...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN CORYELL COUNTY EXPIRES AT 530 PM CDT... AT 523 PM CDT THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE
TORNADO WARNING WEAKENED AND WAS NO LONGER CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO. THE TORNADO WARNING HAS EXPIRED. RADAR INDICATED THAT HEAVY RAIN...PENNY SIZED HAIL...AND
GUSTY WINDS WERE STILL POSSIBLE FROM THE THUNDERSTORM. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
900 PM CDT SATURDAY EVENING FOR NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS.
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED LOCAL AREA EMERGENCY BIG HORN COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT RELAYED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT 744 AM MDT SAT MAY 21 2011 THE FOLLOWING MESSAGE IS TRANSMITTED AT THE REQUEST OF BIG HORN COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. COUNTY OFFICIALS ADVISE TRAVELERS TO REMAIN OFF RURAL ROADS ACROSS BIG HORN COUNTY THROUGH AT LEAST THIS AFTERNOON. DUE TO EXCESSIVE RAINFALL...CULVERTS AND CREEKS ACROSS THE COUNTY ARE FLOODING AND COMPROMISING THE RURAL ROAD SYSTEM. RURAL ROADS UNDER WATER MAY VERY WELL BE WASHED OUT WITH OTHER ROADS EXPERIENCING SOFT SHOULDERS. ROADS THAT ARE FLOODED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO PORTIONS OF PRYOR CREEK ROAD...LODGE GRASS CREEK ROAD...SARPY CREEK ROAD AND HIGHWAY 313. ONCE AGAIN...TRAVELERS ARE URGED TO REMAIN OFF RURAL ROADS IN BIG HORN COUNTY THROUGH AT LEAST THIS AFTERNOON.
MTC111-221900- LOCAL AREA EMERGENCY MONTANA EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY BILLINGS MONTANA RELAYED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT 106 PM MDT SAT MAY 21 2011 THE FOLLOWING MESSAGE IS TRANSMITTED AT THE REQUEST OF THE YELLOWSTONE COUNTY DISASTER AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. THE BILLINGS FIRE DEPARTMENT IS CALLING FOR A VOLUNTARY EVACUATION OF AVIEMORE COURT ON BLUE CREEK ROAD. RESIDENTS WHO DO NOT EVACUATE MAY BE STUCK IN THEIR HOUSES FOR THE NEXT 24 TO 48 HOURS. IF YOU HAVE A MEDICAL CONDITION...IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT YOU EVACUATE TODAY. THERE ARE FIRE PERSONNEL IN THE AREA THAT CAN ASSIST YOU IN EVACUATING. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WILL HAVE A PLACE FOR EVERYONE WHO IS EVACUATED. IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS...CONTACT FIRE DISPATCH AT 657-8200.
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM CDT FOR NORTHERN CORYELL COUNTY... AT 502 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE MONITORING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH A HISTORY OF PRODUCING ONE OR MORE TORNADOES 13 MILES WEST OF GATESVILLE. DOPPLER RADAR ALSO INDICATES THAT THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE DAMAGING HAIL UP TO GOLF BALL SIZE. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 13 MILES WEST OF GATESVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO GATESVILLE...SOUTH MOUNTAIN...OGLESBY AND FORT GATES
* TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHERN CORYELL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS... SOUTHEASTERN HAMILTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS... * UNTIL 530 PM CDT * AT 426 PM CDT...STORM SPOTTERS AND DOPPLER RADAR OBSERVED A TORNADO 20 MILES WEST OF GATESVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM! SEEK SHELTER NOW! THIS STORM HAS ALREADY DAMAGED SOME STRUCTURES. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... GATESVILLE AND SOUTH MOUNTAIN AROUND 530 PM CDT... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IN ADDITION TO TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM. &&
