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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Billings, MT

June 10, 2021Custer County, Rosebud County, Montana

NWS Billings, MT issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 10, 2021, 7:03 PM MDT for Custer County, Rosebud County, Montana. It was in force for 42 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jun 10, 2021, 7:03 PM MDT (01:03 UTC)
Expired
Jun 10, 2021, 7:45 PM MDT
In force
42 min
Issued by
NWS Billings, MT
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Custer County, MT, Rosebud County, MT

The radar

The Glasgow radar (KGGW), 164 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:06 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 10, 7:30 PM MDTHAIL 2.54 N Angela, MT
Jun 10, 7:38 PM MDTNON-TSTM WND GST 752 Nw Rock Springs, MT

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 10, 2:52 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Glasgow Intl Airport, MT (KGGW), launched 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 166 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 00:00Z on 2021-06-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1762 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Glasgow Intl Airport, MT at 00:00Z on 2021-06-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 15 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1762 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-194 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1872 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
65 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
15 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
262 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
-0.0
Supercell composite
-0.5

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The text

As transmitted.

979 
WUUS55 KBYZ 110103
SVRBYZ
MTC017-087-110145-
/O.NEW.KBYZ.SV.W.0013.210611T0103Z-210611T0145Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Billings MT
703 PM MDT Thu Jun 10 2021

The National Weather Service in Billings has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northwestern Custer County in southeastern Montana...
  Northern Rosebud County in southeastern Montana...

* Until 745 PM MDT.

* At 703 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 15 miles south of
  Hillside, or 31 miles northeast of Forsyth, moving northeast at 65
  mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage 
           to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Locations impacted include...
  Rock Springs and Angela. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 4683 10583 4682 10561 4678 10562 4639 10647
      4649 10668 4680 10704 4686 10690 4684 10660
      4686 10583
TIME...MOT...LOC 0103Z 215DEG 57KT 4668 10639 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

Setzenfand
2 follow-up statements
614 
WWUS55 KBYZ 110122
SVSBYZ

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Billings MT
722 PM MDT Thu Jun 10 2021

MTC017-087-110145-
/O.CON.KBYZ.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-210611T0145Z/
Custer MT-Rosebud MT-
722 PM MDT Thu Jun 10 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM MDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN CUSTER AND NORTHERN ROSEBUD COUNTIES...

At 722 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 14 miles southeast
of Hillside, or 32 miles northwest of Miles City, moving northeast at
55 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to 
         roofs, siding, and trees.

Locations impacted include...
Rock Springs and Angela. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 4683 10583 4682 10561 4678 10562 4661 10631
      4664 10653 4679 10675 4684 10676 4684 10660
      4686 10583
TIME...MOT...LOC 0122Z 224DEG 48KT 4683 10612 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

Setzenfand
715 
WWUS55 KBYZ 110140
SVSBYZ

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Billings MT
740 PM MDT Thu Jun 10 2021

MTC017-087-110148-
/O.EXP.KBYZ.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-210611T0145Z/
Custer MT-Rosebud MT-
740 PM MDT Thu Jun 10 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN CUSTER AND
NORTHERN ROSEBUD COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 745 PM MDT...
    
The severe thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out of 
the warned area.  Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM MDT for
southeastern Montana.

LAT...LON 4683 10583 4682 10561 4678 10562 4661 10631
      4664 10653 4679 10675 4684 10676 4684 10660
      4686 10583
TIME...MOT...LOC 0138Z 215DEG 57KT 4701 10593 

$$

Setzenfand

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 10, 6:10 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBYZCarbon, Stillwater, Sweet Grass95 min
Jun 10, 6:43 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBYZRosebud47 min
Jun 10, 7:02 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBYZYellowstone43 min
Jun 10, 7:45 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBYZCarbon, Stillwater, Sweet Grass, Wheatland2 hr

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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.