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Winter Storm Warning 3, NWS Billings, MT

February 10, 2013Carbon County, Stillwater County, Sweet Grass County, Montana

NWS Billings, MT issued this winter storm warning at Feb 10, 2013, 3:15 AM MST for Carbon County, Stillwater County, Sweet Grass County, Montana. It was in force for 7 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
Feb 10, 2013, 3:15 AM MST (10:15 UTC)
Expired
Feb 10, 2013, 10:09 AM MST
In force
7 hr
Issued by
NWS Billings, MT

Counties Carbon County, MT, Stillwater County, MT, Sweet Grass County, MT

The radar

The Billings radar (KBLX), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:18 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 winter storm 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 winter storm warning went out at Feb 9, 10:51 PM MST, 4 hours 24 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 9, 10:51 PM MST, 4 hours 24 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 9, 9:12 PM MST, 6 hours 3 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
912 PM MST SAT FEB 9 2013

MTZ028>042-056>058-063>068-WYZ098-099-110415-
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-
912 PM MST SAT FEB 9 2013

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

MOST OF SOUTH CENTRAL MONTANA AND PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL
WYOMING WILL SEE SNOW SHOWERS INCREASE THIS EVENING AS A WEATHER
DISTURBANCE MAKES ITS WAY INTO THE REGION FROM THE NORTHWEST.
SNOWFALL TOTALS WILL RANGE FROM SEVERAL INCHES IN THE FOOTHILLS OF
AREA MOUNTAINS TO LIGHTER ACCUMULATIONS OVER THE REST OF THE
AREA. SNOWFALL RATES MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES REDUCING VISIBILITY TO
A HALF MILE FOR BRIEF PERIODS CREATING DIFFICULT TRAVEL
CONDITIONS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY SUNDAY IN MOST
AREAS...WITH LIGHT ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE. GUSTY
NORTHERLY WINDS WILL CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW
EAST OF A ROUNDUP TO SHERIDAN LINE. SNOW...BLOWING SNOW AND SLICK
ROADS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT IN SPOTS...ESPECIALLY ON I-90
BETWEEN CROW AGENCY AND SHERIDAN. SNOW WILL TAPER OFF SUNDAY
EVENING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

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

Nearby

Winter Storm Warnings in Montana, 2013Every winter storm 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.