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Red Flag Warning 1, NWS Billings, MT

July 2, 20074 counties in Montana

NWS Billings, MT issued this red flag warning at Jul 2, 2007, 4:32 AM MDT for 4 counties in Montana. It took effect at Jul 2, 2007, 12:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 10 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: Jul 2, 2007, 4:32 AM MDT (10:32 UTC)
In effect from: Jul 2, 2007, 12:00 PM MDT
Expired: Jul 2, 2007, 10:01 PM MDT
In force: 10 hr
Issued by: NWS Billings, MT

Counties Gallatin County, MT, Madison County, MT, Park County, MT, Sweet Grass County, MT

The radar

The Billings radar (KBLX), 181 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:35 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 red flag 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 red flag warning went out at Jul 2, 3:47 AM MDT, 45 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 2, 3:47 AM MDT, 45 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 1, 9:03 PM MDT, 7 hours 29 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
Jul 1, 6:36 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BYZ	Rosebud	54 min
Jul 1, 7:26 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BYZ	Rosebud	34 min

Nearby

Red Flag Warnings in Montana, 2007 Every red flag warning 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.