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Red Flag Warning 2, NWS Billings, MT

August 22, 201015 counties in Montana; Sheridan County, Wyoming

NWS Billings, MT issued this red flag warning at Aug 22, 2010, 3:52 AM MDT for 15 counties in Montana; Sheridan County, Wyoming. It took effect at Aug 22, 2010, 10:00 AM MDT. It was in force for 8 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
Aug 22, 2010, 3:52 AM MDT (09:52 UTC)
In effect from
Aug 22, 2010, 10:00 AM MDT
Expired
Aug 22, 2010, 6:17 PM MDT
In force
8 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, Sheridan County, WY

The radar

The Billings radar (KBLX), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

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 Aug 22, 3:11 AM MDT, 41 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 22, 3:11 AM MDT, 41 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Billings, MT issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 21, 7:02 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBYZCuster, Rosebud58 min
Aug 21, 8:23 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBYZStillwater22 min
Aug 22, 2:40 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBYZBig Horn20 min
Aug 22, 3:06 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBYZBig Horn, Carbon54 min
Aug 22, 3:53 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBYZRosebud52 min

Nearby

Red Flag Warnings in Montana, 2010Red Flag Warnings in Wyoming, 2010Every red flag 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.