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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Billings, MT

July 7, 2020Big Horn County, Rosebud County, Montana

NWS Billings, MT issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 7, 2020, 4:07 PM MDT for Big Horn County, Rosebud County, Montana. It was in force for 53 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 7, 2020, 4:07 PM MDT (22:07 UTC)
Expired
Jul 7, 2020, 5:00 PM MDT
In force
53 min
Issued by
NWS Billings, MT
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Big Horn County, MT, Rosebud County, MT

The radar

The Billings radar (KBLX), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 7, 1:14 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Glasgow Intl Airport, MT (KGGW), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 269 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Glasgow Intl Airport, MT at 12:00Z on 2020-07-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Glasgow Intl Airport, MT at 12:00Z on 2020-07-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 51 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1734 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
55 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
51 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
118 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Billings, MT issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 6, 6:02 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBYZCarter22 min
Jul 7, 1:37 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBYZSweet Grass23 min
Jul 7, 1:44 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBYZPark, Sweet Grass61 min
Jul 7, 2:02 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBYZWheatland43 min
Jul 7, 2:43 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBYZGolden Valley, Wheatland38 min
Jul 7, 3:24 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBYZGolden Valley51 min
Jul 7, 3:38 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBYZPark52 min
Jul 7, 3:42 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBYZGolden Valley, Musselshell, Stillwater63 min
Jul 7, 4:08 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBYZYellowstone37 min
Jul 7, 4:42 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBYZYellowstone33 min
Jul 7, 4:44 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBYZMusselshell, Rosebud61 min
Jul 7, 4:52 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBYZCuster, Powder River, Rosebud53 min
Jul 7, 5:07 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBYZBig Horn, Yellowstone38 min
Jul 7, 5:41 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBYZBig Horn, Rosebud, Treasure, Yellowstone64 min
Jul 7, 5:43 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBYZCuster, Powder River62 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.