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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 40, NWS Billings, MT

May 20, 2007Wheatland County, Montana

NWS Billings, MT issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 20, 2007, 2:11 PM MDT for Wheatland County, Montana. It was in force for 60 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 20, 2007, 2:11 PM MDT (20:11 UTC)
Expired: May 20, 2007, 3:11 PM MDT
In force: 60 min
Issued by: NWS Billings, MT
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Wheatland County, MT

The radar

The Billings radar (KBLX), 117 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:11 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 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 20, 9:41 AM MDT, 4 hours 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 20, 9:41 AM MDT, 4 hours 30 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 20, 5:12 AM MDT, 8 hours 59 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
May 19, 6:08 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BYZ	Rosebud	67 min
May 19, 6:28 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BYZ	Custer	62 min
May 19, 6:46 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BYZ	Powder River	59 min
May 19, 6:55 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BYZ	Musselshell	65 min
May 19, 7:26 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BYZ	Custer	35 min
May 19, 7:40 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BYZ	Yellowstone	30 min
May 20, 4:51 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BYZ	Golden Valley, Wheatland	37 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Montana, 2007 Every 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.