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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 62, NWS Billings, MT
NWS Billings, MT issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 16, 2016, 4:26 PM MDT for Carter County, Powder River County, Montana. It was in force for 18 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
- Jul 16, 2016, 4:26 PM MDT (22:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 16, 2016, 4:44 PM MDT
- In force
- 18 min
- Issued by
- NWS Billings, MT
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Carter County, MT, Powder River County, MT
The radar
The Rapid City radar (KUDX), 231 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 16, 2:33 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 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.
NWS Billings, MT wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jul 16, 2:53 PM MDT, 1 hour 33 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 16, 2:53 PM MDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 16, 3:02 PM MDT, 1 hour 24 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT 302 PM MDT SAT JUL 16 2016 MTZ028>042-056>058-063>068-WYZ098-099-171115- 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- 302 PM MDT SAT JUL 16 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MONTANA...SOUTH CENTRAL MONTANA...SOUTHEAST MONTANA AND NORTH CENTRAL WYOMING. .DAY ONE...LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT SOME STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING...MAINLY EAST OF BILLINGS. THE MAIN HAZARDS ARE LARGE HAIL AND STRONG WINDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. JKL
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jul 16, 2:44 PM MDT, 1 hour 42 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Billings, MT issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Jul 15, 6:09 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | Park | 51 min |
| Jul 15, 6:52 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | Wheatland | 53 min |
| Jul 15, 6:55 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | Stillwater, Sweet Grass | 35 min |
| Jul 15, 7:14 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BYZ | Golden Valley, Wheatland | 47 min |
| Jul 15, 7:35 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BYZ | Carbon, Stillwater, Sweet Grass | 40 min |
| Jul 15, 8:15 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BYZ | Big Horn, Carbon, Stillwater, Yellowstone | 60 min |
| Jul 15, 9:04 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BYZ | Big Horn, Treasure, Yellowstone | 56 min |
| Jul 15, 10:03 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | Rosebud, Treasure | 57 min |
| Jul 15, 11:02 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | Custer, Powder River, Rosebud | 58 min |
| Jul 15, 11:50 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | Custer, Powder River | 55 min |
| Jul 16, 1:09 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | Fallon | 66 min |
| Jul 16, 2:34 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | Big Horn | 26 min |
| Jul 16, 2:41 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | 34 min | |
| Jul 16, 2:41 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BYZ | Big Horn | 64 min |
| Jul 16, 3:24 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BYZ | Powder River | 66 min |
| Jul 16, 3:31 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BYZ | Big Horn | 48 min |
| Jul 16, 3:47 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | 43 min | |
| Jul 16, 4:38 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | Powder River | 67 min |
| Jul 16, 4:44 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | Park | 61 min |
| Jul 16, 5:13 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | Stillwater | 47 min |
| Jul 16, 5:20 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | Golden Valley | 55 min |
| Jul 16, 5:49 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | Carter, Fallon | 41 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.