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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 46, NWS Billings, MT

June 3, 2014Rosebud County, Montana

NWS Billings, MT issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 3, 2014, 9:23 PM MDT for Rosebud County, Montana. It was in force for 37 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, 9:23 PM MDT (03:23 UTC)
Expired
Jun 3, 2014, 10:00 PM MDT
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS Billings, MT
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Rosebud County, MT

The radar

The Billings radar (KBLX), 151 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:25 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 Jun 3, 9:15 PM MDT, 8 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 3, 9:15 PM MDT, 8 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 3, 9:21 PM MDT, 2 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 3, 6:47 PM MDT, 2 hours 36 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 3, 7:47 PM MDT, 1 hour 36 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 3, 8:44 PM MDT, 39 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jun 3, 8:49 PM MDT, 34 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jun 3, 8:51 PM MDT, 32 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jun 3, 8:52 PM MDT, 31 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 3, 6:26 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBYZ34 min
Jun 3, 6:47 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBYZTreasure58 min
Jun 3, 7:40 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBYZRosebud, Treasure50 min
Jun 3, 7:47 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBYZRosebud58 min
Jun 3, 8:10 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBYZCuster, Rosebud25 min
Jun 3, 8:29 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBYZRosebud61 min
Jun 3, 8:44 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBYZCuster61 min
Jun 3, 10:01 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBYZ44 min
Jun 4, 11:27 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBYZCarbon33 min
Jun 4, 12:04 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBYZYellowstone41 min
Jun 4, 12:38 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBYZBig Horn37 min
Jun 4, 12:46 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBYZYellowstone44 min
Jun 4, 1:15 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBYZPowder River45 min
Jun 4, 1:34 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBYZCarter, Powder River56 min
Jun 4, 1:35 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBYZ40 min
Jun 4, 2:12 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBYZPowder River48 min
Jun 4, 2:22 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBYZBig Horn, Powder River, Rosebud53 min
Jun 4, 2:27 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBYZCarter63 min
Jun 4, 2:35 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBYZCarter40 min
Jun 4, 2:55 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBYZPowder River35 min
Jun 4, 2:56 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBYZCarter23 min
Jun 4, 3:10 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBYZCarter50 min
Jun 4, 3:29 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBYZCarter, Powder River31 min
Jun 4, 3:59 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBYZCarter, Powder River46 min
Jun 4, 5:51 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBYZRosebud39 min
Jun 3, 10:54 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBYZSheridan51 min
Jun 4, 1:24 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBYZSheridan51 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.