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Blizzard Warning 1, NWS Billings, MT

March 11, 2023Fallon County, Montana

NWS Billings, MT issued this blizzard warning at Mar 11, 2023, 12:27 PM MST for Fallon County, Montana. It was in force for 8 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: Mar 11, 2023, 12:27 PM MST (19:27 UTC)
Expired: Mar 11, 2023, 8:00 PM MST
In force: 8 hr
Issued by: NWS Billings, MT

County Fallon County, MT

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this blizzard 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 blizzard warning went out at Mar 11, 10:01 AM MST, 2 hours 26 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 11, 10:01 AM MST, 2 hours 26 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Mar 11, 9:58 AM MST, 2 hours 29 minutes before

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Local storm report, Mar 11, 11:14 AM MST, 1 hour 13 minutes before

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Local storm report, Mar 11, 11:17 AM MST, 1 hour 10 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
Mar 10, 5:04 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	BYZ	Park, Sweet Grass, Wheatland	26 min
Mar 10, 5:27 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	BYZ	Golden Valley, Park	33 min
Mar 10, 5:58 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	BYZ	Golden Valley, Stillwater	32 min
Mar 10, 6:27 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	BYZ	Golden Valley, Musselshell, Stillwater, Yellowstone	33 min
Mar 10, 6:57 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	BYZ	Carbon, Musselshell, Stillwater, Yellowstone	48 min
Mar 10, 7:11 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	BYZ	Big Horn	49 min
Mar 10, 8:47 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	BYZ	Big Horn	28 min
Mar 11, 9:58 AM MST	Special Weather Statement	BYZ	Carter, Custer, Fallon, Powder River	3 hr
Mar 11, 12:27 PM MST	Winter Weather Advisory	BYZ	Carter, Custer, Rosebud	8 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.