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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 61, NWS Billings, MT

June 16, 2007Treasure County, Montana

NWS Billings, MT issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 16, 2007, 7:24 PM MDT for Treasure County, Montana. It was in force for 35 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: Jun 16, 2007, 7:24 PM MDT (01:24 UTC)
Expired: Jun 16, 2007, 7:59 PM MDT
In force: 35 min
Issued by: NWS Billings, MT
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Treasure County, MT

The radar

The Billings radar (KBLX), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:26 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.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jun 16, 4:10 PM MDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	9 hr

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 Jun 16, 2:34 PM MDT, 4 hours 50 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 16, 2:34 PM MDT, 4 hours 50 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 16, 2:22 PM MDT, 5 hours 2 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 16, 3:24 PM MDT, 4 hours before

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Local storm report, Jun 16, 3:54 PM MDT, 3 hours 30 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 16, 6:43 PM MDT, 41 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 16, 6:49 PM MDT, 35 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
Jun 16, 6:26 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BYZ	Yellowstone	79 min
Jun 17, 12:52 AM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BYZ	Wheatland	48 min
Jun 17, 2:06 AM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BYZ	Golden Valley, Musselshell	54 min
Jun 17, 2:16 AM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BYZ	Golden Valley, Wheatland	44 min
Jun 17, 2:56 AM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BYZ	Golden Valley, Stillwater, Sweet Grass, Wheatland	25 min
Jun 17, 2:56 AM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BYZ	Musselshell, Rosebud, Treasure, Yellowstone	64 min
Jun 17, 3:03 AM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BYZ	Musselshell, Yellowstone	57 min
Jun 17, 3:26 AM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BYZ	Stillwater, Yellowstone	64 min
Jun 17, 3:47 AM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BYZ	Custer, Rosebud	58 min
Jun 17, 3:56 AM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BYZ	Rosebud, Treasure	64 min
Jun 17, 4:02 AM MDT	Tornado Warning	BYZ	Custer, Rosebud	28 min
Jun 17, 4:08 AM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BYZ	Big Horn, Treasure, Yellowstone	67 min
Jun 17, 4:40 AM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BYZ	Custer, Rosebud	65 min
Jun 17, 4:46 AM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BYZ	Custer	29 min
Jun 17, 6:00 AM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BYZ	Custer, Fallon	37 min

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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.