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High Wind Warning 5, NWS Billings, MT

January 26, 20095 counties in Montana

NWS Billings, MT issued this high wind warning at Jan 26, 2009, 3:28 PM MST for 5 counties in Montana. It took effect at Jan 27, 2009, 5:00 AM MST. It was in force for 28 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: Jan 26, 2009, 3:28 PM MST (22:28 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 27, 2009, 5:00 AM MST
Expired: Jan 28, 2009, 8:41 AM MST
In force: 28 hr
Issued by: NWS Billings, MT

Counties Golden Valley County, MT, Park County, MT, Stillwater County, MT, Sweet Grass County, MT, Wheatland County, MT

The radar

The Billings radar (KBLX), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:32 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 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 Jan 26, 3:07 PM MST, 21 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 26, 3:07 PM MST, 21 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 26, 3:06 PM MST, 22 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
Jan 26, 3:46 AM MST	High Wind Watch	BYZ	Golden Valley, Park, Stillwater, Sweet Grass, Wheatland	12 hr

Nearby

High Wind Warnings in Montana, 2009 Every high wind warning in 2009

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.