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Winter Storm Warning 4, NWS Billings, MT

February 22, 201411 counties in Montana

NWS Billings, MT issued this winter storm warning at Feb 22, 2014, 2:50 PM MST for 11 counties in Montana. It took effect at Feb 23, 2014, 6:00 AM MST. It was in force for 50 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 22, 2014, 2:50 PM MST (21:50 UTC)
In effect from: Feb 23, 2014, 6:00 AM MST
Expired: Feb 25, 2014, 7:54 AM MST
In force: 50 hr
Issued by: NWS Billings, MT

Counties Big Horn County, MT, Carbon County, MT, Golden Valley County, MT, Musselshell County, MT, Park County, MT, Powder River County, MT, Rosebud County, MT, Stillwater County, MT, Sweet Grass County, MT, Treasure County, MT, Wheatland County, MT

The radar

The Billings radar (KBLX), 10 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:47 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 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 22, 9:27 AM MST, 5 hours 23 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 22, 9:27 AM MST, 5 hours 23 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 22, 2:41 PM MST, 9 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Feb 22, 2:28 AM MST	Special Weather Statement	BYZ	Yellowstone	62 min
Feb 22, 3:21 AM MST	Winter Weather Advisory	BYZ	Big Horn	6 hr
Feb 22, 2:50 PM MST	Winter Weather Advisory	BYZ	Carter, Custer, Fallon	47 hr

Nearby

Winter Storm Warnings in Montana, 2014 Winter Storm Warnings in Wyoming, 2014 Every winter storm warning 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.