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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 33, NWS Billings, MT

June 19, 2015Carter County, Montana

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

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 18, 11:02 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC3 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, Jun 18, 8:16 PM MDT, 4 hours 56 minutes before
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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Local storm report, Jun 18, 10:54 PM MDT, 2 hours 18 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jun 18, 11:07 PM MDT, 2 hours 5 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jun 18, 11:37 PM MDT, 1 hour 35 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jun 18, 11:44 PM MDT, 1 hour 28 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jun 19, 12:25 AM MDT, 47 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 18, 7:37 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBYZStillwater53 min
Jun 18, 8:23 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBYZStillwater52 min
Jun 18, 8:56 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBYZYellowstone64 min
Jun 18, 9:02 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBYZBig Horn, Yellowstone45 min
Jun 18, 9:33 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBYZStillwater42 min
Jun 18, 9:44 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBYZBig Horn61 min
Jun 18, 10:20 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBYZBig Horn, Rosebud55 min
Jun 18, 11:10 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBYZBig Horn, Powder River, Rosebud65 min
Jun 19, 12:10 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBYZCarter, Powder River65 min
Jun 19, 1:50 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBYZPowder River40 min
Jun 19, 2:51 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBYZCuster, Powder River, Rosebud54 min
Jun 19, 2:55 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBYZPrairie65 min
Jun 19, 3:13 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBYZCuster, Rosebud62 min
Jun 19, 3:40 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBYZCuster, Powder River65 min
Jun 19, 3:49 PM MDTTornado WarningBYZCuster, Powder River26 min
Jun 19, 3:58 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBYZCuster62 min
Jun 19, 4:12 PM MDTTornado WarningBYZCuster, Powder River33 min
Jun 19, 4:18 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBYZYellowstone57 min
Jun 19, 4:20 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBYZFallon55 min
Jun 19, 4:30 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBYZBig Horn, Yellowstone60 min
Jun 19, 4:33 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningBYZYellowstone6 hr
Jun 19, 4:41 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBYZCarter, Powder River64 min
Jun 19, 5:05 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBYZFallon55 min
Jun 19, 5:19 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBYZBig Horn56 min
Jun 19, 5:36 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBYZPowder River24 min
Jun 19, 5:39 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBYZCarter66 min
Jun 18, 10:10 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBYZSheridan65 min

Nearby

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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.