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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 92, NWS Billings, MT

July 5, 2013Wheatland County, Montana

NWS Billings, MT issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 5, 2013, 6:22 PM MDT for Wheatland County, Montana. It was in force for 38 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 5, 2013, 6:22 PM MDT (00:22 UTC)
Expired: Jul 5, 2013, 7:00 PM MDT
In force: 38 min
Issued by: NWS Billings, MT
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Wheatland County, MT

The radar

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 5, 6:05 PM MDT, 17 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 5, 6:22 PM MDT, 0 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
Jul 5, 6:05 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BYZ	Wheatland	40 min
Jul 5, 6:22 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BYZ	Carter	53 min
Jul 5, 7:05 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BYZ	Wheatland	55 min
Jul 6, 4:51 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BYZ	Park	24 min
Jul 6, 5:26 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BYZ	Park	34 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Montana, 2013 Every severe thunderstorm 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.