PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
418 AM MDT SUN MAY 1 2011

..STRONG WIND GUSTS SATURDAY...

A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE WESTERN DAKOTAS BROUGHT
VERY STRONG WIND GUSTS TO PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST
MONTANA ALONG WITH SHERIDAN COUNTY WYOMING SATURDAY. THE STRONG
WINDS COMBINED WITH PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOWFALL TO PRODUCE BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS OVER FALLON COUNTY SATURDAY MORNING. THE FOLLOWING ARE
SOME OF THE STRONGER WIND GUSTS RECORDED SATURDAY.

..LOCATION...             ...WIND SPEED...

..FALLON COUNTY...
CANNONBALL CREEK (RAWS).........68 MPH
BAKER...........................66 MPH

..CUSTER COUNTY...
MILES CITY......................59 MPH
KNOWLTON (RAWS).................54 MPH

..ROSEBUD COUNTY...
HILLSIDE (DOT)..................60 MPH
BADGER PEAK (RAWS)..............56 MPH
COW CREEK (RAWS)................55 MPH
SWEENEY CREEK (DOT).............55 MPH
LAME DEER DIVIDE (DOT)

..CARTER COUNTY...
EKALAKA.........................57 MPH

..BIG HORN COUNTY...
ABERDEEN HILL...................54 MPH

..POWDER RIVER COUNTY...
FORT HOWES RAWS.................53 MPH

..SHERIDAN COUNTY...
SHERIDAN........................51 MPH
RANCHESTER......................44 MPH

..YELLOWSTONE COUNTY...
ARROW CREEK HILL (DOT)..........52 MPH
BILLINGS........................41 MPH

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