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Special Weather Statement, NWS Billings, MT

August 6, 2016Rosebud County, Treasure County, Montana

NWS Billings, MT issued this special weather statement at Aug 6, 2016, 11:28 PM MDT for Rosebud County, Treasure County, Montana. It was in force for 62 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

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The facts

Issued: Aug 6, 2016, 11:28 PM MDT (05:28 UTC)
Expired: Aug 7, 2016, 12:30 AM MDT
In force: 62 min
Issued by: NWS Billings, MT

Counties Rosebud County, MT, Treasure County, MT

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What forecasters said that day

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NWS Billings, MT wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Aug 6, 8:08 PM MDT, 3 hours 20 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 6, 8:08 PM MDT, 3 hours 20 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 6, 2:46 PM MDT, 8 hours 42 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 6, 9:02 PM MDT, 2 hours 26 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 6, 9:45 PM MDT, 1 hour 43 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
945 PM MDT SAT AUG 6 2016

MTZ029>031-035-038-057-070445-
TREASURE MT-NORTHERN ROSEBUD MT-MUSSELSHELL MT-YELLOWSTONE MT-
NORTHERN BIG HORN MT-SOUTHERN BIG HORN MT-
945 PM MDT SAT AUG 6 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...

AT 942 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A LINE OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 19 MILES EAST OF ROUNDUP TO
13 MILES NORTH OF WORDEN TO NEAR BALLANTINE TO 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF
PRYOR...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

HALF INCH HAIL...WINDS OF 45 TO 55 MPH AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL CAN
BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL CAUSE QUICK
PONDING OF WATER ON AREA ROADWAYS AND A DRAMATIC REDUCTION IN
VISIBILITY.

THESE STORMS WILL QUICKLY SHIFT EAST OUT OF BILLINGS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
HARDIN...CUSTER...MELSTONE...WORDEN...HUNTLEY...BALLANTINE...PRYOR...
MUSSELSHELL...BIGHORN...POMPEYS PILLAR...ST. XAVIER AND CROW INDIAN
RESERVATION.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS...AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.

&&

LAT...LON 4664 10763 4615 10740 4581 10747 4543 10777
      4544 10851 4587 10832 4616 10827 4651 10835
TIME...MOT...LOC 0342Z 276DEG 25KT 4638 10814 4614 10808 4588 10814
4551 10837

TWH

Local storm report, Aug 6, 9:57 PM MDT, 1 hour 31 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 6, 10:32 PM MDT, 56 minutes before

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Local storm report, Aug 6, 10:40 PM MDT, 48 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 6, 11:28 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
Aug 6, 6:42 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BYZ	Sweet Grass	48 min
Aug 6, 7:28 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BYZ	Golden Valley	47 min
Aug 6, 7:32 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BYZ	Musselshell	43 min
Aug 6, 8:23 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BYZ	Musselshell, Yellowstone	37 min
Aug 6, 9:02 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BYZ	Musselshell, Yellowstone	43 min
Aug 6, 9:45 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BYZ	Yellowstone	60 min
Aug 6, 10:32 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BYZ	Big Horn, Rosebud, Treasure	58 min
Aug 6, 10:38 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BYZ	Musselshell, Yellowstone	3 hr
Aug 7, 12:28 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BYZ	Powder River	62 min
Aug 7, 4:10 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BYZ	Big Horn	65 min
Aug 7, 5:01 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BYZ	Big Horn	44 min
Aug 7, 5:06 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BYZ	Powder River	54 min
Aug 7, 5:44 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BYZ	Big Horn, Rosebud	61 min
Aug 7, 5:16 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BYZ	Sheridan	59 min
Aug 7, 5:34 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BYZ	Sheridan	56 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.