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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 63, NWS Billings, MT

July 27, 2004Big Horn County, Montana

NWS Billings, MT issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 27, 2004, 9:45 PM MDT for Big Horn County, Montana. It was in force for 60 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: Jul 27, 2004, 9:45 PM MDT (03:45 UTC)
Expired: Jul 27, 2004, 10:45 PM MDT
In force: 60 min
Issued by: NWS Billings, MT
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Big Horn County, MT

The radar

The Billings radar (KBLX), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:44 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 Jul 27, 8:46 PM MDT, 59 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 27, 8:46 PM MDT, 59 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 27, 9:31 PM MDT, 14 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
Jul 27, 8:26 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BYZ	Wheatland	34 min
Jul 27, 8:27 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BYZ	Wheatland	33 min
Jul 27, 9:02 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BYZ	Stillwater, Yellowstone	43 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Montana, 2004 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2004

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.