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High Wind Watch 7, NWS Billings, MT

April 17, 2007Carter County, Fallon County, Montana

NWS Billings, MT issued this high wind watch at Apr 17, 2007, 3:06 PM MDT for Carter County, Fallon County, Montana. It took effect at Apr 18, 2007, 12:00 PM MDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 17, 2007, 3:06 PM MDT (21:06 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 18, 2007, 12:00 PM MDT
Expired: Apr 18, 2007, 4:17 AM MDT
In force
Issued by: NWS Billings, MT

Counties Carter County, MT, Fallon County, MT

The radar

The Rapid City radar (KUDX), 238 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:07 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 watch 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 watch went out at Apr 17, 2:40 PM MDT, 26 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 17, 2:40 PM MDT, 26 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 17, 2:32 PM MDT, 34 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 17, 3:31 PM MDT	Winter Storm Watch	BYZ	Carbon, Park, Stillwater, Sweet Grass, Wheatland	23 hr

Nearby

High Wind Watches in Montana, 2007 Every high wind watch in 2007

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.