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Red Flag Warning 2, NWS Billings, MT

September 6, 200915 counties in Montana; 4 counties in Wyoming

NWS Billings, MT issued this red flag warning at Sep 6, 2009, 4:46 AM MDT for 15 counties in Montana; 4 counties in Wyoming. It took effect at Sep 6, 2009, 12:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 9 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: Sep 6, 2009, 4:46 AM MDT (10:46 UTC)
In effect from: Sep 6, 2009, 12:00 PM MDT
Expired: Sep 6, 2009, 9:12 PM MDT
In force: 9 hr
Issued by: NWS Billings, MT

Counties Big Horn County, MT, Carbon County, MT, Carter County, MT, Custer County, MT, Fallon County, MT, Golden Valley County, MT, Musselshell County, MT, Park County, MT, Powder River County, MT, Rosebud County, MT, Stillwater County, MT, Sweet Grass County, MT, Treasure County, MT, Wheatland County, MT, Yellowstone County, MT, Big Horn County, WY, Johnson County, WY, Sheridan County, WY, Washakie County, WY

The radar

The Billings radar (KBLX), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:51 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 red flag 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 red flag warning went out at Sep 6, 3:12 AM MDT, 1 hour 34 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 6, 3:12 AM MDT, 1 hour 34 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 6, 4:20 AM MDT, 26 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
Sep 5, 7:03 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BYZ	Sweet Grass	57 min
Sep 6, 3:20 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BYZ	Powder River	55 min
Sep 6, 4:44 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BYZ	Carter	61 min
Sep 6, 5:08 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BYZ	Carbon	22 min
Sep 6, 5:51 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BYZ		54 min

Nearby

Red Flag Warnings in Montana, 2009 Red Flag Warnings in Wyoming, 2009 Every red flag 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.