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Special Weather Statement, NWS Billings, MT

July 13, 2009Treasure County, Montana

NWS Billings, MT issued this special weather statement at Jul 13, 2009, 12:07 AM MDT for Treasure 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 outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jul 13, 2009, 12:07 AM MDT (06:07 UTC)
Expired: Jul 13, 2009, 1:00 AM MDT
In force: 53 min
Issued by: NWS Billings, MT

County Treasure County, MT

The radar

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The text

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Jul 12, 9:06 PM MDT, 3 hours 1 minute earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 12, 9:06 PM MDT, 3 hours 1 minute before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 12, 9:00 PM MDT, 3 hours 7 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 12, 9:07 PM MDT, 3 hours before

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Local storm report, Jul 12, 9:12 PM MDT, 2 hours 55 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 12, 9:58 PM MDT, 2 hours 9 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 12, 10:28 PM MDT, 1 hour 39 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 12, 10:58 PM MDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 13, 12:07 AM MDT, 0 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
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, 7:07 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BYZ	Big Horn	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, 12:27 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

Nearby

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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.