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High Wind Warning 10, NWS Billings, MT

November 13, 20064 counties in Montana

NWS Billings, MT issued this high wind warning at Nov 13, 2006, 4:01 AM MST for 4 counties in Montana. It took effect at Nov 13, 2006, 11:00 AM MST. It was in force for 7 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
Nov 13, 2006, 4:01 AM MST (11:01 UTC)
In effect from
Nov 13, 2006, 11:00 AM MST
Expired
Nov 13, 2006, 6:16 PM MST
In force
7 hr
Issued by
NWS Billings, MT

Counties Golden Valley County, MT, Musselshell County, MT, Stillwater County, MT, Wheatland County, MT

The radar

The Billings radar (KBLX), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:05 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Riverton, WY (KRIW), launched 00:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 360 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Riverton, WY at 00:00Z on 2006-11-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Riverton, WY at 00:00Z on 2006-11-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 5 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2460 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
5 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
127 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.