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High Wind Warning 6, NWS Billings, MT
NWS Billings, MT issued this high wind warning at Feb 20, 2023, 12:28 PM MST for Sweet Grass County, Wheatland County, Montana. It took effect at Feb 20, 2023, 8:00 PM MST. It was in force for 13 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 20, 2023, 12:28 PM MST (19:28 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 20, 2023, 8:00 PM MST
- Expired
- Feb 21, 2023, 9:15 AM MST
- In force
- 13 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 19:31 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, 2:45 PM MST, 21 hours 43 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 19, 2:45 PM MST, 21 hours 43 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Billings, MT issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 19, 9:15 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | Big Horn | 3 hr |
| Feb 20, 2:25 AM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | BYZ | Custer, Fallon | 11 hr |
| Feb 20, 12:28 PM MST | Wind Advisory | BYZ | Park, Stillwater, Sweet Grass | 21 hr |
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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.