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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 42, NWS Billings, MT
NWS Billings, MT issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 29, 2016, 4:11 PM MDT for Sweet Grass County, Wheatland 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 29, 2016, 4:11 PM MDT (22:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 29, 2016, 5:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 64 min
- Issued by
- NWS Billings, MT
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.5 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Sweet Grass County, MT, Wheatland County, MT
The radar
The Billings radar (KBLX), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:10 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.
NWS Billings, MT wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 29, 2:36 PM MDT, 1 hour 35 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 29, 2:36 PM MDT, 1 hour 35 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Billings, MT issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 28, 8:19 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | Carbon | 56 min |
| Jun 29, 12:18 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | Fallon | 57 min |
| Jun 29, 1:03 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | Carter | 42 min |
| Jun 29, 1:20 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | Fallon | 25 min |
| Jun 29, 1:48 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | Wheatland | 57 min |
| Jun 29, 2:46 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | Wheatland | 59 min |
| Jun 29, 3:05 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | Carbon | 40 min |
| Jun 29, 3:12 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | Wheatland | 33 min |
| Jun 29, 3:48 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | Wheatland | 27 min |
| Jun 29, 4:34 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | Stillwater | 56 min |
| Jun 29, 5:13 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | Stillwater | 62 min |
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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.