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Red Flag Warning 1, NWS Billings, MT

July 10, 20177 counties in Montana

NWS Billings, MT issued this red flag warning at Jul 10, 2017, 3:30 AM MDT for 7 counties in Montana. It took effect at Jul 10, 2017, 3:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 5 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
Jul 10, 2017, 3:30 AM MDT (09:30 UTC)
In effect from
Jul 10, 2017, 3:00 PM MDT
Expired
Jul 10, 2017, 8:21 PM MDT
In force
5 hr
Issued by
NWS Billings, MT

Counties Big Horn County, MT, Golden Valley County, MT, Musselshell County, MT, Powder River County, MT, Rosebud County, MT, Treasure County, MT, Yellowstone County, MT

The radar

The Billings radar (KBLX), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Great_falls, MT (KTFX), launched 00:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 282 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Great_falls, MT at 00:00Z on 2017-07-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 56 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Great_falls, MT at 00:00Z on 2017-07-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 104 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
56 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-199 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
3424 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
104 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
240 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Billings, MT issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 10, 12:46 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBYZPark44 min
Jul 10, 1:24 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBYZWheatland51 min
Jul 10, 1:36 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBYZPark, Sweet Grass39 min
Jul 10, 2:11 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBYZGolden Valley49 min
Jul 10, 2:19 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBYZStillwater41 min
Jul 10, 2:25 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBYZPark50 min
Jul 10, 2:59 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBYZMusselshell46 min
Jul 10, 3:31 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBYZYellowstone44 min
Jul 10, 3:43 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBYZMusselshell, Treasure47 min
Jul 10, 3:44 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBYZCarter46 min
Jul 10, 3:45 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBYZCarter45 min
Jul 10, 4:07 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBYZSweet Grass38 min
Jul 10, 4:15 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBYZBig Horn, Yellowstone45 min
Jul 10, 4:31 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBYZRosebud, Treasure44 min
Jul 10, 4:45 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBYZFallon30 min
Jul 10, 4:52 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBYZCuster, Rosebud23 min
Jul 10, 5:14 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBYZCuster46 min
Jul 10, 5:26 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBYZFallon49 min
Jul 10, 5:41 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBYZCuster49 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.