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Winter Storm Warning 9, NWS Billings, MT
NWS Billings, MT issued this winter storm warning at May 16, 2017, 3:19 PM MDT for 5 counties in Montana. It took effect at May 17, 2017, 6:00 AM MDT. It was in force for 30 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
- May 16, 2017, 3:19 PM MDT (21:19 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 17, 2017, 6:00 AM MDT
- Expired
- May 18, 2017, 11:49 AM MDT
- In force
- 30 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Billings, MT
Counties Carbon County, MT, Park County, MT, Stillwater County, MT, Sweet Grass County, MT, Wheatland County, MT
The radar
The Billings radar (KBLX), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:22 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 May 16, 9:37 AM MDT, 5 hours 42 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 16, 9:37 AM MDT, 5 hours 42 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Billings, MT issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 15, 6:03 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | Fallon | 27 min |
| May 15, 6:05 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BYZ | Custer | 25 min |
| May 15, 6:08 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | 37 min | |
| May 15, 6:30 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BYZ | Carter | 60 min |
| May 15, 6:39 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | Fallon | 36 min |
| May 15, 7:12 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | Fallon | 48 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.