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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 85, NWS Billings, MT

June 25, 2008Big Horn County, Montana

NWS Billings, MT issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 25, 2008, 9:22 PM MDT for Big Horn County, Montana. It was in force for 53 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, 2008, 9:22 PM MDT (03:22 UTC)
Expired: Jun 25, 2008, 10:15 PM MDT
In force: 53 min
Issued by: NWS Billings, MT
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Big Horn County, MT

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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, 8:57 PM MDT, 25 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 25, 8:57 PM MDT, 25 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 25, 1:36 PM MDT, 7 hours 46 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
136 PM MDT WED JUN 25 2008

MTZ028>042-056>058-063>068-WYZ098-099-261945-
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-
136 PM MDT WED JUN 25 2008

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER THE AREA
THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...SOME MAY BECOME SEVERE
OVER SOUTHEAST MONTANA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

FLOOD WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR THE YELLOWSTONE RIVER NEAR
LIVINGSTON AND ALSO FOR THE CLARKS FORK OF THE YELLOWSTONE RIVER
NEAR BELFRY.

REFER TO THE LATEST GTFFLSBYZ BULLETINS FOR THE LATEST
INFORMATION.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

A WEATHER DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION ON
THURSDAY...BRINGING A THREAT OF STRONG AFTERNOON AND EVENING
THUNDERSTORMS TO THE AREA.

FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE YELLOWSTONE RIVER NEAR
LIVINGSTON AND ALSO FOR THE CLARKS FORK OF THE YELLOWSTONE RIVER
NEAR BELFRY.

IN ADDITION...AREA RIVERS AND STREAMS WILL REMAIN HIGH FOR THE
REMAINDER OF THE WEEK AS WARMER TEMPERATURES CONTINUE TO MELT
MOUNTAIN SNOW PACK. OTHER RIVERS AND STREAMS NEAR AREA MOUNTAINS
DO NOT APPEAR PRONE TO FLOODING AT THIS POINT...HOWEVER PERSONS
WITH INTERESTS ALONG RIVERS AND STREAMS FED BY MOUNTAIN SNOW PACK
ARE ENCOURAGED TO REMAIN AWARE OF RIVER LEVELS.

VIEW THE LATEST IN RIVER STAGES AND FORECASTS ON THE INTERNET AT
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/AHPS.

.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, 6:51 PM MDT, 2 hours 31 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 25, 7:27 PM MDT, 1 hour 55 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 25, 7:48 PM MDT, 1 hour 34 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 25, 9:08 PM MDT, 14 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 25, 9:11 PM MDT, 11 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 25, 9:14 PM MDT, 8 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 25, 6:05 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BYZ	Stillwater, Sweet Grass	40 min
Jun 25, 6:33 PM MDT	River Flood Warning	BYZ	Carbon	8 days
Jun 25, 7:06 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BYZ	Carbon, Stillwater	54 min
Jun 25, 7:12 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BYZ	Powder River, Rosebud	48 min
Jun 25, 7:49 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BYZ	Custer, Powder River, Rosebud	41 min
Jun 25, 7:53 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BYZ	Carbon	37 min
Jun 25, 8:06 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BYZ	Carbon, Golden Valley, Stillwater, Sweet Grass, Yellowstone	47 min
Jun 25, 8:26 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BYZ	Big Horn, Carbon	64 min
Jun 25, 8:27 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BYZ	Custer, Powder River	36 min
Jun 25, 8:47 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BYZ	Golden Valley, Musselshell, Stillwater, Yellowstone	37 min
Jun 25, 9:51 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BYZ	Big Horn	46 min
Jun 25, 10:06 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BYZ	Big Horn	54 min
Jun 25, 10:25 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BYZ	Big Horn, Rosebud	65 min
Jun 25, 10:57 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BYZ	Big Horn	63 min
Jun 25, 11:09 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BYZ	Powder River	66 min
Jun 26, 12:11 AM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BYZ	Big Horn	59 min
Jun 25, 6:30 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BYZ	Sheridan	60 min

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Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Montana, 2008 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2008

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.