A strong cold front swept across the Billings Forecast Area during the evening of the 4th and early morning hours of the 5th. Strong pressure rises behind the front resulted in high wind gusts across many areas.
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The episode as NWS BYZ wrote it up.
A strong cold front swept across the Billings Forecast Area during the evening of the 4th and early morning hours of the 5th. Strong pressure rises behind the front resulted in high wind gusts across many areas.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Winds gusted to 59 mph at the Sheridan Airport and 61 mph at Pompey Creek on Interstate 90.
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