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Winter Storm Warning 9, NWS Billings, MT
NWS Billings, MT issued this winter storm warning at Dec 13, 2015, 1:49 PM MST for 12 counties in Montana. It took effect at Dec 14, 2015, 12:00 AM MST. It was in force for 45 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
- Dec 13, 2015, 1:49 PM MST (20:49 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 14, 2015, 12:00 AM MST
- Expired
- Dec 15, 2015, 9:19 PM MST
- In force
- 45 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Billings, MT
Counties Big Horn County, MT, Carbon County, MT, Custer County, MT, Golden Valley County, MT, Musselshell County, MT, Park County, MT, Powder River County, MT, Rosebud County, MT, Stillwater County, MT, Sweet Grass County, MT, Treasure County, MT, Wheatland County, MT
The radar
The Billings radar (KBLX), 29 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:54 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 Dec 13, 11:58 AM MST, 1 hour 51 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 13, 11:58 AM MST, 1 hour 51 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 12, 8:36 PM MST | Wind Advisory | BYZ | Park | 15 hr |
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.