Alert archive / Montana / High Wind Warnings in 2006
High Wind Warning 17, NWS Billings, MT
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.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
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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</html>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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 24, 3:26 AM MST | High Wind Watch | BYZ | Park, Stillwater, Sweet Grass | 12 hr |
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.