Alert archive / Montana / Custer County
Weather alerts in Custer County, Montana, 2026
112 weather alerts in 2026, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.
Custer County and its neighbors
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2026. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 112
- Warnings
- 35
- Watches
- 21
- Advisories
- 8
- Busiest month
- June28 alerts
- Busiest day
- June 27, 20268 alerts
Over time
By month
Warning verification
How often warnings here had a storm report inside them, and how much warning the reports had.
Custer County, 2026
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado warnings | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Severe thunderstorm warnings | 18 | 3 | 83% | 2 | 0% | |
| Flash flood warnings | 0 | 0 |
Each office's whole area, 2026
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NWS Billings, MT: severe thunderstorm warnings | 150 | 39 | 74% | 123 | 47% | 24 min |
| NWS Billings, MT: flash flood warnings | 19 | 1 | 95% | 4 | 25% | 75 min |
An office's figures cover every county it serves, including across state lines.
The year is still running; reports filed late and damage surveys can still change these figures.
Verified by the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow, which matches each storm-based warning with the local storm reports inside its polygon while it was in force, within 15 km of its edge: a tornado warning counts as verified on a tornado report, a severe thunderstorm warning on hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more, or wind damage, a flash flood warning on a flash flood report. The false alarm ratio is the share of warnings with no such report; "inside a warning" is the probability of detection, the share of reports that fell inside one; lead time runs from the warning's issue to each report inside it, counting zero for a report that came first. A warning with no report is not proof nothing happened: reports come from spotters, the public and damage surveys, and are thin where few people live.
The alerts
Every alert, in the order issued. Times are local, Mountain Time. Each opens its own page with the text, the map, the radar and the sounding.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 1, 12:36 PM MST | Dense Fog Advisory | BYZ | 20 hr |
| Jan 14, 3:08 AM MST | High Wind Watch | BYZ | 24 hr |
| Jan 15, 2:55 AM MST | High Wind Warning | BYZ | 45 hr |
| Jan 20, 1:00 AM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | BYZ | 19 hr |
| Jan 20, 8:39 PM MST | High Wind Warning | BYZ | 11 hr |
| Jan 21, 1:11 PM MST | Cold Weather Advisory | BYZ | 71 hr |
| Jan 24, 12:59 PM MST | Cold Weather Advisory | BYZ | 21 hr |
| Jan 30, 1:31 AM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | BYZ | 32 hr |
| Jan 30, 4:30 AM MST | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | 3 hr |
| Jan 30, 8:29 AM MST | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | 91 min |
| Feb 16, 12:25 PM MST | High Wind Warning | BYZ | 38 hr |
| Feb 18, 1:41 AM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | BYZ | 33 hr |
| Mar 10, 2:30 AM MDT | High Wind Watch | BYZ | 31 hr |
| Mar 11, 2:14 AM MDT | High Wind Warning | BYZ | 43 hr |
| Mar 11, 2:27 AM MDT | Winter Storm Watch | BYZ | 60 hr |
| Mar 11, 1:47 PM MDT | Winter Storm Warning | BYZ | 4 days |
| Mar 13, 12:29 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | 91 min |
| Mar 30, 7:03 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | 87 min |
| Mar 31, 4:19 PM MDT | Winter Storm Watch | BYZ | 35 hr |
| Apr 1, 1:45 PM MDT | Winter Weather Advisory | BYZ | 51 hr |
| Apr 7, 7:12 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | 63 min |
| Apr 11, 5:40 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | 35 min |
| Apr 13, 2:06 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | 54 min |
| Apr 22, 10:41 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | BYZ | 10 hr |
| Apr 22, 2:51 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 84 min |
| May 10, 12:02 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | BYZ | 32 hr |
| May 13, 6:26 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | 64 min |
| May 13, 10:11 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | 64 min |
| May 29, 6:46 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | 44 min |
| May 30, 2:21 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| May 30, 6:04 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | 41 min |
| May 30, 6:09 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | 36 min |
| May 30, 6:32 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BYZ | 42 min |
| May 30, 7:12 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | 48 min |
| May 30, 7:19 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BYZ | 41 min |
| Jun 1, 6:08 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | 82 min |
| Jun 1, 6:50 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | 40 min |
| Jun 1, 7:19 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 86 min |
| Jun 1, 7:39 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | 51 min |
| Jun 2, 12:34 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | 56 min |
| Jun 2, 11:17 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | 58 min |
| Jun 4, 1:32 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 88 min |
| Jun 4, 2:04 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jun 4, 4:46 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 89 min |
| Jun 6, 5:43 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jun 6, 6:37 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
| Jun 7, 1:50 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 115 min |
| Jun 7, 2:41 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | 34 min |
| Jun 7, 2:58 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 11 hr |
| Jun 7, 3:38 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BYZ | 49 min |
| Jun 7, 4:44 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | 46 min |
