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Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS Billings, MT

June 15, 2010Big Horn County, Montana

NWS Billings, MT issued this flash flood warning at Jun 15, 2010, 7:09 PM MDT for Big Horn County, Montana. It was in force for 2 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: Jun 15, 2010, 7:09 PM MDT (01:09 UTC)
Expired: Jun 15, 2010, 9:29 PM MDT
In force: 2 hr
Issued by: NWS Billings, MT
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

County Big Horn County, MT

The radar

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash flood 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 flash flood warning went out at Jun 15, 4:25 PM MDT, 2 hours 44 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 15, 4:25 PM MDT, 2 hours 44 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 15, 4:30 PM MDT, 2 hours 39 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 15, 6:07 PM MDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 15, 6:20 PM MDT, 49 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 15, 6:21 PM MDT, 48 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 15, 6:21 PM MDT, 48 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 15, 6:29 PM MDT, 40 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 15, 7:03 PM MDT, 6 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 15, 6:04 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BYZ	Big Horn, Rosebud	56 min
Jun 15, 6:07 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BYZ	Musselshell	53 min
Jun 15, 6:21 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BYZ	Big Horn	54 min
Jun 15, 6:29 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BYZ	Golden Valley	46 min
Jun 15, 7:00 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BYZ	Big Horn, Rosebud	45 min
Jun 15, 7:03 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BYZ		42 min
Jun 15, 7:20 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BYZ	Stillwater	55 min
Jun 15, 8:34 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BYZ	Rosebud	56 min
Jun 15, 9:21 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BYZ	Powder River	54 min
Jun 15, 10:09 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BYZ	Powder River	66 min
Jun 16, 3:18 AM MDT	Flash Flood Watch	BYZ	Big Horn, Carter, Custer, Fallon, Musselshell, Powder River and 3 more	32 hr
Jun 16, 3:52 AM MDT	High Wind Watch	BYZ	Carter, Custer, Fallon, Powder River, Rosebud, Treasure	11 hr
Jun 16, 1:59 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BYZ	Park	61 min
Jun 16, 2:20 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BYZ	Stillwater	55 min
Jun 16, 2:36 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BYZ	Stillwater	39 min
Jun 16, 2:57 PM MDT	High Wind Warning	BYZ	Carter, Custer, Fallon, Powder River, Rosebud, Treasure	43 hr
Jun 16, 2:57 PM MDT	Wind Advisory	BYZ	Park, Stillwater, Sweet Grass	31 hr
Jun 16, 3:15 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BYZ	Stillwater	30 min
Jun 16, 3:46 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BYZ	Stillwater	29 min
Jun 16, 4:01 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BYZ	Carbon	44 min
Jun 16, 4:02 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BYZ	Carbon	28 min
Jun 16, 4:20 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BYZ	Yellowstone	55 min
Jun 16, 4:21 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BYZ		24 min
Jun 16, 4:27 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BYZ	Big Horn, Carbon	63 min
Jun 16, 4:28 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BYZ	Golden Valley, Wheatland	32 min
Jun 16, 4:38 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BYZ	Powder River	22 min
Jun 16, 4:41 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BYZ	Yellowstone	49 min
Jun 16, 4:48 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	BYZ	Big Horn, Carbon	27 min
Jun 16, 5:07 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BYZ	Powder River	53 min
Jun 16, 5:14 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BYZ	Big Horn, Yellowstone	46 min
Jun 16, 5:15 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	BYZ	Big Horn	16 min
Jun 16, 5:19 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BYZ	Powder River	30 min
Jun 16, 5:55 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BYZ	Custer	50 min
Jun 16, 3:54 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BYZ	Sheridan	66 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Montana, 2010 Every flash flood warning in 2010

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.