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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 85, NWS Billings, MT

June 25, 2007Carter County, Montana

NWS Billings, MT issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 25, 2007, 5:47 PM MDT for Carter County, Montana. It was in force for 44 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 25, 2007, 5:47 PM MDT (23:47 UTC)
Expired
Jun 25, 2007, 6:31 PM MDT
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Billings, MT
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Carter County, MT

The radar

The Rapid City radar (KUDX), 205 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:49 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
Jun 25, 4:48 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Glasgow Intl Airport, MT (KGGW), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 339 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 12:00Z on 2007-06-25Temperature 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 12:00Z on 2007-06-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -14 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
1254 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
66 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-14 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
100 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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 Jun 25, 4:57 PM MDT, 50 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 25, 4:57 PM MDT, 50 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 25, 4:35 PM MDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
435 PM MDT MON JUN 25 2007

MTZ032-033-036-037-262245-
CUSTER-FALLON-POWDER RIVER-CARTER-
435 PM MDT MON JUN 25 2007

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST
MONTANA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP TODAY AHEAD OF A
STRONG COLD FRONT. A FEW OF THESE STORMS MAY BE SEVERE THIS
THIS EVENING. LARGE HAIL AND STRONG WINDS WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREAT
FROM THESE THUNDERSTORMS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

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

MTZ028>031-034-035-038>042-056>058-063>068-WYZ098-099-262245-
SOUTHERN WHEATLAND-MUSSELSHELL-TREASURE-NORTHERN ROSEBUD-
NORTHERN STILLWATER-YELLOWSTONE-SOUTHERN BIG HORN-EASTERN CARBON-
NORTHERN PARK-NORTHERN SWEET GRASS-GOLDEN VALLEY-
RED LODGE FOOTHILLS-NORTHERN BIG HORN-SOUTHERN ROSEBUD-JUDITH GAP-
PARADISE VALLEY-LIVINGSTON AREA-BEARTOOTH FOOTHILLS-
ABSAROKA/BEARTOOTH MOUNTAINS-CRAZY MOUNTAINS-
NORTHEAST BIG HORN MOUNTAINS-SHERIDAN FOOTHILLS-
435 PM MDT MON JUN 25 2007

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

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

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 25, 5:02 PM MDT, 45 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 24, 6:47 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBYZGolden Valley, Wheatland58 min
Jun 24, 7:15 PM MDTTornado WarningBYZWheatland30 min
Jun 24, 7:43 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBYZGolden Valley24 min
Jun 24, 7:51 PM MDTTornado WarningBYZMusselshell24 min
Jun 24, 8:14 PM MDTTornado WarningBYZMusselshell31 min
Jun 24, 8:45 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBYZMusselshell, Rosebud, Treasure, Yellowstone60 min
Jun 24, 9:37 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBYZRosebud, Treasure53 min
Jun 24, 10:29 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBYZRosebud61 min
Jun 24, 11:28 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBYZCuster, Rosebud62 min
Jun 25, 4:27 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBYZPowder River63 min
Jun 25, 5:10 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBYZPowder River65 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.