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High Wind Watch 16, NWS Billings, MT

December 30, 20118 counties in Montana

NWS Billings, MT issued this high wind watch at Dec 30, 2011, 3:21 AM MST for 8 counties in Montana. It took effect at Dec 31, 2011, 6:00 AM MST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 30, 2011, 3:21 AM MST (10:21 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 31, 2011, 6:00 AM MST
Expired: Dec 31, 2011, 2:48 AM MST
In force
Issued by: NWS Billings, MT

Counties Big Horn County, MT, Carter County, MT, Custer County, MT, Fallon County, MT, Musselshell County, MT, Powder River County, MT, Rosebud County, MT, Treasure County, MT

The radar

The Billings radar (KBLX), 182 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this high wind watch 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 high wind watch went out at Dec 29, 9:22 PM MST, 5 hours 59 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 29, 9:22 PM MST, 5 hours 59 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 29, 9:19 PM MST, 6 hours 2 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
Dec 30, 3:36 AM MST	Winter Storm Warning	BYZ	Carbon, Park, Stillwater, Sweet Grass	30 hr

Nearby

High Wind Watches in Montana, 2011 Every high wind watch in 2011

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.