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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 112, NWS Billings, MT
NWS Billings, MT issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 16, 2011, 5:25 PM MDT for Golden Valley County, Musselshell County, Montana. It was in force for 35 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
- Jul 16, 2011, 5:25 PM MDT (23:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 16, 2011, 6:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Billings, MT
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
The radar
The Billings radar (KBLX), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:24 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 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 Jul 16, 3:14 PM MDT, 2 hours 11 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 16, 3:14 PM MDT, 2 hours 11 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 16, 4:40 PM MDT, 45 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT 440 PM MDT SAT JUL 16 2011 MTZ028>042-056>058-063>068-WYZ098-099-172245- SOUTHERN WHEATLAND-MUSSELSHELL-TREASURE-NORTHERN ROSEBUD-CUSTER- FALLON-NORTHERN STILLWATER-YELLOWSTONE-POWDER RIVER-CARTER- SOUTHERN BIG HORN-EASTERN CARBON-NORTHERN PARK- NORTHERN SWEET GRASS-GOLDEN VALLEY-RED LODGE FOOTHILLS- NORTHERN BIG HORN-SOUTHERN ROSEBUD-JUDITH GAP-PARADISE VALLEY- LIVINGSTON AREA-BEARTOOTH FOOTHILLS-ABSAROKA/BEARTOOTH MOUNTAINS- CRAZY MOUNTAINS-NORTHEAST BIG HORN MOUNTAINS-SHERIDAN FOOTHILLS- 440 PM MDT SAT JUL 16 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MONTANA...SOUTH CENTRAL MONTANA...SOUTHEAST MONTANA AND NORTH CENTRAL WYOMING. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER TONIGHT IS LOW. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY THE HOTTEST TEMPERATURES YET THIS SUMMER CAN BE EXPECTED SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. HIGHS IN MANY LOCATIONS WILL BE IN THE MID TO UPPER 90S...AND SOME AREAS MAY REACH 100 DEGREES. PROLONGED EXPOSURE TO SUCH HOT TEMPERATURES CAN LEAD TO HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT STROKE...SO PLEASE TAKE THE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS IF YOU ARE PLANNING ON PARTICIPATING IN OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. JKL
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 16, 5:14 PM MDT, 11 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Billings, MT issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Jul 15, 6:44 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BYZ | Musselshell, Rosebud | 61 min |
| Jul 15, 9:22 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | Treasure | 38 min |
| Jul 15, 10:00 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | Musselshell | 45 min |
| Jul 15, 10:26 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | Treasure | 64 min |
| Jul 15, 10:38 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BYZ | Musselshell, Rosebud, Treasure, Yellowstone | 52 min |
| Jul 15, 10:43 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | Yellowstone | 62 min |
| Jul 15, 10:43 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BYZ | Rosebud | 41 min |
| Jul 15, 11:14 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BYZ | Yellowstone | 17 min |
| Jul 15, 11:27 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | Treasure | 63 min |
| Jul 16, 5:14 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | Golden Valley | 46 min |
| Jul 16, 5:59 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | Musselshell | 46 min |
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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.