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High Wind Warning 5, NWS Billings, MT

February 23, 2020Golden Valley County, Sweet Grass County, Wheatland County, Montana

NWS Billings, MT issued this high wind warning at Feb 23, 2020, 2:50 PM MST for Golden Valley County, Sweet Grass County, Wheatland County, Montana. It took effect at Feb 23, 2020, 11:00 PM MST. It was in force for 22 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 23, 2020, 2:50 PM MST (21:50 UTC)
In effect from: Feb 23, 2020, 11:00 PM MST
Expired: Feb 24, 2020, 8:50 PM MST
In force: 22 hr
Issued by: NWS Billings, MT

Counties Golden Valley County, MT, Sweet Grass County, MT, Wheatland County, MT

The radar

The Billings radar (KBLX), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:48 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 high wind 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 high wind warning went out at Feb 23, 9:41 AM MST, 5 hours 9 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 23, 9:41 AM MST, 5 hours 9 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 23, 2:32 AM MST, 12 hours 18 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
Feb 23, 3:11 PM MST	Winter Weather Advisory	BYZ	Big Horn, Carbon, Carter, Custer, Fallon, Powder River and 4 more	43 hr

Nearby

High Wind Warnings in Montana, 2020 Every high wind warning in 2020

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.