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Flash Flood Warning 41, NWS Billings, MT

September 7, 2013Musselshell County, Montana

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, Sep 7, 2:20 PM MDT, 5 hours 40 minutes before
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

In the hours before

Local storm report, Sep 7, 6:51 PM MDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Sep 7, 6:56 PM MDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Sep 7, 7:03 PM MDT, 57 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Sep 7, 7:14 PM MDT, 46 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Sep 7, 7:45 PM MDT, 15 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Sep 7, 7:58 PM MDT, 2 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Billings, MT issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 7, 6:16 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBYZCarter, Fallon29 min
Sep 7, 6:35 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBYZSweet Grass40 min
Sep 7, 6:56 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBYZCarter64 min
Sep 7, 7:03 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBYZGolden Valley42 min
Sep 7, 7:14 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBYZStillwater, Sweet Grass46 min
Sep 7, 7:16 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBYZCarter59 min
Sep 7, 7:45 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBYZMusselshell45 min
Sep 7, 7:58 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBYZStillwater62 min
Sep 7, 8:15 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBYZCarter30 min
Sep 7, 8:41 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBYZWheatland64 min
Sep 7, 8:46 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBYZYellowstone44 min
Sep 7, 9:09 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningBYZYellowstone3 hr
Sep 7, 9:15 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBYZCarter45 min
Sep 7, 9:27 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBYZBig Horn, Yellowstone48 min
Sep 7, 10:10 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBYZCarter65 min
Sep 7, 10:13 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBYZBig Horn, Yellowstone32 min
Sep 7, 10:47 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBYZTreasure58 min
Sep 7, 11:08 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBYZBig Horn, Rosebud52 min
Sep 7, 11:20 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBYZCarter40 min
Sep 8, 12:01 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBYZ44 min
Sep 8, 12:51 AM MDTFlash Flood WarningBYZPowder River, Rosebud3 hr
Sep 8, 2:35 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBYZSweet Grass40 min
Sep 8, 4:16 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBYZWheatland44 min
Sep 8, 4:21 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBYZSweet Grass54 min
Sep 8, 4:59 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBYZGolden Valley46 min
Sep 8, 5:14 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBYZCarbon46 min
Sep 8, 5:56 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBYZGolden Valley49 min
Sep 7, 8:58 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBYZSheridan47 min
Sep 7, 10:13 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBYZSheridan62 min
Sep 7, 10:49 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBYZSheridan56 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.