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Special Weather Statement, NWS Billings, MT
NWS Billings, MT issued this special weather statement at Jul 9, 2021, 2:39 PM MDT for Stillwater County, Montana. It was in force for 51 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 9, 2021, 2:39 PM MDT (20:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 9, 2021, 3:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Billings, MT
County Stillwater County, MT
The radar
The Billings radar (KBLX), 50 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Great_falls, MT (KTFX), launched 12:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 191 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
- 34 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -410 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1971 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -47 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -52 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.1
The text
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</html>What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Jul 9, 2:10 PM MDT, 29 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 9, 2:10 PM MDT, 29 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Billings MT
210 PM MDT Fri Jul 9 2021
.DISCUSSION...
This Afternoon through Saturday night...
An area of showers and thunderstorms is expected to develop early
this afternoon and shift southeast into the Billings area between
2 and 4 pm, then down into Sheridan in the 5 to 7 pm timeframe.
Main threat with these storms will be strong wind gusts, 30 to 50
mph from Billings to the northwest, and 40 to 60 mph to the
southeast of Billings down into Sheridan county. Another area of
weaker shower and thunderstorm activity will drop southward into
southeast Montana between 5 and 9 pm and linger into the late
night hours before shifting east and south overnight. By sunrise
should see clear skies and light winds across the area, which will
linger through Saturday. Temperatures tomorrow will be in the 85
to 95 degree range, a bit warmer than previous forecasts. Friday
night will be mostly clear with lows around 60 and generally light
southeast winds. Chambers
Sunday through Friday...
The big story for the extended forecast period is that is looking
more active, with periods of showers and thunderstorms. This may
not necessarily indicate significant wetting rain in any given
locations, although some locations may receive appreciable
amounts, but should help keep temps a bit cooler than seen in
recent days and weeks.
The upper ridge still dominates the pattern Sunday, bringing
temperatures back into the 90s, and will just break the century
mark for some locations. Sunday also looks very dry, at least to
start, with humidities possibly dropping into the single digits.
This will be the hottest day of the forecast period. Winds also
look fairly light to start, but will likely see afternoon mixing
to boost winds to 20 mph or better. All that said, as the ridge is
flattened in the west Sunday, PWATs jump fairly quickly. Have
added PoPs in the high terrain and foothills for Sunday evening.
Some storms may be dry to start, if manage to develop before
moisture has a chance to really get into the area.
A surface cold front is expected for Monday morning, bringing
slightly cooler temps. Shortwaves through the zonal to slightly
northwest flow Monday should bring potential for, at least,
isolated showers and thunder, even though best moisture appears to
stay north. A stronger system is expected for late Tuesday and
Wednesday, with an upper low slipping southeast across the
state. This appears to be the best shot for beneficial rain, if
it pans out as progged. There are some discrepencies amongst
models with regard to moisture availability, tracks, coverage,
etc, so NBM seems to be largely washing it out. Added higher, and
more widespread PoPs for this period.
Shortwave ridging builds in again for Thursday, allowing for a
bit of a warm up, but it is short-lived as another shortwave
crosses the region Thursday evening/night. Another wave, possibly
a little stronger, is expected Friday evening/night. We will need
to watch these systems closely, as ensembles are not handling
well, due to inconsistent timing and coverage.
Gilstad
&&
.AVIATION...
An area of showers and thunderstorms will move southeast across
the forecast area this afternoon and evening. These storms will
be capable of producing MVFR conditions in heavy rain along with
wind gusts up to 50 kts. Convection will move southeast of the
area by around 06z tonight with clear skies for the rest of the
night and through the day Saturday. Chambers
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMP/POPS...
Sat Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri
-----------------------------------------------------------
BIL 057/091 061/100 066/089 062/089 060/082 060/092 063/092
10/U 00/U 20/U 23/T 34/T 11/U 21/U
LVM 049/093 053/098 056/090 054/087 053/083 052/091 054/090
00/U 01/U 31/U 23/T 23/T 12/U 11/U
HDN 055/091 058/102 063/091 059/091 057/085 057/095 059/095
20/U 00/G 00/U 23/T 33/T 11/U 21/U
MLS 059/088 061/099 067/091 060/088 060/083 061/092 064/095
30/U 00/U 01/U 22/T 33/T 11/U 21/U
4BQ 058/086 058/096 066/092 061/087 060/081 061/089 064/092
40/U 00/U 00/U 23/T 33/T 32/T 21/U
BHK 057/084 056/093 060/091 056/087 056/081 057/088 059/092
31/T 00/U 01/U 22/T 32/T 21/U 21/U
SHR 051/087 053/096 060/089 056/087 054/080 055/089 056/090
40/U 00/U 11/U 23/T 33/T 22/T 21/U
&&
.BYZ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MT...None.
WY...None.
&&
weather.gov/billingsIn the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 9, 2:39 PM MDT, 0 minutes before
Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Billings MT 239 PM MDT Fri Jul 9 2021 MTZ034-042-141-092130- Golden Valley MT-Northern Stillwater MT-Northern Sweet Grass MT- 239 PM MDT Fri Jul 9 2021 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY... At 238 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 19 miles southwest of Ryegate, or 28 miles northeast of Big Timber, moving east at 30 mph. Dime size hail and winds in excess of 40 mph are possible with this storm. Locations impacted include... Halfbreed Lake Wildlife, Rapelje and Hailstone Wildlife Refuge. LAT...LON 4610 10894 4583 10904 4600 10957 4616 10951 TIME...MOT...LOC 2038Z 288DEG 27KT 4606 10946 Tesar
The office that day
Everything else NWS Billings, MT issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 9, 3:18 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | Stillwater | 27 min |
| Jul 9, 3:36 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | Yellowstone | 39 min |
| Jul 9, 4:12 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | Big Horn | 48 min |
| Jul 9, 4:14 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | Carbon | 46 min |
| Jul 9, 4:50 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | Big Horn | 40 min |
| Jul 9, 5:04 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | Sheridan | 26 min |
| Jul 9, 5:11 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | Sheridan | 34 min |
| Jul 9, 5:51 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | Sheridan | 39 min |
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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.