052/079 055/084 055/084 056/087 058/089 522433 58
HDN TTBBB 054/084 058/087 055/088 057/091 057/093 522333 58
MLS TTBBB 059/085 062/090 060/088 059/090 059/092 522333 58
4BQ TTBBB 058/085 060/089 060/089 060/091 060/093 522333 58
BHK TTBBB 058/084 060/091 059/087 059/088 059/091 523333 58
SHR TTBBB 052/083 054/089 055/087 056/090 056/091 523333 58

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

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.