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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 17, NWS Billings, MT
NWS Billings, MT issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 7, 2016, 7:26 PM MDT for Yellowstone 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
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 7, 2016, 7:26 PM MDT (01:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 7, 2016, 8:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Billings, MT
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Yellowstone County, MT
The radar
The Billings radar (KBLX), 27 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:27 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 7, 6:00 PM MDT, 1 hour 26 minutes before
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</html>Special weather statement, Jun 7, 7:01 PM MDT, 25 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT 701 PM MDT TUE JUN 7 2016 MTZ028-034-042-080130- NORTHERN STILLWATER MT-SOUTHERN WHEATLAND MT-GOLDEN VALLEY MT- 701 PM MDT TUE JUN 7 2016 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY... AT 700 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF RYEGATE...OR 28 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HARLOWTON... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. DIME SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... RYEGATE AND SHAWMUT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS. && LAT...LON 4606 10934 4631 10959 4644 10935 4612 10906 TIME...MOT...LOC 0100Z 243DEG 11KT 4619 10936 WALSH
Special weather statement, Jun 7, 7:17 PM MDT, 9 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT 717 PM MDT TUE JUN 7 2016 MTZ034-035-039-080200- EASTERN CARBON MT-YELLOWSTONE MT-NORTHERN STILLWATER MT- 717 PM MDT TUE JUN 7 2016 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY... AT 714 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER LAUREL...OR 17 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BILLINGS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. UP TO DIME SIZE HAIL...WINDS UP TO 50 MPH AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... BILLINGS...LAUREL...BILLINGS WEST END...SILESIA AND PARK CITY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS. FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 15 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE. && LAT...LON 4552 10881 4571 10900 4590 10861 4566 10836 TIME...MOT...LOC 0114Z 241DEG 17KT 4566 10883 WALSH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Billings, MT issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 7, 6:00 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | Golden Valley | 30 min |
| Jun 7, 6:18 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BYZ | Golden Valley, Stillwater, Sweet Grass, Wheatland | 42 min |
| Jun 7, 6:44 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | BYZ | Golden Valley | 6 hr |
| Jun 7, 7:01 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | Golden Valley | 29 min |
| Jun 7, 7:17 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | Yellowstone | 43 min |
| Jun 7, 7:42 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | Musselshell | 33 min |
| Jun 7, 8:02 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BYZ | Musselshell, Yellowstone | 43 min |
| Jun 7, 8:41 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | Musselshell | 64 min |
| Jun 8, 2:55 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | Big Horn | 110 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.