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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 62, NWS Billings, MT

June 28, 2001Golden Valley County, Stillwater County, Montana

NWS Billings, MT issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 28, 2001, 4:37 PM MDT for Golden Valley County, Stillwater County, Montana. It was in force for 53 min. 3 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: Jun 28, 2001, 4:37 PM MDT (22:37 UTC)
Expired: Jun 28, 2001, 5:30 PM MDT
In force: 53 min
Issued by: NWS Billings, MT
Area: Whole counties

Counties Golden Valley County, MT, Stillwater County, MT

The radar

The Billings radar (KBLX), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:40 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
Jun 28, 5:00 PM MDT	Hail 0.75	Lavina, MT
Jun 28, 5:15 PM MDT	Hail 0.75	Lavina, MT
Jun 28, 5:20 PM MDT	Hail 1.75	Lavina, 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 watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jun 28, 4:30 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Billings, MT wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 28, 2:09 PM MDT, 2 hours 28 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 28, 2:09 PM MDT, 2 hours 28 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 28, 2:48 PM MDT, 1 hour 49 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS, MT
248 PM MDT THU JUN 28 2001

TIME(MDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0300 AM    JUDITH GAP                MT   1.00 INCH HAIL
06/28/01   WHEATLAND                      REPORTED BY SPOTTERS

0315 AM    JUDITH GAP                MT   1.00 INCH HAIL
06/28/01   WHEATLAND                      CAR WINDOWS SMASHED
                                          REPORTED BY SPOTTERS

0315 AM    JUDITH GAP                MT   1.25 INCH HAIL
06/28/01   WHEATLAND                      CAR WINDOWS KNOCKED OUT.
                                          REPORTED BY SPOTTERS

0345 AM    27 NNW RYEGATE            MT   1.00 INCH HAIL
06/28/01   GOLDEN VALLEY                  REPORTED BY SPOTTERS

TJ

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 28, 2:38 AM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BYZ	Wheatland	37 min
Jun 28, 3:13 AM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BYZ	Golden Valley, Wheatland	47 min
Jun 28, 4:13 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BYZ	Golden Valley, Musselshell	62 min
Jun 28, 5:15 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BYZ	Musselshell	60 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Montana, 2001 Every 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.