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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 22, NWS Billings, MT

June 22, 2003Powder River County, Montana

NWS Billings, MT issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 22, 2003, 4:01 PM MDT for Powder River County, Montana. It was in force for 44 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 22, 2003, 4:01 PM MDT (22:01 UTC)
Expired: Jun 22, 2003, 4:45 PM MDT
In force: 44 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 22:03 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.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jun 22, 1:15 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 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 22, 1:35 PM MDT, 2 hours 26 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 22, 1:35 PM MDT, 2 hours 26 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 21, 9:32 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BYZ	Carter	58 min
Jun 22, 2:50 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BYZ	Stillwater, Yellowstone	55 min
Jun 22, 3:04 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BYZ	Powder River	56 min
Jun 22, 4:43 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BYZ	Carter	62 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Montana, 2003 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2003

Sources

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