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Winter Storm Warning 6, NWS Billings, MT
NWS Billings, MT issued this winter storm warning at Feb 16, 2018, 2:57 AM MST for 5 counties in Montana. It took effect at Feb 16, 2018, 5:00 PM MST. It was in force for 58 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
- Feb 16, 2018, 2:57 AM MST (09:57 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 16, 2018, 5:00 PM MST
- Expired
- Feb 19, 2018, 2:35 AM MST
- In force
- 58 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 09:55 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 Feb 15, 9:04 PM MST, 5 hours 53 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 15, 9:04 PM MST, 5 hours 53 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 15, 2:50 PM MST, 12 hours 7 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Billings MT 250 PM MST Thu Feb 15 2018 MTZ028>042-056>058-063>066-WYZ098-099-162200- Southern Wheatland-Musselshell-Treasure-Northern Rosebud-Custer- Fallon-Northern Stillwater-Yellowstone-Powder River-Carter- Southern Big Horn-Eastern Carbon-Northern Park- Northern Sweet Grass-Golden Valley-Red Lodge Foothills- Northern Big Horn-Southern Rosebud-Judith Gap-Paradise Valley- Livingston Area-Beartooth Foothills-Northeast Bighorn Mountains- Sheridan Foothills- 250 PM MST Thu Feb 15 2018 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of central Montana...south central Montana...southeast Montana and north central Wyoming. * WHAT... Periods of accumulating snowfall and very cold temperatures. * WHERE...Portions of south central and southeast Montana. * WHEN...Periods of snow Friday through Monday. Heaviest snowfall expected Saturday evening into Sunday morning and Sunday evening into Monday morning. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Periods of accumulating snow may result in poor travel conditions. Please check the latest forecasts and road reports for your travel plans. && MTZ067-068-162200- Absaroka/Beartooth Mountains-Crazy Mountains- 250 PM MST Thu Feb 15 2018 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of south central Montana. * WHAT... Periods of moderate to heavy snowfall producing accumulations of a foot or more in the high country. * WHERE...Mountains of south central Montana. * WHEN...Periods of snow Friday through Monday. Heaviest snowfall expected Saturday evening into Sunday morning and Sunday evening into Monday morning. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Backcountry travel will be difficult in the Beartooth/Absarokas and Crazy Mountains this weekend with an increased threat of avalanches. Please use caution and check the latest forecasts and avalanche bulletins. &&
In the hours before
Local storm report, Feb 15, 9:05 PM MST, 5 hours 52 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Billings, MT issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 16, 1:22 AM MST | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | Sweet Grass | 6 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.