Alert archive / Montana / Wheatland County
Weather alerts in Wheatland County, Montana, 2020
108 weather alerts in 2020, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.
Wheatland County and its neighbors
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2020. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 108
- Warnings
- 43
- Watches
- 26
- Advisories
- 14
- Busiest month
- October21 alerts
- Busiest day
- May 20, 20207 alerts
Over time
By month
Warning verification
How often warnings here had a storm report inside them, and how much warning the reports had.
Wheatland County, 2020
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado warnings | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Severe thunderstorm warnings | 4 | 2 | 50% | 8 | 38% | 26 min |
| Flash flood warnings | 0 | 0 |
Each office's whole area, 2020
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NWS Billings, MT: severe thunderstorm warnings | 71 | 41 | 42% | 143 | 55% | 29 min |
An office's figures cover every county it serves, including across state lines.
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 2, 12:29 PM MST | High Wind Watch | BYZ | 23 hr |
| Jan 3, 2:58 AM MST | High Wind Warning | BYZ | 48 hr |
| Jan 5, 3:19 AM MST | High Wind Watch | BYZ | 12 hr |
| Jan 5, 3:21 PM MST | High Wind Warning | BYZ | 36 hr |
| Jan 9, 2:34 AM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | BYZ | 29 hr |
| Jan 13, 3:37 AM MST | Dense Fog Advisory | BYZ | 5 hr |
| Jan 30, 2:21 PM MST | High Wind Warning | BYZ | 61 hr |
| Feb 1, 2:15 PM MST | Winter Storm Warning | BYZ | 56 hr |
| Feb 1, 2:15 PM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | BYZ | 49 hr |
| Feb 3, 3:26 PM MST | Winter Storm Watch | BYZ | 43 hr |
| Feb 5, 3:38 AM MST | Winter Storm Warning | BYZ | 4 days |
| Feb 5, 10:05 AM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | BYZ | 52 hr |
| Feb 8, 2:05 AM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | BYZ | 30 hr |
| Feb 11, 2:45 AM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | BYZ | 43 hr |
| Feb 15, 1:18 PM MST | Winter Storm Warning | BYZ | 39 hr |
| Feb 23, 2:50 PM MST | High Wind Warning | BYZ | 30 hr |
| Feb 23, 8:12 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | 63 min |
| Feb 23, 9:17 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | 88 min |
| Mar 2, 3:08 AM MST | High Wind Warning | BYZ | 65 hr |
| Mar 3, 3:25 AM MST | Red Flag Warning | BYZ | 39 hr |
| Mar 12, 3:39 AM MDT | Winter Storm Watch | BYZ | 11 hr |
| Mar 12, 2:57 PM MDT | Winter Storm Warning | BYZ | 3 days |
| Mar 23, 1:15 PM MDT | Winter Weather Advisory | BYZ | 44 hr |
| Mar 24, 2:38 PM MDT | Winter Storm Warning | BYZ | 19 hr |
| Mar 31, 3:23 AM MDT | Winter Weather Advisory | BYZ | 61 hr |
| Apr 9, 3:21 AM MDT | Winter Storm Watch | BYZ | 24 hr |
| Apr 10, 3:01 AM MDT | Winter Storm Warning | BYZ | 56 hr |
| Apr 14, 3:10 AM MDT | Winter Storm Warning | BYZ | 45 hr |
| Apr 14, 3:10 AM MDT | Winter Weather Advisory | BYZ | 45 hr |
| May 3, 12:09 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | 51 min |
| May 5, 2:45 PM MDT | High Wind Watch | BYZ | 20 hr |
| May 6, 3:46 AM MDT | High Wind Warning | BYZ | 35 hr |
| May 19, 1:36 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 114 min |
| May 19, 2:34 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| May 19, 5:10 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| May 19, 6:44 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | 46 min |
| May 19, 6:45 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | 30 min |
| May 19, 6:47 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | TFX | 43 min |
| May 19, 7:24 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BYZ | 66 min |
| May 19, 7:25 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | TFX | 50 min |
| May 20, 3:11 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| May 20, 3:57 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | 48 min |
| Jul 3, 2:19 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | 41 min |
| Jul 4, 2:54 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jul 7, 12:47 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jul 7, 1:14 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Jul 7, 2:02 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BYZ | 43 min |
| Jul 7, 2:43 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BYZ | 38 min |
| Jul 17, 2:41 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jul 23, 2:43 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
| Jul 23, 5:10 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BYZ | 35 min |
