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Blizzard Warning 1, NWS Billings, MT

April 18, 2006Carter County, Fallon County, Montana

NWS Billings, MT issued this blizzard warning at Apr 18, 2006, 4:43 PM MDT for Carter County, Fallon County, Montana. It was in force for 28 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 18, 2006, 4:43 PM MDT (22:43 UTC)
Expired
Apr 19, 2006, 8:30 PM MDT
In force
28 hr
Issued by
NWS Billings, MT

Counties Carter County, MT, Fallon County, MT

The radar

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this blizzard 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 blizzard warning went out at Apr 18, 3:10 PM MDT, 1 hour 33 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 18, 3:10 PM MDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before
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In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 18, 2:20 PM MDT, 2 hours 23 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
220 PM MDT TUE APR 18 2006

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

0215 PM     HEAVY SNOW       17 NE ASHLAND           45.80N 106.06W
04/18/2006  M8.0 INCH        POWDER RIVER       MT   TRAINED SPOTTER

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CAROLYNW

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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.