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Blizzard Warning 1, NWS Billings, MT
NWS Billings, MT issued this blizzard warning at Feb 13, 2008, 3:57 PM MST for Golden Valley County, Wheatland County, Montana. It was in force for 4 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
- Feb 13, 2008, 3:57 PM MST (22:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 13, 2008, 7:57 PM MST
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Billings, MT
Counties Golden Valley County, MT, Wheatland County, MT
The radar
The Billings radar (KBLX), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:01 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 blizzard 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 blizzard warning went out at Feb 13, 3:21 PM MST, 36 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 13, 3:21 PM MST, 36 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 13, 4:02 AM MST, 11 hours 55 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT 402 AM MST WED FEB 13 2008 MTZ028>042-056>058-063>068-WYZ098-099-141115- SOUTHERN WHEATLAND-MUSSELSHELL-TREASURE-NORTHERN ROSEBUD-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-SOUTHERN ROSEBUD-JUDITH GAP-PARADISE VALLEY- LIVINGSTON AREA-BEARTOOTH FOOTHILLS-ABSAROKA/BEARTOOTH MOUNTAINS- CRAZY MOUNTAINS-NORTHEAST BIG HORN MOUNTAINS-SHERIDAN FOOTHILLS- 402 AM MST WED FEB 13 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MONTANA...SOUTH CENTRAL MONTANA...SOUTHEAST MONTANA AND NORTH CENTRAL WYOMING. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A FAST MOVING WEATHER SYSTEM WILL PUSH ACROSS THE AREA TODAY. IT WILL BRING STRONG WINDS AND A GOOD CHANCE OF SHOWERS. EXPECT STRONG WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 60 MPH TO DEVELOP BY LATE MORNING FROM JUDITH GAP SOUTH AND EAST TO THE RYEGATE...ROUNDUP...BIG TIMBER AND BILLINGS AREAS. THESE WINDS WILL SUBSIDE EARLY IN THE EVENING. A VARIETY OF PRECIPITATION IS ALSO EXPECTED. IN FAR EASTERN AREAS IN THE MILES CITY AND BAKER VICINITIES...AREAS OF FREEZING RAIN ARE EXPECTED EARLY IN THE MORNING. ELSEWHERE...SHOWERS WILL START AS RAIN AND QUICKLY TURN OVER TO SNOW BY EARLY AFTERNOON. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE HEAVY AT LOWER ELEVATIONS...GENERALLY AROUND AN INCH...WITH AREAS NEAR THE MOUNTAINS UP TO 2 INCHES. HEAVIEST AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS WHERE AROUND A FOOT OF SNOW IS EXPECTED IN THE MOUNTAINS AROUND COOKE CITY AND 4 TO 8 INCHES IN THE BIG HORN MOUNTAINS. TRAVELERS WILL WANT TO USE CAUTION ACROSS THE AREA TODAY WITH THE VARIETY OF EXPECTED PRECIPITATION AS WELL AS THE STRONG GUSTY WINDS. VISIBILITIES WILL LIKELY BE REDUCED AT TIMES TODAY WITH THE SNOW SHOWERS AND GUSTY WINDS. IN ADDITION...WITH PRECIPITATION CHANGING FROM RAIN TO SNOW AREA ROADS MAY BECOME SLICK MAKING FOR TREACHEROUS TRAVEL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY ANOTHER WINDY PERIOD IS EXPECTED IN THE UPPER YELLOWSTONE AND STILLWATER RIVER VALLEYS LATE THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY. AREAS LIKE NYE AND LIVINGSTON WILL LIKELY SEE SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 60 MPH DURING THIS TIME. PEOPLE PLANNING TRAVEL THROUGH THESE AREAS SHOULD PREPARE FOR DANGEROUS CROSS WINDS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Billings, MT issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 13, 3:58 AM MST | Blowing Snow Advisory | BYZ | Golden Valley, Wheatland | 12 hr |
| Feb 13, 4:47 AM MST | High Wind Warning | BYZ | 13 hr |
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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.