Monday, June 6, 2011

June 6: Tornado Warning (Tornado Sighted)- Billings, MT


...A TORNADO WARNING 
REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 
930 PM MDT FOR NORTH
CENTRAL YELLOWSTONE AND 
SOUTH CENTRAL MUSSELSHELL COUNTIES...

AT 854 PM MDT...TRAINED 
WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO NEAR
BROADVIEW. THIS TORNADO 
WAS LOCATED OVER EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN
MUSSELSHELL COUNTY...OR 
18 MILES SOUTH OF ROUNDUP...MOVING EAST AT
35 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  RURAL SOUTHERN MUSSELSHELL COUNTY AT 910 PM MDT
  RURAL NORTHERN YELLOWSTONE COUNTY AT 910 PM MDT
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN 
EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM MDT FOR EAST
CENTRAL STILLWATER AND WEST CENTRAL
YELLOWSTONE COUNTIES...

AT 831 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS 
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF
LAUREL...OR 16 MILES EAST
OF COLUMBUS...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  LAUREL BY 845 PM MDT...

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Given the tornado and damage to the MetraPark almost exactly 1 year prior....it was extremely negligent for the MetraPark not to cancel the Sugarland Concert. Luckily the tornado missed by a few miles. It could have been a horrific disaster. The MetraPark was getting updates every 5-minutes. A lot of good short notice would have done. Can you imagine the panic. Evacuations have to be done with time to spare, not with 5-minutes of notice. Greed trumps good judgment too often.