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Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS Billings, MT
NWS Billings, MT issued this flash flood warning at May 24, 2023, 9:08 PM MDT for Custer County, Montana. It was in force for 3 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
- May 24, 2023, 9:08 PM MDT (03:08 UTC)
- Expired
- May 25, 2023, 12:00 AM MDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Billings, MT
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Custer County, MT
The radar
The Glasgow radar (KGGW), 231 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:07 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 flash flood 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 flash flood warning went out at May 24, 8:30 PM MDT, 38 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 24, 8:30 PM MDT, 38 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Billings, MT issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 6:04 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | Big Horn | 26 min |
| May 24, 6:14 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | Custer | 61 min |
| May 24, 6:17 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | Yellowstone | 43 min |
| May 24, 6:29 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | Powder River | 31 min |
| May 24, 6:29 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BYZ | Custer | 31 min |
| May 24, 6:33 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | Big Horn | 27 min |
| May 24, 6:47 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | BYZ | Yellowstone | 3 hr |
| May 24, 7:15 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | Custer | 60 min |
| May 24, 7:56 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BYZ | Custer, Rosebud | 3 hr |
| May 25, 2:44 AM MDT | Flood Watch | BYZ | Big Horn, Carter, Custer, Fallon, Musselshell, Powder River and 3 more | 45 hr |
| May 25, 2:30 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | Wheatland | 45 min |
| May 25, 2:49 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | Powder River | 41 min |
| May 25, 3:26 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | Wheatland | 49 min |
| May 25, 3:43 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | Carter | 47 min |
| May 25, 4:21 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | Sweet Grass | 39 min |
| May 25, 4:23 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BYZ | Carter, Powder River | 37 min |
| May 25, 4:24 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | Yellowstone | 51 min |
| May 25, 5:10 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BYZ | Carter | 4 hr |
| May 25, 5:10 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | Musselshell | 50 min |
| May 25, 5:17 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | Big Horn | 43 min |
| May 25, 5:25 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BYZ | Golden Valley, Musselshell | 50 min |
| May 25, 5:26 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | Fallon | 34 min |
| May 24, 7:19 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | Sheridan | 41 min |
| May 25, 5:57 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | Sheridan | 48 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.