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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 87, NWS Billings, MT

September 5, 2015Rosebud County, Montana

NWS Billings, MT issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 5, 2015, 7:41 PM MDT for Rosebud County, Montana. It was in force for 49 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

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The facts

Issued: Sep 5, 2015, 7:41 PM MDT (01:41 UTC)
Expired: Sep 5, 2015, 8:30 PM MDT
In force: 49 min
Issued by: NWS Billings, MT
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Rosebud 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.

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 28 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 5, 6:13 PM MDT, 1 hour 28 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 5, 3:00 PM MDT, 4 hours 41 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, 1 hour 26 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

LESTER

Special weather statement, Sep 5, 6:27 PM MDT, 1 hour 14 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

TESAR

Special weather statement, Sep 5, 6:58 PM MDT, 43 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Sep 5, 7:04 PM MDT, 37 minutes before

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Local storm report, Sep 5, 7:31 PM MDT, 10 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
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, 7:14 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BYZ	Big Horn	46 min
Sep 5, 7:20 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BYZ	Powder River, Rosebud	55 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.