Special Weather Statement
NWS Billings MT ยท US
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A Strong Thunderstorm Will Impact South Central Sheridan County Until 530 PM MDT
- Event
- Special Weather Statement
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Moderate
- Certainty
- Observed
- Response
- Execute
Description
Overview
At 438 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 14 miles southeast of Sheridan, moving northeast at 20 mph.
Hazard
Wind gusts up to 40 mph and penny size hail.
Source
Trained Weather Spotter reported dime sized hail.
Impacts
Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is possible. Locations impacted include... Banner.
Instructions
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. Heavy rainfall is also occurring with this storm and may lead to flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
Affected areas
- Northeast Bighorn Mountains
- Sheridan Foothills
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Billings MT
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~1m2s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M2VARMH1KPJBCWCB1MMEXNG9
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.3b58b134ab400e63fd1da52ca7fe8245a41ceccc.001.1
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Scope
- Public
- CAP source
- 211803 v2.3.0
- Handling codes
- IPAWSv1.0
- Issuing office
- NWS Billings MT
- AWIPS ID
- CAPBYZ
- NWWS sequence
- nwws_processor.7791
- WMO heading
- XOUS55
- WMO data type
- CAP alert message XML (XO)
- WMO geography
- United States (US)
- WMO bulletin number
- 55
Event codes
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | SPS |
| NationalWeatherService | SPS |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | SPSBYZ |
| WMOidentifier | WWUS85 KBYZ 182238 |
| NWSheadline | A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTH CENTRAL SHERIDAN COUNTY UNTIL 530 PM MDT |
| eventMotionDescription | 2026-09-18T22:38:00-00:00...storm...240DEG...18KT...44.6,-106.84 |
| maxWindGust | 40 MPH |
| maxHailSize | 0.75 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Northeast Bighorn Mountains
- Sheridan Foothills
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 056033 |
| UGC | WYZ198 |
| UGC | WYZ199 |
- Polygons
- 44.62,-107.0 44.84,-106.76 44.56,-106.53 44.56,-106.92 44.61,-107.01 44.62,-107.0