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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 4, NWS Billings, MT

May 7, 2018Big Horn County, Treasure County, Yellowstone County, Montana

NWS Billings, MT issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 7, 2018, 3:00 PM MDT for Big Horn County, Treasure County, Yellowstone County, Montana. It was in force for 60 min. 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 7, 2018, 3:00 PM MDT (21:00 UTC)
Expired: May 7, 2018, 4:00 PM MDT
In force: 60 min
Issued by: NWS Billings, MT
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Big Horn County, MT, Treasure County, MT, Yellowstone County, MT

The radar

The Billings radar (KBLX), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:59 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 severe thunderstorm 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out at May 6, 3:36 PM MDT, 23 hours 24 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 6, 3:36 PM MDT, 23 hours 24 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
May 6, 6:14 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BYZ	Park	46 min
May 6, 7:54 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BYZ	Yellowstone	36 min
May 7, 1:52 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BYZ	Yellowstone	38 min
May 7, 2:04 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BYZ	Treasure, Yellowstone	56 min
May 7, 2:37 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BYZ	Big Horn	53 min
May 7, 4:17 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BYZ	Rosebud	58 min
May 7, 5:21 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BYZ	Custer	54 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Montana, 2018 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2018

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.