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High Wind Watch 1, NWS Billings, MT

January 23, 201210 counties in Montana

NWS Billings, MT issued this high wind watch at Jan 23, 2012, 4:01 AM MST for 10 counties in Montana. It took effect at Jan 24, 2012, 9:00 PM MST. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 23, 2012, 4:01 AM MST (11:01 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 24, 2012, 9:00 PM MST
Expired: Jan 25, 2012, 3:50 AM MST
In force: 7 hr
Issued by: NWS Billings, MT

Counties Custer County, MT, Fallon County, MT, Golden Valley County, MT, Musselshell County, MT, Park County, MT, Rosebud County, MT, Stillwater County, MT, Sweet Grass County, MT, Treasure County, MT, Wheatland County, MT

The radar

The Billings radar (KBLX), 48 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:05 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 23, 3:27 AM MST, 34 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 23, 3:27 AM MST, 34 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 23, 3:47 AM MST, 14 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
Jan 22, 7:44 PM MST	Wind Advisory	BYZ	Park, Stillwater, Sweet Grass	8 hr

Nearby

High Wind Watches in Montana, 2012 Every high wind watch in 2012

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.