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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 33, NWS Billings, MT
NWS Billings, MT issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 19, 2015, 1:12 AM MDT for Carter County, Montana. It was in force for 29 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 19, 2015, 1:12 AM MDT (07:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 19, 2015, 1:41 AM MDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Billings, MT
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 70.0 mph
County Carter County, MT
The radar
The Rapid City radar (KUDX), 205 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 18, 11:02 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 3 hr |
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 18, 11:08 PM MDT, 2 hours 4 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 18, 11:08 PM MDT, 2 hours 4 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT 816 PM MDT THU JUN 18 2015 MTZ028>042-056>058-063>068-WYZ098-099-200230- SOUTHERN WHEATLAND-MUSSELSHELL-TREASURE-NORTHERN ROSEBUD-CUSTER- FALLON-NORTHERN STILLWATER-YELLOWSTONE-POWDER RIVER-CARTER- SOUTHERN BIG HORN-EASTERN CARBON-NORTHERN PARK- NORTHERN SWEET GRASS-GOLDEN VALLEY-RED LODGE FOOTHILLS- NORTHERN BIG HORN-SOUTHERN ROSEBUD-JUDITH GAP-PARADISE VALLEY- LIVINGSTON AREA-BEARTOOTH FOOTHILLS-ABSAROKA/BEARTOOTH MOUNTAINS- CRAZY MOUNTAINS-NORTHEAST BIGHORN MOUNTAINS-SHERIDAN FOOTHILLS- 816 PM MDT THU JUN 18 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MONTANA...SOUTH CENTRAL MONTANA...SOUTHEAST MONTANA AND NORTH CENTRAL WYOMING. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS SOUTHERN MONTANA AND POSSIBLY PARTS OF NORTH CENTRAL WYOMING OVERNIGHT. A FEW STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY ANOTHER...POTENTIALLY MORE WIDESPREAD ROUND OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IS POSSIBLE FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND FRIDAY EVENING. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE MAIN THREATS WITH THE STORMS ON FRIDAY AND FRIDAY EVENING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. CJS
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 18, 10:32 PM MDT, 2 hours 40 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Billings, MT issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Jun 18, 7:37 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | Stillwater | 53 min |
| Jun 18, 8:23 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | Stillwater | 52 min |
| Jun 18, 8:56 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | Yellowstone | 64 min |
| Jun 18, 9:02 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BYZ | Big Horn, Yellowstone | 45 min |
| Jun 18, 9:33 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | Stillwater | 42 min |
| Jun 18, 9:44 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BYZ | Big Horn | 61 min |
| Jun 18, 10:20 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BYZ | Big Horn, Rosebud | 55 min |
| Jun 18, 11:10 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BYZ | Big Horn, Powder River, Rosebud | 65 min |
| Jun 19, 12:10 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BYZ | Carter, Powder River | 65 min |
| Jun 19, 1:50 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | Powder River | 40 min |
| Jun 19, 2:51 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BYZ | Custer, Powder River, Rosebud | 54 min |
| Jun 19, 2:55 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | Prairie | 65 min |
| Jun 19, 3:13 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BYZ | Custer, Rosebud | 62 min |
| Jun 19, 3:40 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BYZ | Custer, Powder River | 65 min |
| Jun 19, 3:49 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BYZ | Custer, Powder River | 26 min |
| Jun 19, 3:58 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BYZ | Custer | 62 min |
| Jun 19, 4:12 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BYZ | Custer, Powder River | 33 min |
| Jun 19, 4:18 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | Yellowstone | 57 min |
| Jun 19, 4:20 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BYZ | Fallon | 55 min |
| Jun 19, 4:30 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BYZ | Big Horn, Yellowstone | 60 min |
| Jun 19, 4:33 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | BYZ | Yellowstone | 6 hr |
| Jun 19, 4:41 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BYZ | Carter, Powder River | 64 min |
| Jun 19, 5:05 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BYZ | Fallon | 55 min |
| Jun 19, 5:19 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BYZ | Big Horn | 56 min |
| Jun 19, 5:36 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | Powder River | 24 min |
| Jun 19, 5:39 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BYZ | Carter | 66 min |
| Jun 18, 10:10 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | Sheridan | 65 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.