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High Wind Watch 3, NWS Billings, MT

October 22, 2017Rosebud County, Montana

NWS Billings, MT issued this high wind watch at Oct 22, 2017, 2:40 AM MDT for Rosebud County, Montana. It took effect at Oct 22, 2017, 4:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 98 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Oct 22, 2017, 2:40 AM MDT (08:40 UTC)
In effect from: Oct 22, 2017, 4:00 PM MDT
Expired: Oct 22, 2017, 5:38 PM MDT
In force: 98 min
Issued by: NWS Billings, MT

County Rosebud County, MT

The radar

The Billings radar (KBLX), 151 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:39 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 high wind watch 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 high wind watch went out at Oct 21, 3:54 PM MDT, 10 hours 46 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 21, 3:54 PM MDT, 10 hours 46 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 21, 3:14 PM MDT, 11 hours 26 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
Oct 22, 4:13 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BYZ	Rosebud	62 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.