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High Wind Warning 10, NWS Billings, MT
NWS Billings, MT issued this high wind warning at Mar 6, 2026, 12:51 PM MST for 11 counties in Montana. It took effect at Mar 7, 2026, 5:00 AM MST. It was in force for 38 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 6, 2026, 12:51 PM MST (19:51 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 7, 2026, 5:00 AM MST
- Expired
- Mar 8, 2026, 7:35 PM MDT
- In force
- 38 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Billings, MT
Counties Big Horn County, MT, Carbon County, MT, Golden Valley County, MT, Musselshell County, MT, Park County, MT, Rosebud County, MT, Stillwater County, MT, Sweet Grass County, MT, Treasure County, MT, Wheatland County, MT, Yellowstone County, MT
The radar
The Billings radar (KBLX), 14 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
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 Mar 6, 8:49 AM MST, 4 hours 2 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 6, 8:49 AM MST, 4 hours 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 5, 11:44 PM MST | High Wind Watch | BYZ | Golden Valley, Musselshell, Park, Stillwater, Sweet Grass, Wheatland | 24 hr |
| Mar 6, 12:51 PM MST | High Wind Watch | BYZ | Golden Valley, Stillwater | 11 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.