| Jul 23, 5:24 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jul 31, 7:20 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | 25 min |
| Aug 2, 7:01 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | 44 min |
| Aug 3, 12:20 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 55 min |
| Aug 3, 5:36 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 114 min |
| Aug 6, 2:29 AM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | BYZ | 12 hr |
| Aug 6, 1:53 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Aug 6, 2:44 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | BYZ | 30 hr |
| Aug 11, 1:49 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | BYZ | 31 hr |
| Aug 17, 2:11 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | BYZ | 30 hr |
| Aug 20, 2:44 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Aug 25, 5:48 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 117 min |
| Aug 25, 6:28 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | 47 min |
| Aug 26, 2:44 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 91 min |
| Aug 28, 2:20 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | BYZ | 31 hr |
| Aug 30, 2:17 PM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | BYZ | 13 hr |
| Aug 31, 3:27 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | BYZ | 69 hr |
| Sep 3, 3:14 AM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | BYZ | 32 hr |
| Sep 4, 11:14 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | BYZ | 57 hr |
| Sep 6, 3:09 AM MDT | Winter Weather Advisory | BYZ | 51 hr |
| Sep 12, 2:46 AM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | BYZ | 24 hr |
| Sep 13, 3:11 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | BYZ | 42 hr |
| Sep 22, 1:46 PM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | BYZ | 24 hr |
| Sep 23, 1:22 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | BYZ | 31 hr |
| Sep 25, 10:53 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | BYZ | 33 hr |
| Oct 2, 1:47 PM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | BYZ | 24 hr |
| Oct 3, 2:04 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | BYZ | 30 hr |
| Oct 6, 3:26 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | BYZ | 17 hr |
| Oct 7, 3:33 AM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | BYZ | 7 hr |
| Oct 7, 10:35 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | BYZ | 34 hr |
| Oct 9, 2:29 AM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | BYZ | 9 hr |
| Oct 9, 11:58 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | BYZ | 32 hr |
| Oct 10, 2:00 AM MDT | High Wind Watch | BYZ | 10 hr |
| Oct 10, 12:08 PM MDT | High Wind Warning | BYZ | 30 hr |
| Oct 12, 2:36 AM MDT | High Wind Warning | BYZ | 15 hr |
| Oct 13, 3:20 AM MDT | High Wind Watch | BYZ | 12 hr |
| Oct 13, 2:57 PM MDT | High Wind Warning | BYZ | 27 hr |
| Oct 15, 2:48 AM MDT | High Wind Watch | BYZ | 11 hr |
| Oct 15, 1:59 PM MDT | High Wind Warning | BYZ | 37 hr |
| Oct 16, 2:32 PM MDT | Winter Weather Advisory | BYZ | 4 days |
| Oct 20, 3:33 AM MDT | Winter Storm Watch | BYZ | 25 hr |
| Oct 21, 4:34 AM MDT | Winter Storm Warning | BYZ | 37 hr |
| Oct 21, 4:34 AM MDT | Winter Weather Advisory | BYZ | 40 hr |
| Oct 22, 2:31 PM MDT | Winter Storm Watch | BYZ | 24 hr |
| Oct 23, 3:58 AM MDT | Winter Storm Warning | BYZ | 50 hr |
| Oct 25, 10:01 AM MDT | Winter Weather Advisory | BYZ | 52 hr |
| Nov 5, 1:28 PM MST | Winter Storm Watch | BYZ | 38 hr |
| Nov 7, 3:51 AM MST | Blizzard Warning | BYZ | 39 hr |
| Nov 7, 3:51 AM MST | Winter Storm Warning | BYZ | 37 hr |
| Nov 12, 11:25 AM MST | High Wind Watch | BYZ | 17 hr |
| Nov 13, 4:12 AM MST | High Wind Warning | BYZ | 38 hr |
| Nov 15, 1:38 PM MST | High Wind Warning | BYZ | 7 hr |
| Nov 30, 7:12 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | 93 min |
| Dec 17, 3:10 AM MST | High Wind Watch | BYZ | 24 hr |
| Dec 18, 2:42 AM MST | High Wind Warning | BYZ | 65 hr |
| Dec 21, 7:49 PM MST | Dense Fog Advisory | BYZ | 6 hr |
| Dec 22, 2:18 AM MST | High Wind Warning | BYZ | 24 hr |
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 | 4 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 4 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 12 |
| Special Weather Statement | 13 |
| Winter | |
| Blizzard Warning | 1 |
| Winter Storm Warning | 10 |
| Winter Storm Watch | 6 |
| Winter Weather Advisory | 12 |
| Wind and dust | |
| High Wind Warning | 14 |
| High Wind Watch | 8 |
| Fire | |
| Red Flag Warning | 14 |
| Fire Weather Watch | 8 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 2 |
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
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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.