Alert archive / Montana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2016
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 22, NWS Billings, MT
NWS Billings, MT issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 9, 2016, 6:22 PM MDT for Rosebud County, Treasure County, Yellowstone County, Montana. It was in force for 38 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 9, 2016, 6:22 PM MDT (00:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 9, 2016, 7:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Billings, MT
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Rosebud County, MT, Treasure County, MT, Yellowstone County, MT
The radar
The Billings radar (KBLX), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 9, 1:01 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Glasgow Intl Airport, MT (KGGW), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 241 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 570 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -189 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1882 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 57 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 118 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 116 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.0
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 Jun 9, 5:59 PM MDT, 23 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 9, 5:59 PM MDT, 23 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 9, 4:59 AM MDT, 13 hours 23 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT 459 AM MDT THU JUN 9 2016 MTZ028>042-056>058-063>068-WYZ098-099-100100- 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- 459 AM MDT THU JUN 9 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MONTANA...SOUTH CENTRAL MONTANA...SOUTHEAST MONTANA AND NORTH CENTRAL WYOMING. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT EXPECT STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. STORMS COULD PRODUCE LARGE HAIL...LIGHTNING...FREQUENT HEAVY RAINFALL...AND STRONG WIND GUSTS. THIS WILL BE THE FIRST TIME THIS SUMMER THUNDERSTORMS HAVE STRUCK MIDWEEK DURING THE MIDDAY HOURS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY ANOTHER ROUND OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ON SATURDAY. HOT WEATHER WILL CONTINUE FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. BEAT THE HEAT CHECK THE BACK SEAT! STAY TUNED TO THE LATEST FORECASTS FOR UPDATES ON THE HEAT AND THUNDERSTORMS.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 9, 4:09 PM MDT, 2 hours 13 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
409 PM MDT THU JUN 9 2016
MTZ028-041-042-063-068-092315-
CRAZY MOUNTAINS MT-JUDITH GAP MT-NORTHERN SWEET GRASS MT-
SOUTHERN WHEATLAND MT-GOLDEN VALLEY MT-
409 PM MDT THU JUN 9 2016
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...
AT 408 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 12
MILES SOUTHWEST OF HARLOWTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
HALF INCH HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
HARLOWTON...RYEGATE...FRANKLIN...SHAWMUT AND TWODOT.
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 4675 10910 4623 10917 4615 11012 4622 11028
4632 11028 4668 10959 4670 10939 4675 10939
TIME...MOT...LOC 2208Z 235DEG 49KT 4633 11004
PALMQUISTLocal storm report, Jun 9, 4:47 PM MDT, 1 hour 35 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
447 PM MDT THU JUN 09 2016
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0435 PM HAIL 6 E HARLOWTON 46.43N 109.70W
06/09/2016 M0.75 INCH WHEATLAND MT TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
WALSHLocal storm report, Jun 9, 5:10 PM MDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
510 PM MDT THU JUN 09 2016
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0443 PM HAIL 20 E JUDITH GAP 46.64N 109.34W
06/09/2016 M0.88 INCH GOLDEN VALLEY MT COCORAHS
&&
WALSHSpecial weather statement, Jun 9, 5:14 PM MDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
514 PM MDT THU JUN 9 2016
MTZ028-029-042-063-100015-
JUDITH GAP MT-MUSSELSHELL MT-SOUTHERN WHEATLAND MT-GOLDEN VALLEY MT-
514 PM MDT THU JUN 9 2016
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...
AT 512 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A CLUSTER OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS 11 MILES NORTHWEST OF RYEGATE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50
MPH.
HALF INCH HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.
HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS WERE REPORTED NEAR HARLOWTON.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
RYEGATE...LAVINA...FRANKLIN AND SHAWMUT.
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 4675 10877 4628 10873 4626 10951 4641 10966
4675 10919
TIME...MOT...LOC 2312Z 235DEG 49KT 4641 10943
PALMQUISTThe office that day
Everything else NWS Billings, MT issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 9, 6:12 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | Yellowstone | 48 min |
| Jun 9, 6:57 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BYZ | Musselshell, Rosebud, Treasure, Yellowstone | 63 min |
| Jun 9, 6:58 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BYZ | Custer, Powder River | 47 min |
| Jun 9, 7:06 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | Big Horn | 54 min |
| Jun 9, 7:41 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BYZ | Rosebud | 28 min |
| Jun 9, 7:52 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | Custer | 53 min |
| Jun 9, 8:12 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | Prairie | 63 min |
| Jun 9, 8:17 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BYZ | Custer, Fallon | 58 min |
| Jun 9, 9:16 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | Fallon | 44 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.