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Red Flag Warning 4, NWS Billings, MT

July 11, 202617 counties in Montana; Sheridan County, Wyoming

NWS Billings, MT issued this red flag warning at Jul 11, 2026, 11:03 AM MDT for 17 counties in Montana; Sheridan County, Wyoming. It took effect at Jul 12, 2026, 9:00 AM MDT. It was in force for 18 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: Jul 11, 2026, 11:03 AM MDT (17:03 UTC)
In effect from: Jul 12, 2026, 9:00 AM MDT
Expired: Jul 13, 2026, 3:00 AM MDT
In force: 18 hr
Issued by: NWS Billings, MT

Counties Big Horn County, MT, Carbon County, MT, Carter County, MT, Custer County, MT, Fallon County, MT, Gallatin County, MT, Golden Valley County, MT, Madison County, MT, Musselshell County, MT, Park County, MT, Powder River County, MT, Rosebud County, MT, Stillwater County, MT, Sweet Grass County, MT, Treasure County, MT, Wheatland County, MT, Yellowstone County, MT, Sheridan County, WY

The radar

The Billings radar (KBLX), 38 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:05 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.

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 10, 6:47 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BYZ	Yellowstone	43 min
Jul 10, 7:11 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BYZ	Carbon	49 min
Jul 10, 8:31 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BYZ	Yellowstone	44 min
Jul 10, 9:15 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BYZ	Yellowstone	45 min

Nearby

Red Flag Warnings in Montana, 2026 Red Flag Warnings in Wyoming, 2026 Every red flag warning in 2026

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.