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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS Billings, MT
NWS Billings, MT issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 12, 2009, 7:07 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
- Jul 12, 2009, 7:07 PM MDT (01:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 12, 2009, 8:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 53 min
- Issued by
- NWS Billings, MT
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Big Horn County, MT
The radar
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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 Jul 12, 3:11 PM MDT, 3 hours 56 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 12, 3:11 PM MDT, 3 hours 56 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Billings, MT issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Jul 12, 6:22 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | Yellowstone | 53 min |
| Jul 12, 6:31 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BYZ | Big Horn | 59 min |
| Jul 12, 7:07 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | Yellowstone | 53 min |
| Jul 12, 7:13 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | Park | 62 min |
| Jul 12, 7:44 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | Stillwater | 61 min |
| Jul 12, 7:58 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BYZ | Big Horn | 62 min |
| Jul 12, 8:01 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | Yellowstone | 59 min |
| Jul 12, 9:01 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | Rosebud | 59 min |
| Jul 12, 9:07 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | Yellowstone | 53 min |
| Jul 12, 9:18 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BYZ | Big Horn, Rosebud | 28 min |
| Jul 12, 9:58 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | Treasure | 62 min |
| Jul 12, 10:28 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | Custer | 62 min |
| Jul 12, 10:58 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | Treasure | 47 min |
| Jul 13, 12:07 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | Treasure | 53 min |
| Jul 13, 12:27 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | Fallon | 63 min |
| Jul 13, 1:12 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | Rosebud | 63 min |
| Jul 13, 1:28 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | Golden Valley, Stillwater, Yellowstone | 62 min |
| Jul 13, 1:41 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | Custer | 64 min |
| Jul 13, 10:47 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | Carter | 58 min |
| Jul 13, 1:50 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | Carbon | 55 min |
| Jul 13, 2:19 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | Big Horn | 56 min |
| Jul 13, 2:29 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BYZ | Big Horn | 44 min |
| Jul 13, 2:54 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | Yellowstone | 51 min |
| Jul 13, 3:17 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | Wheatland | 58 min |
| Jul 13, 4:01 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BYZ | Big Horn, Powder River | 44 min |
| Jul 13, 4:24 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | Yellowstone | 51 min |
| Jul 13, 4:36 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | Wheatland | 54 min |
| Jul 13, 4:53 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BYZ | Musselshell | 37 min |
| Jul 13, 5:01 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | Rosebud | 59 min |
| Jul 13, 5:08 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | Carter, Powder River | 82 min |
| Jul 13, 5:09 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | Golden Valley | 66 min |
| Jul 13, 5:21 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | Yellowstone | 54 min |
| Jul 13, 5:51 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | Musselshell | 54 min |
| Jul 13, 5:55 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | Treasure | 65 min |
| Jul 13, 2:37 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BYZ | Sheridan | 53 min |
| Jul 13, 3:18 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | Sheridan | 42 min |
| Jul 13, 3:28 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BYZ | Sheridan | 49 min |
| Jul 13, 5:11 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | Sheridan | 64 min |
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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.