Billings, MT Hazardous Weather Outlook

Billings, Montana

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 343 PM MDT FRI JUL 25 2008
Expiration: 245 PM MST SAT JUL 26 2008

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

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE IN AND NEAR THE BIG HORN
MOUNTAINS THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. A STRONG FEED OF
PLAINS MOISTURE WILL HELP TO DESTABILIZE THE ATMOSPHERE OVER THIS
AREA...RESULTING IN THE POTENTIAL FOR STRONG STORMS TO DEVELOP.
HAIL AND HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE THE MAIN THREATS WITH ANY STORMS
THAT GET ORGANIZED.

ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE REST OF THE
AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP OVER THE SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS SATURDAY
AFTERNOON AND MOVE OUT INTO THE PLAINS DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON
HOURS. WARMER TEMPERATURES AND A CONTINUED FEED OF GULF MOISTURE
INTO THE AREA WILL RESULT IN VERY UNSTABLE CONDITIONS BY MID DAY.
THIS WILL BE SUPPORTIVE OF SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...WITH
A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE OVER CENTRAL AND EASTERN
AREAS. THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE LARGE HAIL WITH THESE STORMS. VERY
HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE ALONG WITH FREQUENT
LIGHTNING ACTIVITY.

ANOTHER ROUND OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IS POSSIBLE EAST OF A
ROUNDUP TO SHERIDAN LINE SUNDAY AFTERNOON. HAIL AND HEAVY RAINFALL
WILL BE THE MAIN THREATS WITH THESE STORMS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

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