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Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS Billings, MT

May 29, 2013Carter County, Montana

NWS Billings, MT issued this flash flood warning at May 29, 2013, 11:22 PM MDT for Carter County, Montana. It was in force for 4 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, 11:22 PM MDT (05:22 UTC)
Expired: May 30, 2013, 3:15 AM MDT
In force: 4 hr
Issued by: NWS Billings, MT
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

County Carter 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 May 29, 9:06 PM MDT, 2 hours 16 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 29, 9:06 PM MDT, 2 hours 16 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 29, 7:47 PM MDT, 3 hours 35 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
747 PM MDT WED MAY 29 2013

MTZ028>042-056>058-063>068-WYZ098-099-310200-
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-
747 PM MDT WED MAY 29 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL
MONTANA...SOUTH CENTRAL MONTANA...SOUTHEAST MONTANA AND NORTH
CENTRAL WYOMING.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY
IN SOUTHEAST MONTANA. RAIN MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES. FLASH FLOODING
AND DEBRIS FLOWS ARE POSSIBLE IN AND AROUND THE AREAS BURNED BY
WILDFIRES LAST YEAR.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE
THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...WITH 1 TO 3 INCHES OF TOTAL RAINFALL IN
MANY AREAS. THIS RAINFALL WILL CAUSE AREA STREAMS AND CREEKS TO
RISE. DEBRIS FLOWS AND FLASH FLOODING COULD ALSO OCCUR OVER BURN
SCAR LOCATIONS.

ACCUMULATING SNOW IS EXPECTED OVER THE HIGHER SOUTHWEST MOUNTAIN
ELEVATIONS...MAINLY THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY. PLEASE STAY TUNED
TO THE LATEST FORECAST IF YOU PLAN ON TRAVELING OR OUTDOOR
ACTIVATES.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.

CJS

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 29, 7:12 PM MDT, 4 hours 10 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 30, 3:29 AM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BYZ	Carter, Fallon	47 hr
May 30, 4:12 AM MDT	High Wind Warning	BYZ		40 hr
May 30, 8:43 AM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BYZ	Custer	36 hr
May 30, 10:11 AM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BYZ	Powder River, Rosebud	36 hr
May 30, 10:45 AM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BYZ	Musselshell	36 hr
May 30, 4:55 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BYZ	Rosebud, Treasure	36 hr

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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.