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High Wind Warning 11, NWS Billings, MT

December 21, 2018Golden Valley County, Wheatland County, Montana

NWS Billings, MT issued this high wind warning at Dec 21, 2018, 10:16 AM MST for Golden Valley County, Wheatland County, Montana. It was in force for 8 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: Dec 21, 2018, 10:16 AM MST (17:16 UTC)
Expired: Dec 21, 2018, 6:11 PM MST
In force: 8 hr
Issued by: NWS Billings, MT

Counties Golden Valley County, MT, Wheatland County, MT

The radar

The Billings radar (KBLX), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:22 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 high wind 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 high wind warning went out at Dec 21, 9:59 AM MST, 17 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 21, 9:59 AM MST, 17 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Dec 21, 8:45 AM MST, 1 hour 31 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
845 AM MST FRI DEC 21 2018

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1212 AM     NON-TSTM WND GST 17 NE WILSALL           46.16N 110.38W
12/21/2018  M51.00 MPH       PARK               MT   MESONET

0318 AM     NON-TSTM WND GST 17 S FORT SMITH         45.07N 107.89W
12/21/2018  M53.00 MPH       BIG HORN           MT   MESONET

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TRC

Local storm report, Dec 21, 8:46 AM MST, 1 hour 30 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
846 AM MST FRI DEC 21 2018

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0515 AM     NON-TSTM WND GST 3 ENE LIVINGSTON        45.69N 110.50W
12/21/2018  M59.00 MPH       PARK               MT   DEPT OF HIGHWAYS

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TRC

Local storm report, Dec 21, 8:50 AM MST, 1 hour 26 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
850 AM MST FRI DEC 21 2018

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0115 AM     NON-TSTM WND GST 6 WSW RED LODGE         45.16N 109.36W
12/21/2018  M54.00 MPH       CARBON             MT   MESONET

0122 AM     NON-TSTM WND GST 3 W FISHTAIL            45.46N 109.57W
12/21/2018  M51.00 MPH       STILLWATER         MT   MESONET

0200 AM     NON-TSTM WND GST 1 S ROSCOE              45.34N 109.49W
12/21/2018  M54.00 MPH       CARBON             MT   DEPT OF HIGHWAYS

0400 AM     NON-TSTM WND GST 12 W LIVINGSTON         45.67N 110.80W
12/21/2018  M55.00 MPH       PARK               MT   DEPT OF HIGHWAYS

0404 AM     NON-TSTM WND GST 1 NW BURGESS JUNCTION   44.79N 107.54W
12/21/2018  M52.00 MPH       SHERIDAN           WY   MESONET

&&

TRC

Local storm report, Dec 21, 9:31 AM MST, 45 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
931 AM MST FRI DEC 21 2018

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0845 AM     NON-TSTM WND GST 8 SSE WYOLA             45.03N 107.32W
12/21/2018  M54.00 MPH       BIG HORN           MT   DEPT OF HIGHWAYS

0910 AM     NON-TSTM WND GST 2 SSW SHERIDAN          44.77N 106.97W
12/21/2018  M51.00 MPH       SHERIDAN           WY   ASOS

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TRC

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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.