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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 169, NWS Billings, MT

July 16, 2001Powder River County, Montana

NWS Billings, MT issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 16, 2001, 7:12 PM MDT for Powder River County, Montana. It was in force for 63 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 16, 2001, 7:12 PM MDT (01:12 UTC)
Expired
Jul 16, 2001, 8:15 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 01:14 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 16, 7:24 PM MDTHail 0.75Otter, 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 17, 2:05 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBYZWheatland55 min
Jul 17, 3:00 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBYZGolden Valley, Wheatland60 min
Jul 17, 3:06 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBYZSweet Grass24 min
Jul 17, 4:03 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBYZMusselshell57 min
Jul 17, 4:16 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBYZCarbon, Stillwater59 min
Jul 17, 4:54 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBYZYellowstone66 min
Jul 17, 5:29 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningBYZYellowstone2 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Montana, 2001Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2001

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.