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High Wind Warning 5, NWS Billings, MT

February 19, 2023Sweet Grass County, Wheatland County, Montana

NWS Billings, MT issued this high wind warning at Feb 19, 2023, 2:43 PM MST for Sweet Grass County, Wheatland County, Montana. It was in force for 14 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 19, 2023, 2:43 PM MST (21:43 UTC)
Expired: Feb 20, 2023, 4:18 AM MST
In force: 14 hr
Issued by: NWS Billings, MT

Counties Sweet Grass County, MT, Wheatland County, MT

The radar

The Billings radar (KBLX), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:44 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 19, 2:27 PM MST, 16 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 19, 2:27 PM MST, 16 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Feb 19, 9:34 AM MST, 5 hours 9 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
934 AM MST SUN FEB 19 2023

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0700 AM     SNOW             10 ENE MELVILLE         46.17N 109.77W
02/19/2023  M1.0 INCH        SWEET GRASS        MT   COCORAHS

0700 AM     SNOW             7 ESE LIVINGSTON        45.64N 110.43W
02/19/2023  M5.5 INCH        PARK               MT   COCORAHS

0700 AM     SNOW             3 NE FROMBERG           45.42N 108.87W
02/19/2023  M1.0 INCH        CARBON             MT   COCORAHS

0800 AM     SNOW             1 WSW LIVINGSTON        45.66N 110.58W
02/19/2023  M1.0 INCH        PARK               MT   COCORAHS

&&

EA

Local storm report, Feb 19, 9:52 AM MST, 4 hours 51 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
952 AM MST SUN FEB 19 2023

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0912 AM     NON-TSTM WND GST 17 NE WILSALL           46.16N 110.38W
02/19/2023  M54.00 MPH       PARK               MT   MESONET

&&

EA

Local storm report, Feb 19, 11:57 AM MST, 2 hours 46 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
1157 AM MST SUN FEB 19 2023

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0100 AM     SNOW             2 N COOKE CITY          45.05N 109.94W
02/19/2023  M1.0 INCH        PARK               MT   MESONET

0100 AM     SNOW             26 ESE EMIGRANT         45.22N 110.24W
02/19/2023  M1.0 INCH        PARK               MT   MESONET

0100 AM     SNOW             3 N COOKE CITY          45.06N 109.95W
02/19/2023  M1.0 INCH        PARK               MT   MESONET

0100 AM     SNOW             12 NE WILSALL           46.11N 110.47W
02/19/2023  M1.0 INCH        PARK               MT   MESONET

1114 AM     NON-TSTM WND GST 6 ENE LIVINGSTON        45.70N 110.45W
02/19/2023  M54.00 MPH       PARK               MT   ASOS

&&

EA

Local storm report, Feb 19, 1:34 PM MST, 1 hour 9 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
134 PM MST SUN FEB 19 2023

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1115 AM     NON-TSTM WND GST 9 SE MELVILLE           46.00N 109.84W
02/19/2023  M51.00 MPH       SWEET GRASS        MT   MESONET

1148 AM     NON-TSTM WND GST 6 ENE LIVINGSTON        45.70N 110.45W
02/19/2023  M60.00 MPH       PARK               MT   ASOS

1212 PM     NON-TSTM WND GST 17 NE WILSALL           46.16N 110.38W
02/19/2023  M59.00 MPH       PARK               MT   MESONET

&&

TWH

The office that day

Everything else NWS Billings, MT issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Feb 18, 5:13 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	BYZ	Wheatland	2 hr
Feb 18, 6:06 PM MST	Winter Weather Advisory	BYZ	Golden Valley, Wheatland	9 hr
Feb 18, 6:31 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	BYZ	Musselshell	119 min
Feb 18, 9:13 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	BYZ	Big Horn, Yellowstone	107 min
Feb 18, 9:44 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	BYZ	Carbon, Park, Stillwater, Sweet Grass	2 hr
Feb 18, 11:18 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	BYZ	Big Horn	87 min
Feb 19, 2:21 AM MST	Wind Advisory	BYZ	Park, Stillwater, Sweet Grass	26 hr
Feb 19, 2:44 AM MST	Winter Storm Watch	BYZ	Big Horn, Carbon, Carter, Custer, Fallon, Golden Valley and 9 more	24 hr
Feb 19, 2:44 AM MST	Winter Storm Warning	BYZ	Big Horn, Carbon, Carter, Custer, Fallon, Golden Valley and 9 more	4 days

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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.