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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 65, NWS Billings, MT

August 2, 2004Big Horn County, Montana

NWS Billings, MT issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 2, 2004, 7:32 PM MDT for Big Horn County, Montana. It was in force for 28 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
Aug 2, 2004, 7:32 PM MDT (01:32 UTC)
Expired
Aug 2, 2004, 8:00 PM MDT
In force
28 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 01:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

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 Aug 2, 2:13 PM MDT, 5 hours 19 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 2, 2:13 PM MDT, 5 hours 19 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 2, 2:35 PM MDT, 4 hours 57 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
235 PM MDT MON AUG 2 2004

MTZ028>030-034-035-038>042-056>058-WYZ098-099-031455-
EASTERN CARBON-GOLDEN VALLEY-MUSSELSHELL-
NORTHEAST BIG HORN MOUNTAINS-NORTHERN BIG HORN-PARK-
SHERIDAN FOOTHILLS-SOUTHERN BIG HORN-SOUTHERN ROSEBUD-STILLWATER-
SWEET GRASS-TREASURE-WESTERN CARBON-WHEATLAND-YELLOWSTONE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BIG TIMBER...BILLINGS...COLUMBUS...
HARDIN...HARLOWTON...HYSHAM...LIVINGSTON...RED LODGE...
ROUNDUP AND SHERIDAN
235 PM MDT MON AUG 2 2004

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR A PORTION OF SOUTH CENTRAL
MONTANA...AND NORTH CENTRAL WYOMING.

.DAY ONE...

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP OVER THE AREA MONDAY
EVENING.  THE STORMS WILL BE SLOWLY MOVING AND AS A RESULT BRING
LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN. A FEW STORMS MAY BECOME STRONG ENOUGH TO
PRODUCE SMALL HAIL.

.DAY 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.

MTZ031>033-036-037-031455-
CARTER-CUSTER-FALLON-NORTHERN ROSEBUD-POWDER RIVER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BAKER...BROADUS...COLSTRIP...EKALAKA...
FORSYTH AND MILES CITY
235 PM MDT MON AUG 2 2004

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR A PORTION OF SOUTHEAST MONTANA.

.DAY ONE...

ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP OVER THE AREA MONDAY
EVENING.  MOST OF THE STORMS WILL JUST PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN AND
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...HOWEVER A FEW STORMS MAY BECOME STRONG ENOUGH
TO PRODUCE HAIL.

.DAY TWO THROUGH SEVEN...

SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP TUESDAY
AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SOME OF THE STORMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE
SEVERE SIZED HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 2, 11:54 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBYZCarter51 min
Aug 3, 3:52 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBYZCarbon68 min
Aug 3, 4:06 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBYZStillwater54 min
Aug 3, 4:29 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBYZYellowstone61 min
Aug 3, 5:33 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBYZYellowstone57 min
Aug 3, 5:41 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBYZYellowstone49 min
Aug 3, 5:55 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBYZBig Horn65 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Montana, 2004Every 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.