Alert archive / Montana / Yellowstone County

Weather alerts in Yellowstone County, Montana, 2016

114 weather alerts in 2016, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.

Yellowstone County and its neighbors

Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2016. Tap one for its archive.

Alerts
114
Warnings
21
Watches
5
Advisories
2
Busiest month
July34 alerts
Busiest day
July 27, 20168 alerts

Over time

By month

Warning verification

How often warnings here had a storm report inside them, and how much warning the reports had.

0 of 1 tornado warnings covering Yellowstone County in 2016 had a tornado report inside them.

Yellowstone County, 2016

WarningsWith a reportFalse alarm ratioReportsInside a warningMean lead time
Tornado warnings10100%0
Severe thunderstorm warnings16850%4386%25 min
Flash flood warnings00

Each office's whole area, 2016

WarningsWith a reportFalse alarm ratioReportsInside a warningMean lead time
NWS Billings, MT: tornado warnings40100%40%
NWS Billings, MT: severe thunderstorm warnings974257%16468%22 min
NWS Billings, MT: flash flood warnings20100%0

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Feb 6, 8:56 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementBYZ64 min
Feb 18, 2:58 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementBYZ77 min
Mar 14, 7:49 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBYZ56 min
Mar 14, 8:23 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBYZ52 min
Mar 25, 7:33 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBYZ3 hr
Apr 4, 8:59 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBYZ61 min
Apr 4, 9:42 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBYZ63 min
Apr 4, 10:51 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBYZ54 min
Apr 6, 6:17 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBYZ118 min
Apr 24, 6:09 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBYZ4 hr
May 19, 5:20 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBYZ55 min
May 21, 2:10 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC65 min
May 21, 2:26 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr
May 21, 2:40 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBYZ65 min
May 21, 3:29 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBYZ61 min
May 21, 3:50 PM MDTTornado WarningBYZ25 min
May 21, 4:16 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBYZ59 min
May 21, 4:37 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC53 min
May 24, 5:02 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBYZ28 min
May 25, 3:08 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBYZ37 min
May 25, 7:02 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBYZ43 min
May 25, 7:32 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBYZ43 min
May 25, 7:50 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBYZ55 min
May 25, 8:04 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBYZ40 min
May 27, 3:24 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBYZ51 min
May 27, 4:14 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBYZ61 min
May 27, 4:22 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBYZ53 min
May 27, 4:47 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBYZ58 min
Jun 7, 7:17 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBYZ43 min
Jun 7, 7:26 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBYZ49 min
Jun 7, 8:02 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBYZ43 min
Jun 9, 1:01 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC9 hr
Jun 9, 2:51 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC84 min
Jun 9, 6:05 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC85 min
Jun 9, 6:12 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBYZ48 min
Jun 9, 6:22 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBYZ38 min
Jun 9, 6:57 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBYZ63 min
Jun 11, 2:50 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC85 min
Jun 11, 3:00 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr
Jun 13, 1:05 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBYZ55 min
Jun 13, 1:49 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBYZ41 min
Jun 13, 2:05 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBYZ40 min
Jun 13, 2:20 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBYZ55 min
Jun 13, 2:51 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC54 min
Jun 24, 3:51 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC84 min
Jun 24, 5:09 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBYZ66 min
Jun 29, 12:47 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC88 min
Jul 2, 4:28 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBYZ32 min
Jul 2, 4:40 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBYZ50 min
Jul 2, 5:28 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBYZ47 min
Jul 3, 3:58 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBYZ47 min
Jul 4, 2:28 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBYZ32 min
Jul 4, 5:17 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBYZ28 min
Jul 4, 9:02 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBYZ28 min
Jul 6, 5:40 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBYZ65 min
Jul 6, 6:13 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBYZ47 min
Jul 8, 7:35 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBYZ70 min
Jul 10, 7:40 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBYZ50 min
Jul 12, 6:16 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBYZ59 min
Jul 15, 8:15 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBYZ60 min
Jul 15, 9:04 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBYZ56 min
Jul 16, 12:23 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC3 hr
Jul 17, 8:45 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBYZ45 min
Jul 19, 2:41 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBYZ49 min
Jul 19, 3:41 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC94 min
Jul 22, 1:55 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBYZ50 min
Jul 22, 2:19 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Jul 23, 1:46 AM MDTRed Flag WarningBYZ19 hr
Jul 26, 8:19 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBYZ56 min
Jul 27, 1:35 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Jul 27, 2:47 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBYZ58 min
Jul 27, 3:01 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBYZ59 min
Jul 27, 4:01 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBYZ59 min
Jul 27, 4:15 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBYZ37 min
Jul 27, 5:13 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBYZ47 min
Jul 27, 5:43 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBYZ46 min
Jul 30, 8:15 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBYZ60 min
Jul 30, 8:27 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBYZ48 min
Jul 30, 9:09 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBYZ51 min
Jul 30, 9:21 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBYZ39 min
Jul 31, 8:59 AM MDTRed Flag WarningBYZ12 hr
Jul 31, 6:40 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBYZ35 min
Aug 1, 2:28 PM MDTFire Weather WatchBYZ13 hr
Aug 2, 3:15 AM MDTRed Flag WarningBYZ42 hr
Aug 6, 2:37 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Aug 6, 8:23 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBYZ37 min
Aug 6, 9:02 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBYZ43 min
Aug 6, 9:45 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBYZ60 min
Aug 6, 10:38 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBYZ3 hr
Aug 14, 5:41 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBYZ49 min
Aug 15, 5:32 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBYZ43 min
Aug 15, 6:17 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBYZ43 min
Aug 31, 2:51 PM MDTFire Weather WatchBYZ21 hr
Sep 1, 11:26 AM MDTRed Flag WarningBYZ34 hr
Sep 1, 4:34 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBYZ41 min
Sep 1, 6:33 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC117 min
Sep 5, 4:14 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBYZ46 min
Sep 5, 5:00 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBYZ45 min
Sep 5, 5:13 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBYZ34 min
Sep 5, 5:52 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBYZ38 min
Sep 22, 2:47 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBYZ3 hr
Oct 16, 5:55 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBYZ65 min
Oct 30, 4:55 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBYZ4 hr
Dec 4, 8:09 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementBYZ81 min
Dec 11, 12:54 AM MSTSpecial Weather StatementBYZ4 hr
Dec 11, 1:01 AM MSTSpecial Weather StatementBYZ12 hr
Dec 11, 6:37 AM MSTSpecial Weather StatementBYZ68 min
Dec 12, 10:54 AM MSTAreal Flood AdvisoryBYZ24 hr
Dec 13, 2:06 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementBYZ84 min
Dec 15, 3:26 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementBYZ3 hr
Dec 15, 6:03 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementBYZ117 min
Dec 20, 7:45 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementBYZ30 min
Dec 20, 11:28 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementBYZ2 hr
Dec 30, 10:10 AM MSTSpecial Weather StatementBYZ4 hr

By product

Every kind of product issued here, grouped by hazard. Each opens the same place narrowed to that product.

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.