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High Wind Warning 5, NWS Billings, MT

February 3, 20225 counties in Montana

NWS Billings, MT issued this high wind warning at Feb 3, 2022, 1:14 PM MST for 5 counties in Montana. It took effect at Feb 4, 2022, 12:00 PM MST. It was in force for 25 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: Feb 3, 2022, 1:14 PM MST (20:14 UTC)
In effect from: Feb 4, 2022, 12:00 PM MST
Expired: Feb 5, 2022, 1:21 PM MST
In force: 25 hr
Issued by: NWS Billings, MT

Counties Golden Valley County, MT, Musselshell County, MT, Stillwater County, MT, Sweet Grass County, MT, Wheatland County, MT

The radar

The Billings radar (KBLX), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 Feb 3, 9:58 AM MST, 3 hours 16 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 3, 9:58 AM MST, 3 hours 16 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Feb 3, 7:36 AM MST, 5 hours 38 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
Feb 3, 1:14 PM MST	Wind Advisory	BYZ	Park, Stillwater, Sweet Grass	48 hr

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.