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Special Weather Statement, NWS Billings, MT

March 21, 2017Sweet Grass County, Montana

NWS Billings, MT issued this special weather statement at Mar 21, 2017, 9:31 PM MDT for Sweet Grass County, Montana. It was in force for 3 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

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Issued: Mar 21, 2017, 9:31 PM MDT (03:31 UTC)
Expired: Mar 22, 2017, 12:30 AM MDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Billings, MT

County Sweet Grass County, MT

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 22, 7:23 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BYZ	Big Horn, Carter, Custer, Fallon, Musselshell, Powder River and 3 more	112 min
Mar 22, 3:12 AM MDT	Winter Weather Advisory	BYZ		40 hr

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Special Weather Statements in Montana, 2017 Every special weather statement in 2017

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.