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Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS Billings, MT

June 30, 2019Rosebud County, Montana

NWS Billings, MT issued this flash flood warning at Jun 30, 2019, 7:52 PM MDT for Rosebud County, Montana. It was in force for 4 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

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The facts

Issued: Jun 30, 2019, 7:52 PM MDT (01:52 UTC)
Expired: Jul 1, 2019, 12:15 AM MDT
In force: 4 hr
Issued by: NWS Billings, MT
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

County Rosebud County, MT

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash flood 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 flash flood warning went out at Jun 30, 7:35 PM MDT, 17 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 30, 7:35 PM MDT, 17 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 30, 2:37 PM MDT, 5 hours 15 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Billings MT
237 PM MDT Sun Jun 30 2019

MTZ028>042-056>058-063>068-WYZ098-099-012200-
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-Absaroka/Beartooth Mountains-
Crazy Mountains-Northeast Bighorn Mountains-Sheridan Foothills-
237 PM MDT Sun Jun 30 2019

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of central
Montana...south central Montana...southeast Montana and north
central Wyoming.

* WHAT...Risk of strong to severe thunderstorms.

* WHERE...Southern Montana and north central Wyoming.

* WHEN...This afternoon and evening.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Thunderstorms will have the potential to
  produce large hail, damaging wind gusts and heavy rainfall.

* ADDITIONAL HAZARD CONCERNS...The weather pattern will remain
  favorable for strong to severe thunderstorms over portions of the
  area for the next several days.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A Hazardous Weather Outlook is issued when hazardous weather could
impact the region within the next week. Be sure to stay tuned for
future updates as locations, timing, and impacts could change.
Begin preparations to mitigate any impacts that could result from
the hazardous weather.

&&

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 30, 6:35 PM MDT, 1 hour 17 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 30, 6:47 PM MDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 30, 7:02 PM MDT, 50 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 30, 7:10 PM MDT, 42 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 30, 7:11 PM MDT, 41 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 30, 7:44 PM MDT, 8 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
Jun 30, 6:06 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BYZ	Big Horn	39 min
Jun 30, 6:19 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BYZ		26 min
Jun 30, 6:25 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BYZ	Powder River, Rosebud	43 min
Jun 30, 6:30 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BYZ	Powder River	30 min
Jun 30, 6:51 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BYZ	Powder River	54 min
Jun 30, 7:02 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BYZ	Stillwater	43 min
Jun 30, 7:10 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BYZ		50 min
Jun 30, 8:15 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BYZ	Carbon	45 min
Jul 1, 6:50 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BYZ	Stillwater	40 min
Jul 1, 7:29 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BYZ	Carbon	31 min
Jul 1, 3:11 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BYZ	Park	49 min
Jul 1, 3:28 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BYZ	Park	32 min
Jul 1, 3:58 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BYZ	Musselshell	47 min
Jul 1, 4:45 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BYZ	Musselshell	45 min
Jul 1, 4:54 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BYZ	Carbon, Stillwater	51 min
Jul 1, 4:57 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BYZ	Musselshell	48 min
Jul 1, 5:17 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BYZ	Big Horn, Carbon	58 min
Jul 1, 5:26 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BYZ	Yellowstone	49 min
Jul 1, 5:31 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BYZ	Golden Valley	44 min
Jul 1, 5:36 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BYZ	Rosebud	39 min
Jun 30, 7:11 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BYZ	Sheridan	64 min

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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.