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Blizzard Warning 1, NWS Billings, MT

December 10, 2013Park County, Stillwater County, Sweet Grass County, Montana

NWS Billings, MT issued this blizzard warning at Dec 10, 2013, 2:03 AM MST for Park County, Stillwater County, Sweet Grass County, Montana. It was in force for 13 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: Dec 10, 2013, 2:03 AM MST (09:03 UTC)
Expired: Dec 10, 2013, 2:51 PM MST
In force: 13 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 09:06 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 blizzard 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 blizzard warning went out at Dec 9, 9:34 PM MST, 4 hours 29 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 9, 9:34 PM MST, 4 hours 29 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 9, 9:22 PM MST, 4 hours 41 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
Dec 10, 2:51 PM MST	Wind Advisory	BYZ	Park, Stillwater, Sweet Grass	60 hr

Nearby

Blizzard Warnings in Montana, 2013 Every blizzard warning in 2013

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.