| Jun 7, 5:16 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BYZ | 59 min |
| Jun 22, 12:36 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
| Jun 22, 6:20 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 85 min |
| Jun 26, 4:29 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jun 26, 8:14 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BYZ | 46 min |
| Jun 27, 11:40 AM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Jun 27, 1:02 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jun 27, 4:38 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BYZ | 31 min |
| Jun 27, 4:52 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BYZ | 38 min |
| Jun 27, 5:08 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BYZ | 18 min |
| Jun 27, 5:15 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jun 27, 5:25 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BYZ | 65 min |
| Jul 2, 9:07 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | 38 min |
| Jul 2, 9:11 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BYZ | 49 min |
| Jul 2, 9:27 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | 48 min |
| Jul 3, 4:52 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BYZ | 32 min |
| Jul 3, 4:55 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jul 3, 6:43 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | 62 min |
| Jul 3, 7:40 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | 65 min |
| Jul 5, 7:10 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jul 7, 4:59 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jul 8, 11:14 AM MDT | Extreme Heat Watch | BYZ | 38 hr |
| Jul 10, 12:49 AM MDT | Extreme Heat Warning | BYZ | 6 days |
| Jul 10, 10:27 AM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | BYZ | 25 hr |
| Jul 11, 11:03 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | BYZ | 40 hr |
| Jul 22, 10:51 PM MDT | Extreme Heat Watch | BYZ | 14 hr |
| Jul 23, 12:52 PM MDT | Heat Advisory | BYZ | 4 days |
| Jul 23, 12:52 PM MDT | Extreme Heat Warning | BYZ | 4 days |
| Jul 23, 1:13 PM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | BYZ | 24 hr |
| Jul 24, 1:09 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | BYZ | 32 hr |
| Jul 29, 10:44 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | 46 min |
| Jul 29, 11:40 PM MDT | Extreme Heat Watch | BYZ | 37 hr |
| Jul 31, 12:29 PM MDT | Extreme Heat Warning | BYZ | 34 hr |
| Jul 31, 1:23 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | BYZ | 61 hr |
| Aug 5, 11:08 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | BYZ | 33 hr |
| Aug 6, 12:32 PM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | BYZ | 24 hr |
| Aug 7, 12:13 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | BYZ | 33 hr |
| Aug 17, 3:37 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 83 min |
| Aug 17, 4:49 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | 26 min |
| Aug 17, 5:16 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BYZ | 44 min |
| Aug 17, 6:25 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BYZ | 50 min |
| Aug 17, 7:03 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BYZ | 42 min |
| Aug 18, 2:31 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| Aug 18, 3:04 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BYZ | 56 min |
| Aug 18, 3:52 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BYZ | 38 min |
| Aug 18, 4:27 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BYZ | 21 min |
| Aug 23, 3:48 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Aug 23, 5:56 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 94 min |
| Aug 23, 8:45 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | 45 min |
| Aug 30, 12:33 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Aug 30, 1:19 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | 26 min |
| Aug 30, 1:28 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| Aug 30, 2:20 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | 25 min |
| Sep 2, 4:41 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | 34 min |
| Sep 2, 6:37 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | 23 min |
| Sep 2, 6:46 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BYZ | 34 min |
| Sep 3, 2:53 AM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | BYZ | 11 hr |
| Sep 3, 2:19 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | BYZ | 31 hr |
| Sep 7, 2:52 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | 53 min |
| Sep 14, 8:24 AM MDT | High Wind Warning | BYZ | 13 hr |
| Sep 17, 12:06 PM MDT | Flood Watch | BYZ | 3 days |
By product
Every kind of product issued here, grouped by hazard. Each opens the same place narrowed to that product.
| Product | Alerts |
|---|---|
| Severe storms | |
| Severe Thunderstorm Warning | 18 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 9 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 16 |
| Special Weather Statement | 32 |
| Flooding | |
| Flood Watch | 1 |
| Winter | |
| Winter Storm Warning | 1 |
| Winter Storm Watch | 2 |
| Winter Weather Advisory | 4 |
| Heat | |
| Extreme Heat Warning | 3 |
| Extreme Heat Watch | 3 |
| Heat Advisory | 1 |
| Cold | |
| Cold Weather Advisory | 2 |
| Wind and dust | |
| High Wind Warning | 5 |
| High Wind Watch | 2 |
| Fire | |
| Red Flag Warning | 8 |
| Fire Weather Watch | 4 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 1 |
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
Nearby
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Sources
National Weather Service watches, warnings, advisories and statements from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's VTEC archive, which reconstructs tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings back to 1986 from the NWS text archive. Storm Prediction Center watches and mesoscale discussions from SPC's archive through the Mesonet. County centers from the US Census Bureau. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.