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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 20, NWS Billings, MT

May 26, 2014Stillwater County, Yellowstone County, Montana

NWS Billings, MT issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 26, 2014, 7:57 PM MDT for Stillwater County, Yellowstone County, Montana. It was in force for 63 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
May 26, 2014, 7:57 PM MDT (01:57 UTC)
Expired
May 26, 2014, 9:00 PM MDT
In force
63 min
Issued by
NWS Billings, MT
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Stillwater County, MT, Yellowstone County, MT

The radar

The Billings radar (KBLX), 19 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:58 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 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 May 26, 2:33 PM MDT, 5 hours 24 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 26, 2:33 PM MDT, 5 hours 24 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, May 26, 2:28 PM MDT, 5 hours 29 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 26, 6:59 PM MDT, 58 minutes before
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Special weather statement, May 26, 7:07 PM MDT, 50 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Billings, MT issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 26, 6:59 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBYZStillwater46 min
May 26, 7:07 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBYZCuster38 min
May 26, 8:45 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBYZBig Horn, Yellowstone60 min
May 26, 9:15 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBYZYellowstone30 min
May 26, 9:39 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBYZTreasure66 min
May 26, 10:21 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBYZRosebud, Treasure39 min
May 26, 11:02 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBYZRosebud58 min
May 26, 11:52 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBYZCuster53 min
May 27, 12:49 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBYZCuster, Fallon41 min
May 27, 1:42 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBYZFallon48 min
May 27, 11:18 AM MDTRiver Flood WarningBYZPark, Sweet Grass3 days
May 27, 2:32 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBYZSheridan59 hr

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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.