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Special Weather Statement, NWS Billings, MT
NWS Billings, MT issued this special weather statement at Jun 2, 2012, 2:21 PM MDT for Park County, Montana. It was in force for 54 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 2, 2012, 2:21 PM MDT (20:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 2, 2012, 3:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- NWS Billings, MT
County Park County, MT
The radar
The Billings radar (KBLX), 159 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Great_falls, MT (KTFX), launched 12:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 195 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1977 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 28 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 66 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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</html>What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Jun 2, 1:25 PM MDT, 56 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 2, 1:25 PM MDT, 56 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 2, 1:39 PM MDT, 42 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT 139 PM MDT SAT JUN 2 2012 MTZ028>042-056>058-063>068-WYZ098-099-031945- 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- 139 PM MDT SAT JUN 2 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MONTANA...SOUTH CENTRAL MONTANA...SOUTHEAST MONTANA AND NORTH CENTRAL WYOMING. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST MONTANA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAIN CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. PLEASE KEEP A WATCHFUL EYE TO THE SKY AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY THERE IS POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA. DESPITE THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER...THERE IS CONSIDERABLE UNCERTAINTY ON TIMING AND PLACEMENT OF THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY. PLEASE MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 2, 1:52 PM MDT, 29 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT 152 PM MDT SAT JUN 2 2012 MTZ038-WYZ098-099-022115- NORTHEAST BIG HORN MOUNTAINS WY-SHERIDAN FOOTHILLS WY-SOUTHERN BIG HORN MT- 152 PM MDT SAT JUN 2 2012 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL SHERIDAN AND SOUTHEASTERN BIG HORN COUNTIES UNTIL 315 PM MDT... AT 145 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS CROSSING OVER THE BIG HORN MOUNTAINS IN SHERIDAN COUNTY...MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. PEOPLE IN SHERIDAN AND SURROUNDING AREAS...INCLUDING MOTORISTS ON INTERSTATE 90...SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND SUDDEN WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH THROUGH AT LEAST 315 PM. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING. IF IN A VEHICLE...SLOW DOWN OR CAREFULLY PULL TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WITH HAZARD LIGHT ON UNTIL BAD WEATHER PASSES. LAT...LON 4516 10755 4518 10645 4458 10624 4456 10727 TIME...MOT...LOC 1947Z 244DEG 22KT 4480 10740
Special weather statement, Jun 2, 2:21 PM MDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
221 PM MDT SAT JUN 2 2012
MTZ040-041-064>068-022115-
ABSAROKA/BEARTOOTH MOUNTAINS MT-BEARTOOTH FOOTHILLS MT-CRAZY
MOUNTAINS MT-LIVINGSTON AREA MT-NORTHERN PARK MT-NORTHERN SWEET GRASS
MT-PARADISE VALLEY MT-
221 PM MDT SAT JUN 2 2012
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN WHEATLAND...
PARK...EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN STILLWATER AND WESTERN SWEET GRASS
COUNTIES UNTIL 315 PM MDT...
AT 218 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 25 MILES NORTHWEST
OF CLYDE PARK TO 6 MILES EAST OF BOZEMAN TO 21 MILES WEST OF
GARDINER...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS...ALONG WITH
HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.
THESE STORMS WILL BE NEAR...
MINER AROUND 230 PM MDT.
EMIGRANT AROUND 245 PM MDT.
CHICO...CLYDE PARK...CORWIN SPRINGS...LIVINGSTON AND PRAY AROUND 250
PM MDT.
SPRINGDALE AROUND 315 PM MDT.
THESE STORMS MAY INTENSIFY...AND A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN
EFFECT FOR THIS AREA. BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND TV
STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
LAT...LON 4536 11101 4536 11093 4552 11094 4554 11086
4560 11085 4561 11081 4606 11081 4620 11077
4620 11030 4625 11028 4625 11020 4622 11014
4622 11002 4506 11003 4506 11095 4510 11101
TIME...MOT...LOC 2021Z 270DEG 28KT 4612 11096 4565 11088
4511 11110The office that day
Everything else NWS Billings, MT issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2, 2:59 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | 61 min | |
| Jun 2, 3:05 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | Park, Sweet Grass | 55 min |
| Jun 2, 3:36 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | Sweet Grass | 24 min |
| Jun 2, 3:58 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | Stillwater | 32 min |
| Jun 2, 4:28 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | Yellowstone | 62 min |
| Jun 2, 4:38 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BYZ | Yellowstone | 52 min |
| Jun 2, 5:23 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | Carter | 52 min |
| Jun 2, 1:52 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | Sheridan | 83 min |
Nearby
Special Weather Statements in Montana, 2012Every special weather statement 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.