SKYWARN · Montana · Wyoming

NWS Billings BYZ

16 counties, 3 radars, one forecaster on the warning desk when it goes bad. This page is what that desk is looking at, plus the nets that feed it.

📺 Wall mode #mt-wx #wy-wx

Nothing active from this office

NWS checked 11:28 PM

Radar

NWS RIDGE · base reflectivity · last hour

Deeper look: KBLX interactive ↗ · KBLX at College of DuPage ↗ · KRIW interactive ↗ · KRIW at College of DuPage ↗ - velocity, correlation coefficient and every tilt.

Satellite

GOES-East · NR sector · GeoColor

NOAA STAR · updates every 5 min · all bands ↗

SPC outlook · day 1

categorical

Marginal → Slight → Enhanced → Moderate → High · day 2 ↗ · mesoscale discussions ↗

Reports taken by this office today

0 · SPC preliminary

No spotter reports logged by BYZ so far today (UTC).

Cameras near the office

none listed yet

No cameras listed near Billings yet. Know one?

Radar tells you what the storm is doing; these tell you what it looks like. Pictures open at their source - ODOT and the Mesonet allow linking, not republishing.

SKYWARN & weather nets for this office

Suggest or fix one →

No net is listed for NWS Billings yet. If you know the repeater and who runs it, suggest it - the state coordinator checks it and it shows up here and on the state hub. Never guess a frequency from memory; a wrong one during a warning is worse than none.

NOAA Weather Radio in this area

14 transmitters · this office’s first, neighbours after

162.450 MHz KAD95 · Ryegatecovers Golden Valley, Musselshell, Stillwater, Sweet Grass, Wheatland · 300 W · NWS Billings

162.425 MHz WNG567 · Broaduscovers Carter (W), Custer (S), Powder River · 300 W · NWS Billings

162.525 MHz WNG682 · Livingstoncovers Park, Sweet Grass · 100 W · NWS Billings

162.525 MHz WNG719 · Forsythcovers Custer (W), Rosebud, Treasure (W C) · 100 W · NWS Billings

162.450 MHz WNG724 · Hardincovers Big Horn · 100 W · NWS Billings

162.550 MHz WXK57 · Bakercovers Carter (N), Custer, Fallon, Wibaux (S) · 300 W · NWS Billings

162.550 MHz WXL27 · Billingscovers Big Horn, Carbon, Golden Valley, Musselshell, Stillwater, Sweet Grass, Wheatland, Yellowstone · 300 W · NWS Billings

162.400 MHz WXL54 · Miles Citycovers Carter, Custer, Powder River, Prairie, Rosebud · 300 W · NWS Billings

162.475 MHz WXM46 · Sheridancovers Big Horn · 500 W · NWS Billings

162.475 MHz WZ2533 · Ekalakacovers Carter · 100 W · NWS Billings

162.400 MHz WNG563 · Codycovers Carbon (South) · 300 W · NWS Riverton

162.450 MHz WNG667 · Grant Villagecovers Park (SOUTH) · 300 W · NWS Riverton

162.425 MHz WNG686 · Elk Plazacovers Park · 300 W · NWS Riverton

162.525 MHz WXL23 · Leadcovers Carter · 300 W · NWS Rapid City

What to report, and where

Size charts and the full guide →

🌪️ Tornado, funnel, wall cloud

·Tornado on the ground (say if you see debris)
·Funnel cloud - rotating, not touching down
·Wall cloud, especially a rotating one
·Where it is relative to you, and which way it's moving

🧊 Hail

·The largest stone, compared to a coin or ball (chart below)
·1″ (quarter) is the severe threshold - smaller is still worth a report to most offices
·How long it fell and whether it's covering the ground

💨 Wind

·Measured gusts of 40 mph+; 58 mph is severe
·Damage: trees down, limbs bigger than your arm, roof or structure damage, power lines
·Say whether it was measured or estimated

🌊 Flooding

·Water over a road, especially moving water
·Creeks and rivers rising fast or out of their banks
·Rainfall of 1″ or more in an hour if you have a gauge

❄️ Winter

·Snowfall of 1″ an hour or more, and totals
·Freezing rain and ice accumulation on wires and trees
·Visibility under ¼ mile, blowing and drifting

🚫 Not this

·Lightning and thunder on their own
·Rain that isn't causing flooding
·Ordinary dark clouds, scud, or clouds that only look scary

1 · The net, if one is up
When the office activates SKYWARN, a net control on the local repeater takes reports in a set format and relays them straight to the forecaster. Listen first, check in when asked, keep it short: who, what, where, when.
2 · The office directly
No net running? Every office has a spotter line or online report form on its SKYWARN page - for you that’s NWS Billings. Trained spotters get the number in class; anyone can use the form.
3 · Tell the room here
/report hail quarter · 71st & Memorial in #mt-wx puts it in front of everyone watching the state. It does not reach the NWS - do 1 or 2 for that.

Counties served by NWS Billings · 16

MTC003 Big Horn

MTC009 Carbon

MTC011 Carter

MTC017 Custer

MTC025 Fallon

MTC037 Golden Valley

MTC065 Musselshell

MTC067 Park

MTC075 Powder River

MTC087 Rosebud

MTC095 Stillwater

MTC097 Sweet Grass

MTC103 Treasure

MTC107 Wheatland

MTC111 Yellowstone

WYC033 Sheridan