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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Billings, MT

June 16, 2010Yellowstone County, Montana

NWS Billings, MT issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 16, 2010, 4:41 PM MDT for Yellowstone County, Montana. It was in force for 49 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
Jun 16, 2010, 4:41 PM MDT (22:41 UTC)
Expired
Jun 16, 2010, 5:30 PM MDT
In force
49 min
Issued by
NWS Billings, MT
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Yellowstone County, MT

The radar

The Billings radar (KBLX), 27 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 16, 3:30 PM MDTTornado WatchSPC8 hr

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 Jun 16, 3:44 PM MDT, 57 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 16, 3:44 PM MDT, 57 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 16, 3:08 PM MDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before
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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 16, 3:50 PM MDT, 51 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 16, 3:54 PM MDT, 47 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 16, 4:01 PM MDT, 40 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 16, 4:20 PM MDT, 21 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 16, 4:21 PM MDT, 20 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 16, 4:38 PM MDT, 3 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 15, 6:04 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBYZBig Horn, Rosebud56 min
Jun 15, 6:07 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBYZMusselshell53 min
Jun 15, 6:21 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBYZBig Horn54 min
Jun 15, 6:29 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBYZGolden Valley46 min
Jun 15, 7:00 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBYZBig Horn, Rosebud45 min
Jun 15, 7:03 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBYZ42 min
Jun 15, 7:09 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningBYZBig Horn2 hr
Jun 15, 7:20 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBYZStillwater55 min
Jun 15, 8:34 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBYZRosebud56 min
Jun 15, 9:21 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBYZPowder River54 min
Jun 15, 10:09 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBYZPowder River66 min
Jun 16, 3:18 AM MDTFlash Flood WatchBYZBig Horn, Carter, Custer, Fallon, Musselshell, Powder River and 3 more32 hr
Jun 16, 3:52 AM MDTHigh Wind WatchBYZCarter, Custer, Fallon, Powder River, Rosebud, Treasure11 hr
Jun 16, 1:59 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBYZPark61 min
Jun 16, 2:20 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBYZStillwater55 min
Jun 16, 2:36 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBYZStillwater39 min
Jun 16, 2:57 PM MDTHigh Wind WarningBYZCarter, Custer, Fallon, Powder River, Rosebud, Treasure43 hr
Jun 16, 2:57 PM MDTWind AdvisoryBYZPark, Stillwater, Sweet Grass31 hr
Jun 16, 3:15 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBYZStillwater30 min
Jun 16, 3:46 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBYZStillwater29 min
Jun 16, 4:01 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBYZCarbon44 min
Jun 16, 4:02 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBYZCarbon28 min
Jun 16, 4:20 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBYZYellowstone55 min
Jun 16, 4:21 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBYZ24 min
Jun 16, 4:27 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBYZBig Horn, Carbon63 min
Jun 16, 4:28 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBYZGolden Valley, Wheatland32 min
Jun 16, 4:38 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBYZPowder River22 min
Jun 16, 4:48 PM MDTTornado WarningBYZBig Horn, Carbon27 min
Jun 16, 5:07 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBYZPowder River53 min
Jun 16, 5:14 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBYZBig Horn, Yellowstone46 min
Jun 16, 5:15 PM MDTTornado WarningBYZBig Horn16 min
Jun 16, 5:19 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBYZPowder River30 min
Jun 16, 5:55 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBYZCuster50 min
Jun 16, 3:54 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBYZSheridan66 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Montana, 2010Every severe thunderstorm 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.