Alert archive / Montana / Winter Storm Warnings in 2013
Winter Storm Warning 3, NWS Billings, MT
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.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
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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</html>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.
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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.