Alert archive / Montana / High Wind Warnings in 2012
High Wind Warning 13, NWS Billings, MT
NWS Billings, MT issued this high wind warning at Jun 26, 2012, 1:39 PM MDT for Park County, Stillwater County, Sweet Grass County, Montana. It was in force for 8 hr. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 26, 2012, 1:39 PM MDT (19:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 26, 2012, 9:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Billings, MT
Counties Park County, MT, Stillwater County, MT, Sweet Grass County, MT
The radar
The Billings radar (KBLX), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 6:30 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 64 | 4 Sw Nye, MT |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Great_falls, MT (KTFX), launched 12:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 206 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1099 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -173 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 763 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 53 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 223 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 481 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 20.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
735 WWUS75 KBYZ 261939 NPWBYZ URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT 139 PM MDT TUE JUN 26 2012 .AN UPPER JET WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION THE REST OF THE DAY AND HELP PRODUCE VERY HIGH WINDS IN SOUTH CENTRAL MONTANA. THESE WINDS WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS AS WELL AS DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. MTZ064>066-270600- /O.NEW.KBYZ.HW.W.0013.120626T1939Z-120627T0600Z/ PARADISE VALLEY-LIVINGSTON AREA-BEARTOOTH FOOTHILLS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EMIGRANT...LIVINGSTON...FISHTAIL... MCLEOD 139 PM MDT TUE JUN 26 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BILLINGS HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT. * TIMING...GUSTS TO 70 MPH HAVE ALREADY BEEN REPORTED IN THE LIVINGSTON AREA WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 60 MPH NEAR PINE CREEK AND NYE. VERY HIGH WINDS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH EARLY EVENING. * IMPACTS...VERY STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS FROM LIVINGSTON SOUTHWARD INTO THE BEARTOOTH FOOTHILLS NEAR NYE. IN ADDITION...DRIVERS OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION AND BE ALERT FOR DANGEROUS CROSS WINDS...INCLUDING MOTORISTS ON I-90 NEAR LIVINGSTON. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST WINDS 40 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 70 MPH ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE FOUND FROM THE NORTHERN END OF THE PARADISE VALLEY...THROUGH LIVINGSTON AND DOWN INTO THE BEARTOOTH FOOTHILLS NEAR NYE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WINDS OF THESE MAGNITUDES CAN CAUSE PROPERTY DAMAGE WITHOUT EXTRA PRECAUTIONS. MOTORISTS IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD USE CAUTION UNTIL THE WINDS SUBSIDE. && $$ HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/BILLINGS
1 follow-up statement
231 WWUS75 KBYZ 270330 NPWBYZ URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT 930 PM MDT TUE JUN 26 2012 MTZ064>066-270430- /O.CAN.KBYZ.HW.W.0013.000000T0000Z-120627T0600Z/ PARADISE VALLEY-LIVINGSTON AREA-BEARTOOTH FOOTHILLS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EMIGRANT...LIVINGSTON...FISHTAIL... MCLEOD 930 PM MDT TUE JUN 26 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BILLINGS HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH WIND WARNING. WINDS ACROSS THE AREA HAVE DIMINISHED BELOW HIGH WIND CRITERIA. HOWEVER...EXPECT SOUTHWEST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH THIS EVENING DECREASING TO 15 TO 25 MPH LATE TONIGHT. $$ HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/BILLINGS HOOLEY
The office that day
Everything else NWS Billings, MT issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 25, 6:07 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BYZ | Custer | 23 min |
| Jun 26, 3:30 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | Fallon | 45 min |
Nearby
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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.