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High Wind Watch 4, NWS Billings, MT

January 26, 2011Golden Valley County, Wheatland County, Montana

NWS Billings, MT issued this high wind watch at Jan 26, 2011, 3:00 PM MST for Golden Valley County, Wheatland County, Montana. It took effect at Jan 27, 2011, 11:00 AM MST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 26, 2011, 3:00 PM MST (22:00 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 27, 2011, 11:00 AM MST
Expired: Jan 27, 2011, 3:59 AM MST
In force
Issued by: NWS Billings, MT

Counties Golden Valley County, MT, Wheatland County, MT

The radar

The Billings radar (KBLX), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:00 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 Jan 26, 2:53 PM MST, 7 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 26, 2:53 PM MST, 7 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 26, 9:29 AM MST, 5 hours 31 minutes before

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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.