Alert archive / Montana / High Wind Watches in 2014
High Wind Watch 7, NWS Billings, MT
NWS Billings, MT issued this high wind watch at Dec 20, 2014, 2:45 PM MST for Golden Valley County, Wheatland County, Montana. It took effect at Dec 21, 2014, 8:00 AM MST. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 20, 2014, 2:45 PM MST (21:45 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 21, 2014, 8:00 AM MST
- Expired
- Dec 21, 2014, 3:58 AM MST
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS Billings, MT
Counties Golden Valley County, MT, Wheatland County, MT
The radar
The Billings radar (KBLX), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:46 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 high wind watch 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 high wind watch went out at Dec 20, 9:00 AM MST, 5 hours 45 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 20, 9:00 AM MST, 5 hours 45 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 20, 2:35 PM MST, 10 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT 235 PM MST SAT DEC 20 2014 MTZ028>042-056>058-063>068-WYZ098-099-212145- 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 BIGHORN MOUNTAINS-SHERIDAN FOOTHILLS- 235 PM MST SAT DEC 20 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MONTANA...SOUTH CENTRAL MONTANA...SOUTHEAST MONTANA AND NORTH CENTRAL WYOMING. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE LIVINGSTON...NYE AND BIG TIMBER AREAS TONIGHT. PLEASE SEE WIND ADVISORIES THAT HAVE BEEN ISSUED. PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW WILL IMPACT THE BEARTOOTH ABSAROKA MOUNTAINS TONIGHT. PLEASE SEE THE WINTER STORM WARNING THAT IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON ON MONDAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT THE BEARTOOTH ABSAROKA MOUNTAINS THROUGH EARLY MONDAY. PLEASE SEE THE WINTER STORM WARNING THAT IS IN EFFECT. STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO SPREAD FROM THE LIVINGSTON...NYE AND BIG TIMBER AREAS INTO PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL MONTANA. BILLINGS COULD SEE WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH. PLEASE SEE WIND ADVISORIES AND HIGH WIND WATCHES THAT HAVE BEEN ISSUED. MONDAY WILL BE A WINDY DAY ACROSS SOUTHEAST MONTANA AND NORTH CENTRAL WYOMING WITH SNOW SHOWERS. HIGHER ELEVATIONS LIKE LAME DEER DIVIDE COULD SEE A COUPLE OF INCHES OF SNOW. ANOTHER ROUND OF STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY FOR AREAS AROUND LIVINGSTON AND NYE. A STORM SYSTEM MAY IMPACT THE REGION OVER THE CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY. TIMING IS UNCERTAIN WITH A PERIOD OF SNOWFALL POSSIBLE FROM NOON WEDNESDAY THROUGH CHRISTMAS DAY. IT IS TOO EARLY TO PIN POINT SNOW AMOUNTS BUT PEOPLE PLANNING TO TRAVEL ANY TIME FROM WEDNESDAY THROUGH NEXT WEEKEND SHOULD CHECK THE LATEST FORECAST BEFORE SETTING OUT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Billings, MT issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 20, 3:51 AM MST | Wind Advisory | BYZ | Park, Stillwater, Sweet Grass | 40 hr |
| Dec 20, 4:00 AM MST | Winter Storm Warning | BYZ | Carbon, Park, Stillwater, Sweet Grass | 40 hr |
Nearby
High Wind Watches in Montana, 2014Every high wind watch in 2014
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.