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High Wind Warning 10, NWS Billings, MT

February 28, 2022Sweet Grass County, Wheatland County, Montana

NWS Billings, MT issued this high wind warning at Feb 28, 2022, 9:35 PM MST for Sweet Grass County, Wheatland County, Montana. It was in force for 13 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

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Issued
Feb 28, 2022, 9:35 PM MST (04:35 UTC)
Expired
Mar 1, 2022, 11:00 AM MST
In force
13 hr
Issued by
NWS Billings, MT

Counties Sweet Grass County, MT, Wheatland County, MT

The nearest sounding before it

Riverton, WY (KRIW), launched 00:00Z, 4.6 hours before the alert went out and 361 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, Riverton, WY at 00:00Z on 2022-03-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Riverton, WY at 00:00Z on 2022-03-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 48 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
4404 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
48 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
198 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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.