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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 155, NWS Billings, MT
NWS Billings, MT issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 2, 2005, 2:53 PM MDT for Sweet Grass County, Montana. It was in force for 67 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 2, 2005, 2:53 PM MDT (20:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 2, 2005, 4:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 67 min
- Issued by
- NWS Billings, MT
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Sweet Grass County, MT
The radar
The Billings radar (KBLX), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:57 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 2, 2:00 PM MDT, 53 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 2, 2:00 PM MDT, 53 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jul 2, 1:42 PM MDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Billings, MT issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Jul 1, 6:15 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BYZ | Musselshell, Yellowstone | 21 min |
| Jul 2, 1:45 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BYZ | Big Horn, Yellowstone | 45 min |
| Jul 2, 2:29 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BYZ | Big Horn, Yellowstone | 61 min |
| Jul 2, 3:31 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BYZ | Big Horn | 59 min |
| Jul 2, 3:35 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BYZ | Golden Valley, Stillwater, Sweet Grass, Wheatland | 55 min |
| Jul 2, 4:08 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BYZ | Powder River, Rosebud | 70 min |
| Jul 2, 4:30 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BYZ | Golden Valley | 15 min |
| Jul 2, 4:30 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BYZ | Big Horn | 30 min |
| Jul 2, 5:11 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BYZ | Powder River | 64 min |
| Jul 2, 5:54 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BYZ | Carter | 66 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.