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Winter Storm Warning 13, NWS Billings, MT

May 26, 20194 counties in Montana

NWS Billings, MT issued this winter storm warning at May 26, 2019, 1:08 PM MDT for 4 counties in Montana. It took effect at May 26, 2019, 9:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 38 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: May 26, 2019, 1:08 PM MDT (19:08 UTC)
In effect from: May 26, 2019, 9:00 PM MDT
Expired: May 28, 2019, 11:08 AM MDT
In force: 38 hr
Issued by: NWS Billings, MT

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

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 May 26, 8:30 AM MDT, 4 hours 38 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 26, 8:30 AM MDT, 4 hours 38 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 26, 5:28 AM MDT, 7 hours 40 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, May 26, 12:08 PM MDT, 1 hour 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 26, 3:15 AM MDT	Winter Storm Watch	BYZ	Carbon, Park, Stillwater, Sweet Grass	10 hr
May 26, 1:59 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BYZ	Stillwater, Sweet Grass	46 min
May 26, 2:57 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BYZ	Golden Valley, Stillwater, Sweet Grass, Wheatland	33 min
May 26, 3:24 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BYZ	Carter	51 min
May 26, 3:31 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BYZ	Carter	44 min
May 26, 3:50 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BYZ	Golden Valley, Stillwater, Sweet Grass, Wheatland	55 min
May 26, 3:53 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BYZ	Carbon	52 min
May 26, 4:09 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BYZ	Carbon, Stillwater	66 min
May 26, 4:12 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BYZ	Carter	37 min
May 26, 4:23 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BYZ	Golden Valley, Stillwater	52 min
May 26, 4:37 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BYZ	Carter	53 min
May 26, 4:58 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BYZ	Powder River	62 min
May 26, 5:22 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BYZ	Golden Valley, Stillwater, Wheatland	38 min

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.