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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 17, NWS Billings, MT

June 7, 2016Yellowstone County, Montana

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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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 7, 6:00 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBYZGolden Valley30 min
Jun 7, 6:18 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBYZGolden Valley, Stillwater, Sweet Grass, Wheatland42 min
Jun 7, 6:44 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningBYZGolden Valley6 hr
Jun 7, 7:01 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBYZGolden Valley29 min
Jun 7, 7:17 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBYZYellowstone43 min
Jun 7, 7:42 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBYZMusselshell33 min
Jun 7, 8:02 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBYZMusselshell, Yellowstone43 min
Jun 7, 8:41 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBYZMusselshell64 min
Jun 8, 2:55 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBYZBig Horn110 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Montana, 2016Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2016

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.