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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS Billings, MT

May 19, 2007Yellowstone County, Montana

NWS Billings, MT issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 19, 2007, 7:40 PM MDT for Yellowstone County, Montana. It was in force for 30 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 19, 2007, 7:40 PM MDT (01:40 UTC)
Expired
May 19, 2007, 8:10 PM MDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Billings, MT
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Yellowstone County, MT

The radar

The Billings radar (KBLX), 27 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 19, 2:36 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Glasgow Intl Airport, MT (KGGW), launched 00:00Z, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 284 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, Glasgow Intl Airport, MT at 00:00Z on 2007-05-20Temperature 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 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Glasgow Intl Airport, MT at 00:00Z on 2007-05-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 126 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1211 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
53 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
126 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
243 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out at May 19, 5:25 PM MDT, 2 hours 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 19, 5:25 PM MDT, 2 hours 15 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, May 19, 5:06 AM MDT, 14 hours 34 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
506 AM MDT SAT MAY 19 2007

MTZ031-058-201115-
NORTHERN ROSEBUD-SOUTHERN ROSEBUD-
506 AM MDT SAT MAY 19 2007

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST
MONTANA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

LOW LAND FLOODING WILL CONTINUE ALONG THE TONGUE RIVER FROM
BIRNEY TO ASHLAND AND BRANDENBERG. STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
WILL BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE SUNDAY. A STRONG STORM SYSTEM
MOVING INTO THE AREA ON MONDAY COULD BRING LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS
MONDAY AND TUESDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

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

MTZ028>030-032>042-056-057-063>068-WYZ098-099-201115-
SOUTHERN WHEATLAND-MUSSELSHELL-TREASURE-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-JUDITH GAP-PARADISE VALLEY-LIVINGSTON AREA-
BEARTOOTH FOOTHILLS-ABSAROKA/BEARTOOTH MOUNTAINS-CRAZY MOUNTAINS-
NORTHEAST BIG HORN MOUNTAINS-SHERIDAN FOOTHILLS-
506 AM MDT SAT MAY 19 2007

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH DAMAGING WIND AND LARGE HAIL
WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. .

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

A STORM SYSTEM MOVING THROUGH THE AREA ON MONDAY AND TUESDAY WILL
BRING A CHANCE FOR LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

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

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 19, 7:02 PM MDT, 38 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 19, 6:08 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBYZRosebud67 min
May 19, 6:28 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBYZCuster62 min
May 19, 6:46 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBYZPowder River59 min
May 19, 6:55 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBYZMusselshell65 min
May 19, 7:26 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBYZCuster35 min
May 20, 2:11 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBYZWheatland60 min
May 20, 4:51 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBYZGolden Valley, Wheatland37 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Montana, 2007Every severe thunderstorm 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.