Summer weather alerts 2010 (Billings, Glendive, Hardin: move to, activities, rating)

[happiness is]

Just talked to a friend in the Heights. She rode out the tornado today in a corner of her basement. A skylight was broken in her house by the hail. She saw the tornado headed to the Metra when it came in.

Hope everyone over there is ok. Reading about all the damage in the Heights and to the Metra.

[DarkWolf]

Yikes i just heard about the Tornado, how bad was the damage? And how common is this in Montana around this time of the year?

[happiness is]

Not very common, but can happen in eastern Montana.

Lots of damage but so far no report of death. Luckily, the Metra Arena was empty as were most of the business buildings that were hit. People in the McDonalds went into the freezer for shelter.

The Antiques Road Show was supposed to be filmed in Billings this coming weekend.
I wonder if they will postpone.

News on Q2 and KULR8 tv, just Google.
Also see the newspaper site
The Billings Gazette - Montana & Wyoming News

You can also search You Tube for some local residence videos just posted this afternoon.
Search You Tube for Billings MT tornado, and the videos come up.

[happiness is]

Of all the vidoes I've found so far from today,
this one shows it in action at the Metra, closeup.


YouTube - Tornado Destroys MetraPark

[ElkHunter]

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 10:00PM CDT
Sel7
Spc Ww 212009

Urgent - Immediate Broadcast Requested
Tornado Watch Number 367
Nws Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
310 PM CDT Mon Jun 21 2010

The Nws Storm Prediction Center Has Issued A
Tornado Watch For Portions Of

Southeastern Montana
Parts Of Nebraska Panhandle
Parts Of Western South Dakota
A Large Part Of Eastern Wyoming

Effective This Monday Afternoon And Evening From 310 PM Until
1000 PM CDT.

Tornadoes, Hail To 4 Inches In Diameter, Thunderstorm Wind
Gusts To 80 Mph, And Dangerous Lightning Are Possible In These
Areas.

The Tornado Watch Area Is Approximately Along And 90 Statute
Miles East And West Of A Line From 25 Miles North Northeast Of
Miles City Montana To 25 Miles West Of Sidney Nebraska. For A
Complete Depiction Of The Watch See The Associated Watch Outline
Update (wous64 Kwns Wou7).

Remember, A Tornado Watch Means Conditions Are Favorable For
Tornadoes And Severe Thunderstorms In And Close To The Watch
Area. Persons In These Areas Should Be On The Lookout For
Threatening Weather Conditions And Listen For Later Statements
And Possible Warnings.

Other Watch Information, Continue, Ww 366,

Discussion, Air Mass Has Become Very Unstable Across The Watch With
Little Remaining Cinh. With Approach Of The Upper Trough And
Associated Stronger Shear, Conditions Support Development Of
Supercells. Severe Thunderstorms Will Form Vicinity Higher Terrain
And Develop/Move Ewd. Supercells Will Be Associated With Very Large
Hail And Possible Tornadoes.

Aviation, Tornadoes And A Few Severe Thunderstorms With Hail
Surface And Aloft To 4 Inches. Extreme Turbulence And Surface
Wind Gusts To 70 Knots. A Few Cumulonimbi With Maximum Tops To
550. Mean Storm Motion Vector 24030.

[Mt-7]

thanks EH

[ElkHunter]

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE FOR WS 382
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
120 PM MDT TUE JUN 22 2010

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 382 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM MDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS

WYC003-005-009-011-013-017-019-025-027-033-043-045-230200-
/O.NEW.KWNS.SV.A.0382.100622T1920Z-100623T0200Z/

WY
. WYOMING COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE

BIG HORN CAMPBELL CONVERSE
CROOK FREMONT HOT SPRINGS
JOHNSON NATRONA NIOBRARA
SHERIDAN WASHAKIE WESTON
$$


ATTN...WFO...BYZ...UNR...RIW...CYS...





