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Flash Flood Warning 7, NWS Billings, MT

May 29, 2013Musselshell County, Montana

NWS Billings, MT issued this flash flood warning at May 29, 2013, 3:28 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: May 29, 2013, 3:28 PM MDT (21:28 UTC)
Expired: May 29, 2013, 9:30 PM MDT
In force: 6 hr
Issued by: NWS Billings, MT
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

County Musselshell County, MT

The radar

The Billings radar (KBLX), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:29 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 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 May 29, 3:08 PM MDT, 20 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 29, 3:08 PM MDT, 20 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 29, 3:13 PM MDT, 15 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
May 28, 7:01 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BYZ	Big Horn, Powder River	44 min
May 29, 4:01 AM MDT	Flash Flood Watch	BYZ	Big Horn, Carter, Musselshell, Powder River, Rosebud	59 hr
May 29, 5:35 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	BYZ	Big Horn, Custer, Powder River, Rosebud, Treasure	3 hr

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.