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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 9, NWS Billings, MT

June 11, 2022Powder River County, Montana

NWS Billings, MT issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 11, 2022, 6:12 PM MDT for Powder River County, Montana. It was in force for 48 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: Jun 11, 2022, 6:12 PM MDT (00:12 UTC)
Expired: Jun 11, 2022, 7:00 PM MDT
In force: 48 min
Issued by: NWS Billings, MT
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Powder River County, MT

The radar

The Billings radar (KBLX), 237 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:14 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.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jun 11, 4:59 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 11, 3:50 PM MDT, 2 hours 22 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 11, 3:50 PM MDT, 2 hours 22 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 11, 4:07 PM MDT, 2 hours 5 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 11, 4:31 PM MDT, 1 hour 41 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 11, 4:53 PM MDT, 1 hour 19 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 11, 5:04 PM MDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 11, 5:16 PM MDT, 56 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 11, 5:57 PM MDT, 15 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
Jun 11, 6:44 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	BYZ	Carter, Powder River	54 min
Jun 11, 7:01 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BYZ	Carter	29 min
Jun 11, 7:07 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BYZ	Carter	68 min
Jun 11, 8:02 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BYZ		13 min
Jun 11, 11:00 PM MDT	Areal Flood Warning	BYZ	Park, Stillwater, Sweet Grass	61 hr
Jun 11, 11:00 PM MDT	Areal Flood Warning	BYZ	Carbon	61 hr
Jun 11, 11:39 PM MDT	Flash Flood Watch	BYZ	Big Horn, Carbon, Park, Sweet Grass, Wheatland	17 hr
Jun 12, 2:45 AM MDT	River Flood Watch	BYZ	Sweet Grass	25 hr
Jun 12, 2:45 AM MDT	River Flood Watch	BYZ	Stillwater	11 hr
Jun 12, 2:45 AM MDT	River Flood Warning	BYZ	Carbon	69 hr
Jun 12, 2:45 AM MDT	River Flood Warning	BYZ	Park, Sweet Grass	69 hr
Jun 12, 2:45 AM MDT	River Flood Warning	BYZ	Carbon	3 days
Jun 12, 11:06 AM MDT	River Flood Watch	BYZ	Stillwater, Yellowstone	24 hr
Jun 12, 11:22 AM MDT	River Flood Warning	BYZ	Park	47 hr
Jun 12, 11:43 AM MDT	River Flood Warning	BYZ	Stillwater	48 hr
Jun 12, 12:59 PM MDT	Areal Flood Warning	BYZ	Big Horn	34 hr
Jun 12, 2:29 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BYZ		31 min
Jun 12, 2:34 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BYZ	Big Horn, Powder River	41 min
Jun 12, 3:13 PM MDT	Areal Flood Warning	BYZ	Park, Sweet Grass	32 hr
Jun 12, 3:13 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BYZ	Carter, Powder River	45 min
Jun 12, 4:49 PM MDT	Flash Flood Watch	BYZ	Carbon	24 hr
Jun 11, 6:09 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BYZ	Sheridan	51 min
Jun 12, 10:03 AM MDT	Areal Flood Warning	BYZ	Sheridan	37 hr
Jun 12, 1:44 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BYZ	Sheridan	46 min
Jun 12, 3:15 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BYZ	Sheridan	44 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.