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Winter Storm Warning 3, NWS Billings, MT

March 2, 20156 counties in Montana

NWS Billings, MT issued this winter storm warning at Mar 2, 2015, 3:43 AM MST for 6 counties in Montana. It took effect at Mar 2, 2015, 12:00 PM MST. It was in force for 23 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 2, 2015, 3:43 AM MST (10:43 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 2, 2015, 12:00 PM MST
Expired: Mar 3, 2015, 11:18 AM MST
In force: 23 hr
Issued by: NWS Billings, MT

Counties Carbon County, MT, Golden Valley County, MT, Park County, MT, Stillwater County, MT, Sweet Grass County, MT, Wheatland County, MT

The radar

The Billings radar (KBLX), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this winter storm 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 winter storm warning went out at Mar 2, 3:18 AM MST, 25 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 2, 3:18 AM MST, 25 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 2, 3:42 AM MST, 1 minute 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
Mar 2, 3:43 AM MST	Winter Weather Advisory	BYZ	Big Horn, Carter, Golden Valley, Musselshell, Powder River, Rosebud	30 hr

Nearby

Winter Storm Warnings in Montana, 2015 Winter Storm Warnings in Wyoming, 2015 Every winter storm warning in 2015

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.