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High Wind Warning 6, NWS Billings, MT
NWS Billings, MT issued this high wind warning at Mar 2, 2020, 3:08 AM MST for 14 counties in Montana; Sheridan County, Wyoming. It was in force for 65 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
- Mar 2, 2020, 3:08 AM MST (10:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 4, 2020, 8:36 PM MST
- In force
- 65 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Billings, MT
Counties Big Horn County, MT, Carbon County, MT, Carter County, MT, Custer County, MT, Fallon County, MT, Golden Valley County, MT, Musselshell County, MT, Powder River County, MT, Rosebud County, MT, Stillwater County, MT, Sweet Grass County, MT, Treasure County, MT, Wheatland County, MT, Yellowstone County, MT, Sheridan County, WY
The radar
The Billings radar (KBLX), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Riverton, WY (KRIW), launched 00:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 320 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1305 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 59 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -4 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 57 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 Mar 1, 7:25 PM MST, 7 hours 43 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 1, 7:25 PM MST, 7 hours 43 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 1, 2:40 PM MST, 12 hours 28 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Billings MT 240 PM MST Sun Mar 1 2020 MTZ040-063>066-141-172-228-022300- Northern Park-Judith Gap-Paradise Valley-Livingston Area- Beartooth Foothills-Northern Sweet Grass-Melville Foothills- Southern Wheatland- 240 PM MST Sun Mar 1 2020 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of central Montana and south central Montana. * WHAT...Strong winds. * WHERE...Western foothills. * WHEN...Monday night through Wendesday night. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...West to southwest winds will increase Monday night and continue through Wednesday night. Wind gusts of 50 to 65 mph are possible at times and this could cause dangerous crosswinds along I-90 from Big Timber to Livingston and along Highway 191 north of Big Timber. Winds will decrease late Wednesday night. 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. && MTZ029>034-036-037-042-056>058-138-139-169-170-173-235-WYZ199- 022300- Musselshell-Treasure-Northern Rosebud-Custer-Fallon- Northern Stillwater-Powder River-Carter-Golden Valley- Red Lodge Foothills-Northern Big Horn-Southern Rosebud- Southern Big Horn-Southeastern Carbon-Bighorn Canyon- Northern Carbon-Northeastern Yellowstone-Southwestern Yellowstone- Sheridan Foothills- 240 PM MST Sun Mar 1 2020 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of central Montana...south central Montana...southeast Montana and north central Wyoming. * WHAT...Strong winds. * WHERE...Southern Montana and northern Wyoming. * WHEN...Tuesday and Wednesday. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Strong wind gusts are expected both Tuesday afternoon and Wednesday afternoon ahead of a cold front. The strongest winds should be Wednesday, when gusts of 40 to 50 mph are possible. Monitor your local forecast closely, as there is still some uncertainty on the exact extent of these winds. 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. &&
The office that day
Everything else NWS Billings, MT issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 2, 3:08 AM MST | Wind Advisory | BYZ | Park, Stillwater, Sweet Grass | 65 hr |
Nearby
High Wind Warnings in Montana, 2020High Wind Warnings in Wyoming, 2020Every 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.