Alert archive / Montana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 15, NWS Billings, MT
NWS Billings, MT issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 8, 2002, 1:42 PM MDT for Custer County, 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
- Jun 8, 2002, 1:42 PM MDT (19:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 8, 2002, 2:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 63 min
- Issued by
- NWS Billings, MT
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Custer County, MT, Powder River County, MT
The radar
The Billings radar (KBLX), 233 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:42 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 8, 1:44 PM MDT | Hail 0.75 | Broadus, 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 8, 1:15 PM MDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
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 8, 9:31 AM MDT, 4 hours 11 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 8, 9:31 AM MDT, 4 hours 11 minutes before
SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST MONTANA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
931 AM MDT SAT JUN 08 2002
.SHORT TERM...VALID FOR TDY...SUN...MON...
UPDATE FOR ZONES. NO UPDATE FOR AFP. NEW ETA AND MESO-ETA PUSHING
INSTABILITY AXIS FURTHER WEST. THIS LOOKS REASONABLE BASED ON STRONG
LOW LEVEL SOUTHEAST JET OVER SOUTHEAST MONTANA...ADVECTING MOISTURE INTO
THE AREA. DEW POINTS HAVE BEEN INCREASING OVER SE MT AND SHERIDAN
WYOMING AREA THIS MORNING. WILL UPDATE SHERIDAN FORECAST TO MENTION
POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE WEATHER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SURFACE
TROF EAST OF BILLINGS WILL MAINTAIN NORTHERLY FLOW OVER THE AREA.
ALTHOUGH SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE LIKELY...SEVERE WEATHER WILL
REMAIN EAST. BOTH ETA AND MESO-ETA ARE PROGGING CAPES TO AROUND 3000
J/KG BY THIS EVENING OVER SOUTHEAST MT ALONG WITH GOOD SPEED AND
DIRECTIONAL WIND SHEAR FOR POSSIBLE ISOLATED SUPERCELL DEVELOPMENT.
ENERGY MOVING IN FROM UPPER LOW OVER IDAHO IS BRINGING RAIN SHOWERS TO
LIVINGSTON. WILL DROP TEMPERATURES FOR LVM AS RAIN SHOULD CONTINUE MOST
OF THE DAY. WILL ALSO ADJUST WINDS UPWARD IN THE EAST. TEMPERATURES OUT
WEST ARE FAIRLY COOL AND SNOW IS POSSIBLE OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN
TONIGHT. WILL WAIT FOR AFTERNOON PACKAGE TO TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AT
POSSIBLE SNOW AMOUNTS OVERNIGHT FOR THE MOUNTAINS. RICHMOND
.LONG TERM...VALID FOR TUE...WED...THU...FRI...
WILL BUMP UP POPS FOR TUESDAY AS STORM SYSTEM STILL LOOKS TO INFLUENCE
ZONES WITH INSTABILITY SHOWERS IN CYCLONIC FLOW AROUND LOW. OTHERWISE
WARMING AND DRYING TREND IN LATER PERIODS LOOK GOOD. SCARLETT
TDY SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI
-------------------------------------------------------
BIL 070 047/060 046/059 045/069 051/076 054/078 055/079
7/T 77/W 64/W 43/W 30/B 00/B 00/B
LVM 059 041/055 041/054 043/068 049/073 052/075 053/076
+/T 77/W 64/W 43/W 30/B 02/B 20/B
HDN 072 046/061 045/060 045/071 051/077 054/080 055/081
7/T 77/W 64/W 43/W 30/B 00/B 00/B
MLS 074 051/066 049/062 045/069 051/075 054/078 055/079
7/T 74/T 64/W 43/W 30/B 00/B 00/B
4BQ 078 052/070 048/063 043/070 049/076 052/079 053/080
7/T 74/T 64/W 43/W 30/B 00/B 00/B
BHK 075 050/068 048/060 043/068 049/074 052/077 053/078
7/T 74/T 64/W 43/W 30/B 00/B 00/B
SHR 075 049/067 044/061 043/069 049/073 052/078 053/079
6/T 74/T 64/W 43/W 30/B 00/B 00/B
.BYZ...
MT...FLOOD WATCH UNTIL UNTIL MONDAY JUNE 10TH FOR PARTS OF PARK AND
CARBON COUNTIES..
WY...NONE.The office that day
Everything else NWS Billings, MT issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 8, 10:13 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BYZ | Rosebud | 62 min |
| Jun 8, 1:07 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BYZ | Powder River, Rosebud | 38 min |
| Jun 8, 3:41 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BYZ | Rosebud | 64 min |
| Jun 8, 4:09 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BYZ | Custer, Rosebud | 36 min |
| Jun 8, 4:21 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BYZ | Custer | 24 min |
| Jun 8, 4:45 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BYZ | Custer | 60 min |
| Jun 8, 4:55 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BYZ | Custer, Powder River | 65 min |
| Jun 8, 5:00 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BYZ | Custer, Powder River | 60 min |
| Jun 8, 5:02 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BYZ | Powder River | 58 min |
| Jun 8, 5:08 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BYZ | Fallon | 52 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.