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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 277

June 10, 20146 counties in Montana; 12 counties in South Dakota; 5 counties in Wyoming

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Jun 10, 2014, 2:43 PM MDT for 6 counties in Montana; 12 counties in South Dakota; 5 counties in Wyoming. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 10, 2014, 2:43 PM MDT (20:43 UTC)
Expired
Jun 10, 2014, 10:00 PM MDT
In force
7 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Largest hail expected
2 in
Strongest gust expected
60 kt
All 23 counties

Big Horn County, MT, Carter County, MT, Powder River County, MT, Rosebud County, MT, Treasure County, MT, Yellowstone County, MT, Bennett County, SD, Butte County, SD, Custer County, SD, Fall River County, SD, Haakon County, SD, Harding County, SD, Jackson County, SD, Lawrence County, SD, Meade County, SD, Pennington County, SD, Perkins County, SD, Ziebach County, SD, Campbell County, WY, Crook County, WY, Johnson County, WY, Sheridan County, WY, Weston County, WY

The radar

The Billings radar (KBLX), 242 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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

What SPC expected

The probabilities SPC published with the watch, for the watch area over its life.

Two or more tornadoes
10%
One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes
2%
Ten or more severe wind reports
30%
One or more gusts of 65 knots or more
10%
Ten or more severe hail reports
30%
One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more
30%
Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports
60%

Warnings issued inside it

16 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 10, 2:59 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBYZGolden Valley, Musselshell, Stillwater, Yellowstone30 min
Jun 10, 3:45 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBYZBig Horn, Yellowstone32 min
Jun 10, 3:58 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRIWJohnson47 min
Jun 10, 4:30 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRIWJohnson30 min
Jun 10, 4:47 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningUNRCampbell73 min
Jun 10, 4:59 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBYZSheridan39 min
Jun 10, 5:27 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningUNRCampbell63 min
Jun 10, 5:52 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBYZCarter, Powder River53 min
Jun 10, 6:00 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningUNRCampbell41 min
Jun 10, 6:25 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningUNRCampbell, Crook65 min
Jun 10, 6:37 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningUNRFall River53 min
Jun 10, 6:56 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningUNRLawrence, Meade, Pennington36 min
Jun 10, 8:14 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningUNRMeade61 min
Jun 10, 8:34 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningUNRButte56 min
Jun 10, 8:50 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningUNRHaakon, Jackson, Pennington55 min
Jun 10, 9:29 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningUNRHaakon, Jackson, Mellette61 min

Discussions around it

SPC mesoscale discussions over the same counties from four hours before the watch to its end.

SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 10, 1:29 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBig Horn, Carbon, Carter, Powder River, Stillwater2 hr
Jun 10, 4:54 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBig Horn, Carter, Powder River, Rosebud, Treasure66 min
Jun 10, 2:48 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCFall River57 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Watches in South Dakota, 2014Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Montana, 2014Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Wyoming, 2014Every severe thunderstorm 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.