Alert archive / Montana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2003
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 24, NWS Billings, MT
NWS Billings, MT issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 30, 2003, 6:53 PM MDT for Musselshell County, Montana. It was in force for 52 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 30, 2003, 6:53 PM MDT (00:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 30, 2003, 7:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 52 min
- Issued by
- NWS Billings, MT
- Area
- Whole counties
County Musselshell County, MT
The radar
The Billings radar (KBLX), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 30, 5:46 PM MDT, 1 hour 7 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 30, 5:46 PM MDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before
SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST MONTANA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
546 PM MDT MON JUN 30 2003
.SHORT TERM...VALID FOR TUE AND WED...
THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING TO MAKE THEIR WAY EAST. DUE ALSO TO SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT NORTH OF COUNTY WARNING AREA UNTIL
MIDNIGHT...EXPANDED THUNDERSTORM POSSIBILITY TO INCLUDE ALL OF COUNTY
WARNING AREA UNTIL AFTER MIDNIGHT. CHB
.LONG TERM...VALID FOR THU...FRI...SAT...SUN...MON...
NO MAJOR CHANGES TO THE EXTENDED FORECAST EXCEPT TO REMOVE
PRECIPITATION CHANCES FOR THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT IN THE WEST.
PREDOMINATELY WESTERLY ZONAL FLOW WILL BE OVER THE FORECAST AREA
THURSDAY AND CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY AS A FEW WEAK WAVES WILL MOVE
WITHIN THE FLOW. THE STRONGEST WAVE WILL JUST BRUSH THE NORTHERN ZONES
LATE IN THE DAY THURSDAY WITH THE BULK OF THE ENERGY REMAINING TO OUR
NORTH. SOME LIFT WILL BE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS FEATURE. HOWEVER...LOW
LEVELS LOOK TO REMAIN DRY. THEREFORE...HAVE DECIDED TO REMOVE POPS FOR
THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT. WAVE WILL BE WELL EAST OF THE AREA BY
FRIDAY WITH WEST TO NORTHWEST FLOW CONTINUING. TEMPERATURES WILL COOL
DOWN TO NORMAL VALUES THROUGH SATURDAY. ZONAL FLOW WILL CONTINUE SUNDAY
AND BEFORE WEAK RIDGING BUILDS IN FOR MONDAY. PATTERN LOOKS TO REMAIN
DRY WITH TEMPERATURES WARMING TO SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL VALUES BY
THE BEGINNING OF NEXT WEEK. HOOLEY
TUE WED THU FRI SAT SUN MON
-----------------------------------------------------------
BIL 058/090 057/089 055/083 053/081 054/082 056/085 058/085
20/G 00/U 00/B 00/B 00/B 00/B 00/B
LVM 050/088 049/087 048/081 046/078 050/079 049/082 051/082
20/B 00/B 00/B 00/B 00/B 00/B 00/B
HDN 058/090 057/089 055/085 053/082 053/083 056/086 058/086
20/G 00/U 00/B 00/B 00/B 00/B 00/B
MLS 062/091 061/091 057/082 054/082 056/083 056/086 058/086
20/G 00/G 00/B 00/B 00/B 00/B 00/B
4BQ 060/090 059/090 056/085 054/083 054/084 056/087 058/087
20/G 00/G 00/B 00/B 00/B 00/B 00/B
BHK 061/089 060/089 056/082 053/080 055/081 055/084 057/084
22/T 20/B 00/B 00/B 00/B 00/B 00/B
SHR 053/090 052/090 051/084 051/082 052/083 054/086 056/086
20/G 00/G 00/B 00/B 00/B 00/B 00/B
.BYZ...
MT...NONE.
WY...NONE.Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 30, 5:00 AM MDT, 13 hours 53 minutes before
MTZ028>042-056>058-WYZ098-099-011045- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT 500 AM MDT MON JUN 30 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL...SOUTHEAST MONTANA AND NORTH CENTRAL WYOMING. .DAY ONE... THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL MONTANA. THE BIGGEST THREAT FROM ANY STORMS THAT DO DEVELOP WILL BE STRONG GUSTY WINDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.
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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.