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Hazardous Weather Outlook
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
135 PM MDT TUE JUN 22 2010

MTZ028>042-056>058-063>068-WYZ098-099-231945-
SOUTHERN WHEATLAND-MUSSELSHELL-TREASURE-NORTHERN ROSEBUD-CUSTER-
FALLON-NORTHERN STILLWATER-YELLOWSTONE-POWDER RIVER-CARTER-
SOUTHERN BIG HORN-EASTERN CARBON-NORTHERN PARK-
NORTHERN SWEET GRASS-GOLDEN VALLEY-RED LODGE FOOTHILLS-
NORTHERN BIG HORN-SOUTHERN ROSEBUD-JUDITH GAP-PARADISE VALLEY-
LIVINGSTON AREA-BEARTOOTH FOOTHILLS-ABSAROKA/BEARTOOTH MOUNTAINS-
CRAZY MOUNTAINS-NORTHEAST BIG HORN MOUNTAINS-SHERIDAN FOOTHILLS-
135 PM MDT TUE JUN 22 2010

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL
MONTANA...SOUTH CENTRAL MONTANA...SOUTHEAST MONTANA AND NORTH
CENTRAL WYOMING.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

AN UPPER TROUGH WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING. THIS SYSTEM WILL COMBINE WITH A MOIST AND UNSTABLE
AIRMASS TO PRODUCE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE AREA. SOME
OF THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE TO THE SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST
OF BILLINGS INCLUDING OVER SHERIDAN...LODGE GRASS...BROADUS AND
RIDGEWAY. LARGE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS OF AT LEAST 60 MPH WILL BE
POSSIBLE WITH ANY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. THE THREAT OF SEVERE
WEATHER WILL DIMINISH AFTER 800 PM MDT TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.

[happiness is]

I was caught in golf ball - tennis ball sized hail trying to run to the garden to protect it at about
4pm today in Bozeman.
I didn't make it to the garden. Had a plastic deck chair over my head and only made it to a large
spruce tree where I stood for protection, but still was hammered and cut and bruised on one
hand by the hail. Thought it broke my finger when it hit.
Garden pretty much decimated. West side of house and garage damage reported to insurance.

[ElkHunter]

Severe weather statement
national weather service billings mt
724 pm mdt sun jul 18 2010

mtc017-190133-
/o.exp.kbyz.sv.w.0117.000000t0000z-100719t0130z/
custer mt-
724 pm mdt sun jul 18 2010

...the severe thunderstorm warning for northern custer county will
expire at 730 pm mdt...

The severe thunderstorm has decreased in intensity. Therefore the
warning will be allowed to expire.

Although the warning is no longer in effect...gusty winds can still
be expected over the area from the storms over prairie county.

A severe thunderstorm watch remains in effect until 100 am mdt monday
morning for southeast montana.

[ElkHunter]

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 10:00PM MDT
Sel6
spc Ww 192020

Urgent - Immediate Broadcast Requested
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 496
Nws Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
220 PM MDT Mon Jul 19 2010

The Nws Storm Prediction Center Has Issued A
Severe Thunderstorm Watch For Portions Of

Southeast Montana
Western South Dakota
Northeast Wyoming

Effective This Monday Afternoon And Evening From 220 PM Until
1000 PM MDT.

Hail To 2.5 Inches In Diameter, Thunderstorm Wind Gusts To 70
Mph, And Dangerous Lightning Are Possible In These Areas.

The Severe Thunderstorm Watch Area Is Approximately Along And 65
Statute Miles North And South Of A Line From 80 Miles North
Northwest Of Sheridan Wyoming To 20 Miles East Of Philip South
Dakota. For A Complete Depiction Of The Watch See The Associated
Watch Outline Update (wous64 Kwns Wou6).

Remember, A Severe Thunderstorm Watch Means Conditions Are
Favorable For Severe Thunderstorms In And Close To The Watch
Area. Persons In These Areas Should Be On The Lookout For
Threatening Weather Conditions And Listen For Later Statements
And Possible Warnings. Severe Thunderstorms Can And Occasionally
Do Produce Tornadoes.

Other Watch Information, Continue, Ww 494, Ww 495,

Discussion, Isolated Supercell Thunderstorms Have Formed Over
Southeast MT. Other Activity Is Likely To Form Through The
Afternoon Over Northeast WY And Western SD Ahead Of Approaching
Shortwave Trough. Cooling Temperatures Aloft And Steep Lapse Rates
Will Promote A Risk Of Large Hail In Stronger Storms. Bowing
Segments May Also Pose A Risk Of Damaging Winds.

Aviation, A Few Severe Thunderstorms With Hail Surface And Aloft
To 2.5 Inches. Extreme Turbulence And Surface Wind Gusts To 60
Knots. A Few Cumulonimbi With Maximum Tops To 500. Mean Storm
Motion Vector 29030.