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Winter Storm Warning 5, NWS Billings, MT

November 16, 20164 counties in Montana

NWS Billings, MT issued this winter storm warning at Nov 16, 2016, 4:11 AM MST for 4 counties in Montana. It took effect at Nov 16, 2016, 12:00 PM MST. It was in force for 32 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Nov 16, 2016, 4:11 AM MST (11:11 UTC)
In effect from: Nov 16, 2016, 12:00 PM MST
Expired: Nov 17, 2016, 8:03 PM MST
In force: 32 hr
Issued by: NWS Billings, MT

Counties Carbon County, MT, Park County, MT, Stillwater County, MT, Sweet Grass County, MT

The radar

The Billings radar (KBLX), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:13 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 winter storm 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 winter storm warning went out at Nov 15, 8:36 PM MST, 7 hours 35 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 15, 8:36 PM MST, 7 hours 35 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 15, 2:19 PM MST, 13 hours 52 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
Nov 16, 4:11 AM MST	Winter Weather Advisory	BYZ	Carter, Powder River, Rosebud, Stillwater, Sweet Grass	40 hr

Nearby

Winter Storm Warnings in Montana, 2016 Winter Storm Warnings in Wyoming, 2016 Every winter storm warning in 2016

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.