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High Wind Warning 17, NWS Billings, MT

December 24, 2006Park County, Stillwater County, Sweet Grass County, Montana

NWS Billings, MT issued this high wind warning at Dec 24, 2006, 3:02 PM MST for Park County, Stillwater County, Sweet Grass County, Montana. It took effect at Dec 24, 2006, 11:00 PM MST. It was in force for 16 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
Dec 24, 2006, 3:02 PM MST (22:02 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 24, 2006, 11:00 PM MST
Expired
Dec 25, 2006, 2:54 PM MST
In force
16 hr
Issued by
NWS Billings, MT

Counties Park County, MT, Stillwater County, MT, Sweet Grass County, MT

The radar

The Billings radar (KBLX), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:59 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 high wind 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 high wind warning went out at Dec 24, 2:48 PM MST, 14 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 24, 2:48 PM MST, 14 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 24, 3:02 PM MST, 0 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
302 PM MST SUN DEC 24 2006

MTZ028>042-056>058-063>068-WYZ098-099-252215-
SOUTHERN WHEATLAND-MUSSELSHELL-TREASURE-NORTHERN ROSEBUD-CUSTER-
FALLON-NORTHERN STILLWATER-YELLOWSTONE-POWDER RIVER-CARTER-
SOUTHERN BIG HORN-EASTERN CARBON-NORTHERN PARK-
NORTHERN SWEET GRASS-GOLDEN VALLEY-RED LODGE FOOTHILLS-
NORTHERN BIG HORN-SOUTHERN ROSEBUD-JUDITH GAP-PARADISE VALLEY-
LIVINGSTON AREA-BEARTOOTH FOOTHILLS-ABSAROKA/BEARTOOTH MOUNTAINS-
CRAZY MOUNTAINS-NORTHEAST BIG HORN MOUNTAINS-SHERIDAN FOOTHILLS-
302 PM MST SUN DEC 24 2006

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL
MONTANA...SOUTH CENTRAL MONTANA...SOUTHEAST MONTANA AND NORTH
CENTRAL WYOMING.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP ALONG THE BEARTOOTH FRONT
TONIGHT. GUSTS TO 75 MPH ARE EXPECTED NEAR LIVINGSTON AND NYE
AFTER MIDNIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE ALONG THE BEARTOOTH FRONT ON
CHRISTMAS DAY. THOSE TRAVELING WEST ON INTERSTATE 90 CAN EXPECT
SEVERE CROSS WINDS FROM SPRINGDALE TO LIVINGSTON.

A STORM SYSTEM OVER THE CENTRAL ROCKIES HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BRING
SOME ACCUMULATING SNOW TO THE AREA WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY.
AT THIS TIME IT IS VERY UNCLEAR HOW EXACTLY THIS STORM WILL
EVOLVE...SO PLEASE MONITOR FUTURE FORECASTS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

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

JKL

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 24, 3:26 AM MSTHigh Wind WatchBYZPark, Stillwater, Sweet Grass12 hr

Nearby

High Wind Warnings in Montana, 2006Every high wind warning in 2006

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.