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High Wind Warning 6, NWS Billings, MT

February 13, 2008

NWS Billings, MT issued this high wind warning at Feb 13, 2008, 4:47 AM MST. It took effect at Feb 13, 2008, 8:00 AM MST. It was in force for 10 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, 4:47 AM MST (11:47 UTC)
In effect from: Feb 13, 2008, 8:00 AM MST
Expired: Feb 13, 2008, 5:59 PM MST
In force: 10 hr
Issued by: NWS Billings, MT

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this high wind 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 high wind warning went out at Feb 13, 3:23 AM MST, 1 hour 24 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 13, 3:23 AM MST, 1 hour 24 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 13, 4:02 AM MST, 45 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, 3:57 PM MST	Blizzard Warning	BYZ	Golden Valley, Wheatland	4 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.