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High Wind Warning 8, NWS Billings, MT

May 6, 202011 counties in Montana; Sheridan County, Wyoming

NWS Billings, MT issued this high wind warning at May 6, 2020, 3:46 AM MDT for 11 counties in Montana; Sheridan County, Wyoming. It took effect at May 6, 2020, 3:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 24 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 6, 2020, 3:46 AM MDT (09:46 UTC)
In effect from: May 6, 2020, 3:00 PM MDT
Expired: May 7, 2020, 2:31 PM MDT
In force: 24 hr
Issued by: NWS Billings, MT

Counties Big Horn County, MT, Carbon County, MT, Golden Valley County, MT, Musselshell County, MT, Park 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), 2 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

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 May 5, 8:38 PM MDT, 7 hours 8 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 5, 8:38 PM MDT, 7 hours 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
May 6, 3:46 AM MDT	Wind Advisory	BYZ	Park, Stillwater, Sweet Grass	32 hr

Nearby

High Wind Warnings in Montana, 2020 High Wind Warnings in Wyoming, 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.