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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 40, NWS Billings, MT

June 3, 2014Wheatland County, Montana

NWS Billings, MT issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 3, 2014, 2:59 PM MDT for Wheatland County, Montana. It was in force for 61 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: Jun 3, 2014, 2:59 PM MDT (20:59 UTC)
Expired: Jun 3, 2014, 4:00 PM MDT
In force: 61 min
Issued by: NWS Billings, MT
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Wheatland County, MT

The radar

The Billings radar (KBLX), 117 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Great_falls, MT (KTFX), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 125 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1252 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -1 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 66 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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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 Jun 3, 1:44 PM MDT, 1 hour 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 3, 1:44 PM MDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 3, 12:16 PM MDT, 2 hours 43 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
1216 PM MDT TUE JUN 3 2014

MTZ033-037-031900-
CARTER MT-FALLON MT-
1216 PM MDT TUE JUN 3 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...

AT 1215 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7
MILES NORTH OF EKALAKA...MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH.

DIME SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MEDICINE ROCKS ST PARK...WILLARD AND WEBSTER.

LAT...LON 4588 10441 4593 10475 4626 10471 4615 10407
TIME...MOT...LOC 1815Z 180DEG 16KT 4599 10461

JKL

Special weather statement, Jun 3, 2:01 PM MDT, 58 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
201 PM MDT TUE JUN 3 2014

MTZ028-063-032045-
SOUTHERN WHEATLAND MT-JUDITH GAP MT-
201 PM MDT TUE JUN 3 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...

AT 159 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 18
MILES NORTHWEST OF HARLOWTON...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

DIME SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM...ALONG WITH BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. THIS
STORM IS EXPECTED TO STAY NORTH OF HIGHWAY 12...AND CROSS HIGHWAY
191 NORTH OF HARLOWTON.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
JUDITH GAP.

LAT...LON 4669 10968 4644 10969 4650 11025 4668 11024
TIME...MOT...LOC 1959Z 270DEG 18KT 4658 11015

JKL

Special weather statement, Jun 3, 2:18 PM MDT, 41 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
218 PM MDT TUE JUN 3 2014

MTZ032-033-032100-
CUSTER MT-FALLON MT-
218 PM MDT TUE JUN 3 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...

AT 216 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 25
MILES NORTHWEST OF EKALAKA...MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH.

DIME SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. THIS STORM IS
EXPECTED TO CROSS HIGHWAY 12 WEST OF PLEVNA AROUND 245 PM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PLEVNA...ISMAY AND WESTMORE.

LAT...LON 4613 10469 4614 10500 4654 10491 4647 10445
TIME...MOT...LOC 2016Z 197DEG 18KT 4619 10485

JKL

Special weather statement, Jun 3, 2:35 PM MDT, 24 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
235 PM MDT TUE JUN 3 2014

MTZ028-063-032115-
SOUTHERN WHEATLAND MT-JUDITH GAP MT-
235 PM MDT TUE JUN 3 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...

AT 234 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A LINE OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM 22 MILES SOUTH OF MOORE TO 15 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF HARLOWTON...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

DIME SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THESE STORMS...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING.

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  HARLOWTON AROUND 300 PM MDT.

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THESE STORMS INCLUDE TWODOT...SHAWMUT...
JUDITH GAP AND HEDGESVILLE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS...AND MAY
LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.

&&

LAT...LON 4669 10942 4623 10947 4623 11016 4670 11003
TIME...MOT...LOC 2034Z 249DEG 20KT 4666 10985 4629 10998

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Special weather statement, Jun 3, 2:53 PM MDT, 6 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
253 PM MDT TUE JUN 3 2014

MTZ037-032130-
CARTER MT-
253 PM MDT TUE JUN 3 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...

AT 252 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 17
MILES SOUTHEAST OF EKALAKA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

DIME SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM...ALONG WITH FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MILL IRON.

LAT...LON 4567 10409 4566 10411 4567 10448 4567 10449
      4597 10435 4597 10414 4589 10413 4588 10405
      4584 10404 4574 10404
TIME...MOT...LOC 2052Z 209DEG 22KT 4573 10428

JKL

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 2, 6:09 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BYZ	Park	51 min
Jun 2, 8:01 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BYZ	Sweet Grass	59 min
Jun 3, 2:08 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BYZ	Custer	52 min
Jun 3, 11:59 AM MDT	River Flood Watch	BYZ	Carbon	4 days
Jun 3, 11:59 AM MDT	River Flood Watch	BYZ	Carbon	5 days
Jun 3, 12:16 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BYZ	Fallon	44 min
Jun 3, 12:25 PM MDT	River Flood Watch	BYZ	Sweet Grass	24 hr
Jun 3, 12:59 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BYZ	Carter, Fallon	37 min
Jun 3, 2:01 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BYZ	Wheatland	44 min
Jun 3, 2:18 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BYZ	Fallon	42 min
Jun 3, 2:35 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BYZ	Wheatland	40 min
Jun 3, 2:53 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BYZ	Carter	37 min
Jun 3, 3:07 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BYZ	Carter	23 min
Jun 3, 3:36 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BYZ	Carter	39 min
Jun 3, 4:02 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BYZ	Golden Valley, Wheatland	32 min
Jun 3, 4:15 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BYZ	Musselshell	30 min
Jun 3, 4:56 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BYZ	Musselshell	64 min

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.