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Flash Flood Warning 41, NWS Billings, MT
NWS Billings, MT issued this flash flood warning at Sep 7, 2013, 8:00 PM MDT for Musselshell County, Montana. It was in force for 6 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
- Sep 7, 2013, 8:00 PM MDT (02:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 8, 2013, 1:45 AM MDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Billings, MT
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Musselshell County, MT
The radar
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What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flash flood 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 flash flood warning went out at Sep 7, 4:37 PM MDT, 3 hours 23 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 7, 4:37 PM MDT, 3 hours 23 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT 220 PM MDT SAT SEP 7 2013 MTZ028>042-056>058-063>068-WYZ098-099-082030- 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- 220 PM MDT SAT SEP 7 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MONTANA...SOUTH CENTRAL MONTANA...SOUTHEAST MONTANA AND NORTH CENTRAL WYOMING. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THE EVENING...WITH THE HIGHEST RISK ALONG AND EAST OF A LINE FROM BILLINGS TO SHERIDAN...INCLUDING ALL OF SOUTHEASTERN MONTANA. THE STORMS MAY PRODUCE LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE IN SOUTHEAST MONTANA. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT OVER PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND ALL OF SOUTHEAST MONTANA...AND FOR SHERIDAN COUNTY IN WYOMING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE AGAIN SUNDAY ACROSS SOUTHEAST MONTANA. HEAVY RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE WITH STORMS OVER THE ENTIRE AREA ON SUNDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED THROUGH THIS EVENING. CJS
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Local storm report, Sep 7, 6:51 PM MDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Billings, MT issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Sep 7, 6:16 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BYZ | Carter, Fallon | 29 min |
| Sep 7, 6:35 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | Sweet Grass | 40 min |
| Sep 7, 6:56 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | Carter | 64 min |
| Sep 7, 7:03 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | Golden Valley | 42 min |
| Sep 7, 7:14 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | Stillwater, Sweet Grass | 46 min |
| Sep 7, 7:16 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BYZ | Carter | 59 min |
| Sep 7, 7:45 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | Musselshell | 45 min |
| Sep 7, 7:58 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | Stillwater | 62 min |
| Sep 7, 8:15 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | Carter | 30 min |
| Sep 7, 8:41 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | Wheatland | 64 min |
| Sep 7, 8:46 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BYZ | Yellowstone | 44 min |
| Sep 7, 9:09 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | BYZ | Yellowstone | 3 hr |
| Sep 7, 9:15 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | Carter | 45 min |
| Sep 7, 9:27 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BYZ | Big Horn, Yellowstone | 48 min |
| Sep 7, 10:10 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | Carter | 65 min |
| Sep 7, 10:13 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BYZ | Big Horn, Yellowstone | 32 min |
| Sep 7, 10:47 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | Treasure | 58 min |
| Sep 7, 11:08 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BYZ | Big Horn, Rosebud | 52 min |
| Sep 7, 11:20 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | Carter | 40 min |
| Sep 8, 12:01 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | 44 min | |
| Sep 8, 12:51 AM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | BYZ | Powder River, Rosebud | 3 hr |
| Sep 8, 2:35 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | Sweet Grass | 40 min |
| Sep 8, 4:16 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | Wheatland | 44 min |
| Sep 8, 4:21 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | Sweet Grass | 54 min |
| Sep 8, 4:59 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | Golden Valley | 46 min |
| Sep 8, 5:14 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | Carbon | 46 min |
| Sep 8, 5:56 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | Golden Valley | 49 min |
| Sep 7, 8:58 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | Sheridan | 47 min |
| Sep 7, 10:13 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | Sheridan | 62 min |
| Sep 7, 10:49 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BYZ | Sheridan | 56 min |
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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.