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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 30, NWS Billings, MT

June 11, 2016Custer County, Rosebud County, Montana

NWS Billings, MT issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 11, 2016, 6:26 PM MDT for Custer County, Rosebud County, Montana. It was in force for 64 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 11, 2016, 6:26 PM MDT (00:26 UTC)
Expired: Jun 11, 2016, 7:30 PM MDT
In force: 64 min
Issued by: NWS Billings, MT
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.5 in
Wind: 70.0 mph

Counties Custer County, MT, Rosebud County, MT

The radar

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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 11, 3:00 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

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

Local storm report, Jun 11, 6:00 PM MDT, 26 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 11, 6:04 PM MDT, 22 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 11, 6:11 PM MDT, 15 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
611 PM MDT SAT JUN 11 2016

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0550 PM     HAIL             5 NE MILES CITY         46.46N 105.77W
06/11/2016  M1.75 INCH       CUSTER             MT   TRAINED SPOTTER

            HAIL LASTED FOR 10 TO 15 MINUTES. WINDOWS BROKEN OUT.

&&

PALMQUIST

Local storm report, Jun 11, 6:23 PM MDT, 3 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
623 PM MDT SAT JUN 11 2016

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0537 PM     HAIL             16 NNE BROADUS          45.65N 105.24W
06/11/2016  M0.25 INCH       POWDER RIVER       MT   TRAINED SPOTTER

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PALMQUIST

Local storm report, Jun 11, 6:26 PM MDT, 0 minutes 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
Jun 11, 6:32 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BYZ	Powder River	58 min
Jun 11, 6:40 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BYZ	Fallon	65 min
Jun 11, 6:58 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BYZ	Fallon	34 min
Jun 11, 7:01 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BYZ	Powder River	59 min
Jun 11, 7:02 PM MDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	BYZ	Fallon	28 min
Jun 11, 7:20 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BYZ	Powder River	55 min
Jun 11, 7:41 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BYZ	Rosebud, Treasure	64 min
Jun 11, 7:55 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BYZ	Custer, Powder River, Rosebud	47 min
Jun 11, 8:51 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BYZ		24 min
Jun 11, 9:29 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BYZ	Rosebud	31 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.