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Winter Storm Warning 4, NWS Billings, MT

February 19, 20117 counties in Montana

NWS Billings, MT issued this winter storm warning at Feb 19, 2011, 3:47 AM MST for 7 counties in Montana. It took effect at Feb 19, 2011, 3:00 PM MST. It was in force for 27 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: Feb 19, 2011, 3:47 AM MST (10:47 UTC)
In effect from: Feb 19, 2011, 3:00 PM MST
Expired: Feb 20, 2011, 6:00 PM MST
In force: 27 hr
Issued by: NWS Billings, MT

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

The radar

The Billings radar (KBLX), 206 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:49 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 winter storm 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 winter storm warning went out at Feb 18, 9:20 PM MST, 6 hours 27 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 18, 9:20 PM MST, 6 hours 27 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 18, 3:07 PM MST, 12 hours 40 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
Feb 19, 3:47 AM MST	Winter Weather Advisory	BYZ	Big Horn, Carbon, Custer, Golden Valley, Musselshell, Park and 5 more	38 hr

Nearby

Winter Storm Warnings in Montana, 2011 Winter Storm Warnings in Wyoming, 2011 Every winter storm warning 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.