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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 85, NWS Billings, MT
NWS Billings, MT issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 5, 2015, 7:14 PM MDT for Big Horn County, Montana. It was in force for 46 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
- Sep 5, 2015, 7:14 PM MDT (01:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 5, 2015, 8:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Billings, MT
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Big Horn County, MT
The radar
The Billings radar (KBLX), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:13 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 5, 6:00 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 9 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 Sep 5, 6:13 PM MDT, 1 hour 1 minute earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 5, 6:13 PM MDT, 1 hour 1 minute before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 5, 3:00 PM MDT, 4 hours 14 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT 300 PM MDT SAT SEP 5 2015 MTZ028>042-056>058-063>068-WYZ098-099-062100- 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- 300 PM MDT SAT SEP 5 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MONTANA...SOUTH CENTRAL MONTANA...SOUTHEAST MONTANA AND NORTH CENTRAL WYOMING. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL...STRONG WINDS...HEAVY RAINFALL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE EXPECTED LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING. THE GREATEST POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE STORMS IS FROM BILLINGS EASTWARD. PLEASE MONITOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION SHOULD STORMS APPROACH YOUR VICINITY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Sep 5, 6:15 PM MDT, 59 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
615 PM MDT SAT SEP 5 2015
MTZ038-060100-
SOUTHERN BIG HORN MT-
615 PM MDT SAT SEP 5 2015
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...
AT 614 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8
MILES NORTHEAST OF HORSESHOE BEND...OR 19 MILES NORTHEAST OF
LOVELL...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
FORT SMITH.
LAT...LON 4501 10826 4505 10824 4505 10822 4506 10824
4509 10822 4510 10819 4513 10819 4513 10817
4516 10817 4522 10813 4522 10817 4544 10791
4506 10737 4500 10768 4500 10824
TIME...MOT...LOC 0014Z 222DEG 37KT 4504 10813
LESTERSpecial weather statement, Sep 5, 6:27 PM MDT, 47 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
627 PM MDT SAT SEP 5 2015
MTZ038-WYZ098-099-060115-
SOUTHERN BIG HORN MT-NORTHEAST BIG HORN MOUNTAINS WY-
SHERIDAN FOOTHILLS WY-
627 PM MDT SAT SEP 5 2015
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...
AT 625 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 9
MILES NORTHEAST OF MEDICINE WHEEL...OR 29 MILES EAST OF LOVELL...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
DIME SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... LODGE GRASS AND WYOLA AND THE AREA
AROUND BOYD RIDGE IN THE BIG HORN MOUNTAINS. CAMPERS AND
RECREATIONISTS IN THE BIG HORNS SHOULD TAKE SHELTER.
THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND
TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
LAT...LON 4486 10784 4487 10787 4490 10785 4494 10788
4499 10788 4500 10791 4500 10798 4547 10759
4517 10707 4482 10783
TIME...MOT...LOC 0025Z 229DEG 49KT 4493 10780
TESARSpecial weather statement, Sep 5, 6:58 PM MDT, 16 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Billings, MT issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 5, 6:15 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | Big Horn | 45 min |
| Sep 5, 6:27 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | Big Horn | 48 min |
| Sep 5, 6:58 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | Big Horn | 62 min |
| Sep 5, 7:04 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | 41 min | |
| Sep 5, 7:20 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BYZ | Powder River, Rosebud | 55 min |
| Sep 5, 7:41 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BYZ | Rosebud | 49 min |
| Sep 5, 7:50 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | Rosebud | 55 min |
| Sep 5, 8:14 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | Powder River | 61 min |
| Sep 5, 8:19 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BYZ | Powder River | 56 min |
| Sep 5, 8:25 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BYZ | Carter, Powder River | 32 min |
| Sep 5, 8:28 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | Custer | 32 min |
| Sep 5, 8:51 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BYZ | Carter, Fallon | 54 min |
| Sep 5, 9:12 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BYZ | Fallon | 51 min |
| Sep 5, 9:20 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | Custer | 40 min |
| Sep 5, 9:38 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | Carter | 67 min |
| Sep 6, 1:30 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | Powder River | 60 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.