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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 37, NWS Billings, MT

June 7, 2005Big Horn County, Rosebud County, Montana

NWS Billings, MT issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 7, 2005, 2:37 PM MDT for Big Horn County, Rosebud County, Montana. It was in force for 38 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 7, 2005, 2:37 PM MDT (20:37 UTC)
Expired: Jun 7, 2005, 3:15 PM MDT
In force: 38 min
Issued by: NWS Billings, MT
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Big Horn County, MT, Rosebud County, MT

The radar

The Billings radar (KBLX), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:39 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 7, 9:30 AM MDT, 5 hours 7 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 7, 9:30 AM MDT, 5 hours 7 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 7, 1:02 PM MDT, 1 hour 35 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 7, 2:33 PM MDT, 4 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
233 PM MDT TUE JUN 07 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0345 PM     TSTM WND GST     28 W SHERIDAN           44.79N 107.53W
06/06/2005  74 MPH           SHERIDAN           WY   MESONET

            BURGESS JUNCTION RAWS

0425 PM     HAIL             EKALAKA                 45.89N 104.55W
06/06/2005  0.75 INCH        CARTER             MT   CO-OP OBSERVER

0440 PM     HAIL             EKALAKA                 45.89N 104.55W
06/06/2005  0.75 INCH        CARTER             MT   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            PENNY SIZE HAIL REPORTED BY COUNTY SHERIFF.

0521 PM     FUNNEL CLOUD     S EKALAKA               45.89N 104.55W
06/06/2005                   CARTER             MT   TRAINED SPOTTER

0530 PM     HAIL             10 NW EKALAKA           45.99N 104.70W
06/06/2005  1.25 INCH        CARTER             MT   TRAINED SPOTTER

0541 PM     TORNADO          10 NW EKALAKA           45.99N 104.70W
06/06/2005                   CARTER             MT   NWS EMPLOYEE

            FOUR DIFFERENT TORNADO TOUCHDOWNS OVER A 30 MINUTE
            PERIOD. NO DAMAGE REPORTED.

0545 PM     FUNNEL CLOUD     EKALAKA                 45.89N 104.55W
06/06/2005                   CARTER             MT   TRAINED SPOTTER

0605 PM     FUNNEL CLOUD     4 S PLEVNA              46.36N 104.52W
06/06/2005                   FALLON             MT   LAW ENFORCEMENT

0650 PM     FUNNEL CLOUD     9 E BAKER               46.36N 104.09W
06/06/2005                   FALLON             MT   TRAINED SPOTTER

0655 PM     HAIL             8 ESE WEBSTER           46.01N 104.09W
06/06/2005  1.25 INCH        FALLON             MT   TRAINED SPOTTER

            NUMEROUS PENNY SIZE HAIL STONES MIXED WITH HALF DOLLAR.

0704 PM     TORNADO          9 SW OLLIE              46.49N 104.22W
06/06/2005                   FALLON             MT   TRAINED SPOTTER

            LARGE TORNADO. NO REPORTS OF DAMAGE.

0713 PM     HAIL             OLLIE                   46.58N 104.08W
06/06/2005  0.88 INCH        FALLON             MT   TRAINED SPOTTER

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FOISY

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 6, 6:08 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	BYZ	Fallon	38 min
Jun 6, 6:15 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	BYZ	Carter, Fallon	45 min
Jun 6, 7:00 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	BYZ	Fallon	34 min
Jun 7, 4:44 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	BYZ	Powder River	31 min
Jun 7, 5:14 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	BYZ	Powder River	25 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.