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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Billings, MT

June 15, 2025Custer County, Rosebud County, Montana

NWS Billings, MT issued this tornado warning at Jun 15, 2025, 9:35 PM MDT for Custer County, Rosebud County, Montana. It was in force for 25 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 15, 2025, 9:35 PM MDT (03:35 UTC)
Expired
Jun 15, 2025, 10:00 PM MDT
In force
25 min
Issued by
NWS Billings, MT
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Observed
Hail
0.0 in

Counties Custer County, MT, Rosebud County, MT

The radar

The Billings radar (KBLX), 194 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:35 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 15, 2:15 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC11 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Rapid City, SD (KUNR), launched 00:00Z, 3.6 hours before the alert went out and 352 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Rapid City, SD at 00:00Z on 2025-06-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2203 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Rapid City, SD at 00:00Z on 2025-06-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 3 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
2203 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-42 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2506 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
3 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-56 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-3.8

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 15, 6:04 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBYZGolden Valley, Wheatland41 min
Jun 15, 6:49 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBYZStillwater, Sweet Grass32 min
Jun 15, 6:54 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBYZGolden Valley, Wheatland36 min
Jun 15, 6:58 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBYZBig Horn32 min
Jun 15, 7:02 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBYZCarbon, Stillwater28 min
Jun 15, 7:03 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBYZGolden Valley, Stillwater, Sweet Grass27 min
Jun 15, 7:04 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBYZStillwater26 min
Jun 15, 7:22 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBYZCarbon, Stillwater10 min
Jun 15, 7:27 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBYZGolden Valley, Musselshell44 min
Jun 15, 7:39 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBYZBig Horn51 min
Jun 15, 8:01 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBYZBig Horn44 min
Jun 15, 8:01 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatBYZRosebud44 min
Jun 15, 8:04 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBYZCarbon, Stillwater56 min
Jun 15, 8:10 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBYZGolden Valley, Musselshell54 min
Jun 15, 8:23 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBYZCuster44 min
Jun 15, 8:23 PM MDTTornado Warning Tornado observedBYZMusselshell37 min
Jun 15, 8:26 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBYZYellowstone34 min
Jun 15, 8:31 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBYZ29 min
Jun 15, 8:39 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBYZRosebud44 min
Jun 15, 8:43 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBYZBig Horn, Powder River, Rosebud47 min
Jun 15, 8:48 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningBYZGolden Valley, Musselshell3 hr
Jun 15, 8:59 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBYZBig Horn, Treasure, Yellowstone46 min
Jun 15, 9:03 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBYZMusselshell, Rosebud, Treasure, Yellowstone25 min
Jun 15, 9:06 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBYZRosebud24 min
Jun 15, 9:06 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBYZCuster, Powder River54 min
Jun 15, 9:22 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatBYZCuster, Rosebud38 min
Jun 15, 9:30 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBYZPowder River36 min
Jun 15, 9:37 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningBYZMusselshell2 hr
Jun 15, 9:41 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatBYZBig Horn, Custer, Powder River, Rosebud, Treasure64 min
Jun 15, 9:47 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBYZCarter, Fallon58 min
Jun 15, 9:49 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatBYZCuster, Powder River26 min
Jun 15, 10:14 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningBYZBig Horn102 min
Jun 15, 10:14 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatBYZCarter, Custer, Powder River31 min
Jun 15, 10:14 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBYZCuster, Powder River, Rosebud46 min
Jun 15, 10:23 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningBYZPowder River93 min
Jun 15, 10:44 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningBYZCuster3 hr
Jun 15, 10:44 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBYZCarter, Fallon46 min
Jun 15, 10:46 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBYZRosebud44 min
Jun 15, 10:58 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBYZCarter, Custer, Fallon62 min
Jun 15, 11:03 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningBYZCuster3 hr
Jun 15, 11:17 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningBYZCarter3 hr
Jun 16, 12:39 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatBYZFallon66 min
Jun 16, 1:30 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBYZPark, Sweet Grass, Wheatland34 min
Jun 16, 2:02 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBYZSweet Grass43 min
Jun 16, 2:59 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBYZCarbon46 min
Jun 16, 3:02 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBYZGolden Valley, Wheatland43 min
Jun 16, 3:07 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBYZPark, Sweet Grass38 min
Jun 16, 3:37 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBYZBig Horn, Carbon38 min
Jun 16, 3:38 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBYZGolden Valley, Stillwater, Yellowstone52 min
Jun 16, 3:42 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBYZSweet Grass31 min
Jun 16, 3:43 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBYZCarbon, Stillwater47 min
Jun 16, 4:14 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningBYZCarbon3 hr
Jun 16, 4:20 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBYZBig Horn, Carbon40 min
Jun 16, 4:22 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBYZStillwater38 min
Jun 16, 4:29 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatBYZMusselshell, Yellowstone46 min
Jun 16, 4:38 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBYZBig Horn, Carbon46 min
Jun 16, 4:52 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBYZStillwater, Yellowstone23 min
Jun 16, 4:59 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBYZBig Horn, Carbon46 min
Jun 16, 5:12 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatBYZBig Horn, Yellowstone48 min
Jun 16, 5:15 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBYZYellowstone30 min
Jun 16, 5:22 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBYZPark38 min
Jun 16, 5:22 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBYZBig Horn, Carbon38 min
Jun 16, 5:49 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBYZBig Horn41 min
Jun 16, 5:57 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBYZBig Horn, Yellowstone37 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.