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Wind Advisory 17, NWS Billings, MT

December 28, 2018Park County, Stillwater County, Sweet Grass County, Montana

NWS Billings, MT issued this wind advisory at Dec 28, 2018, 2:52 AM MST for Park County, Stillwater County, Sweet Grass County, Montana. It took effect at Dec 28, 2018, 11:00 PM MST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 28, 2018, 2:52 AM MST (09:52 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 28, 2018, 11:00 PM MST
Expired: Dec 28, 2018, 2:22 PM MST
In force
Issued by: NWS Billings, MT

Counties Park County, MT, Stillwater County, MT, Sweet Grass County, MT

The radar

The Billings radar (KBLX), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:49 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 wind advisory 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 wind advisory went out at Dec 27, 10:21 PM MST, 4 hours 31 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 27, 10:21 PM MST, 4 hours 31 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
Dec 28, 2:22 PM MST	High Wind Watch	BYZ	Golden Valley, Wheatland	10 hr
Dec 28, 2:22 PM MST	High Wind Warning	BYZ	Golden Valley, Park, Stillwater, Sweet Grass, Wheatland	43 hr

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.