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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 97, NWS Billings, MT
NWS Billings, MT issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 7, 2013, 6:08 PM MDT for Big Horn County, Powder River County, Rosebud County, Montana; Sheridan County, Wyoming. It was in force for 37 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 7, 2013, 6:08 PM MDT (00:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 7, 2013, 6:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Billings, MT
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Big Horn County, MT, Powder River County, MT, Rosebud County, MT, Sheridan County, WY
The radar
The Billings radar (KBLX), 156 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 7, 4:00 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
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.
NWS Billings, MT wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jul 7, 4:07 PM MDT, 2 hours 1 minute earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 7, 4:07 PM MDT, 2 hours 1 minute before
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Special weather statement, Jul 7, 5:11 PM MDT, 57 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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| Jul 7, 6:03 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | Custer, Powder River, Rosebud | 57 min |
| Jul 7, 6:09 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | Sweet Grass | 36 min |
| Jul 7, 6:42 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | Park | 48 min |
| Jul 7, 6:57 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | Carter, Custer, Powder River | 63 min |
| Jul 7, 7:50 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | Custer | 25 min |
| Jul 7, 7:53 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | Carter | 22 min |
| Jul 7, 8:12 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | Musselshell | 33 min |
| Jul 7, 8:17 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | Carter | 43 min |
| Jul 7, 8:44 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | Treasure | 31 min |
| Jul 7, 9:06 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | Rosebud | 39 min |
| Jul 7, 10:01 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | 59 min | |
| Jul 8, 2:21 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | Park | 39 min |
| Jul 8, 2:23 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BYZ | Wheatland | 52 min |
| Jul 8, 2:57 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | Park, Sweet Grass | 48 min |
| Jul 8, 3:07 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BYZ | Golden Valley, Sweet Grass, Wheatland | 53 min |
| Jul 8, 3:24 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BYZ | Golden Valley, Wheatland | 66 min |
| Jul 8, 3:44 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | Stillwater, Sweet Grass | 46 min |
| Jul 8, 3:53 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BYZ | Golden Valley, Stillwater | 37 min |
| Jul 8, 3:55 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | Park | 50 min |
| Jul 8, 4:03 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | Musselshell | 42 min |
| Jul 8, 4:07 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BYZ | Musselshell, Rosebud | 53 min |
| Jul 8, 4:17 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | BYZ | Musselshell | 4 hr |
| Jul 8, 4:19 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | Yellowstone | 41 min |
| Jul 8, 4:28 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BYZ | Golden Valley, Musselshell, Stillwater, Yellowstone | 62 min |
| Jul 8, 4:35 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BYZ | Big Horn, Carbon, Stillwater, Yellowstone | 55 min |
| Jul 8, 5:03 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BYZ | Big Horn, Musselshell, Treasure, Yellowstone | 57 min |
| Jul 8, 5:05 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BYZ | Musselshell, Rosebud, Treasure | 55 min |
| Jul 8, 5:11 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | Big Horn | 49 min |
| Jul 8, 5:21 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BYZ | Rosebud, Treasure | 24 min |
| Jul 8, 5:25 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BYZ | Big Horn, Treasure | 65 min |
| Jul 8, 5:51 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BYZ | Custer, Fallon | 54 min |
| Jul 8, 5:57 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BYZ | Big Horn, Rosebud, Treasure, Yellowstone | 63 min |
| Jul 7, 6:23 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BYZ | Sheridan | 37 min |
| Jul 7, 6:58 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | Sheridan | 47 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Montana, 2013Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Wyoming, 2013Every 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.