It was determined that the radar activity was likely associated with chairlifts at the Red Lodge Mountain ski area. Officials say that traffic is still flowing in the middle and right lane, however. US Dept of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration National Weather Service Cheyenne, WY 1301 Airport Parkway Cheyenne, WY 82001-1549 30. The Illinois Department of Traffic is currently removing a car from the median cable wire, which has led to the left lane being shut down. Follow us on Twitter Follow us on Facebook Follow us on YouTube CYS RSS Feed HAZARDS Active Alerts. Radar Highway Forecast Highway Conditions Traffic Flow Traffic Cameras Satellite (Cloud Cover) Alerts Current Weather US Highway Forecast Lightning. The small blip of radar activity was investigated by the National Weather Service (NWS) in Billings after a Twitter user asked them what it may have been. Illinois State Police are on the scene of damage only crash located on Interstate 55 southbound near the Glenarm exit. 1) Ski Resort Chairliftĭoppler radar in Montana detected an unusual feature on Apas a small area of orange and red echoes made an appearance southwest of Billings in calm weather conditions. Here are 15 other things we've seen in recent years. Heavy snowfall and traveling too fast for road conditions caused a six-car pileup and jack-knifed semi-trucks south of Cedar City on Interstate 15 on Thursday morning. This isn't the only non-weather feature radar can detect. Another example of this occurred on Interstate 20 near Dallas-Fort Worth during July 2016. (WHTM) A portion of Interstate 81 south was closed for nearly seven hours on June 15 after a truck flipped over and caught fire. A semi jack-knifed in the Mitchell Interchange around mid-day, causing a. For many years, the freeway south of Interstate 8. The south end of Interstate 15 is located at the exchange with I-8 in San Diego (Mission Valley) near the site of SDCCU Stadium. When this happens, the radar beam is ducted, or bent downward, following the curvature of the Earth, rather than its normal path shooting up higher and higher, reflecting off things such as highway traffic. Rain causes crashes, delay on interstate by WTMJ News Jin News Semi crashes snarled up the commute on Friday. Overall construction of Interstate 15 in Montana wrapped up in 1988 with expansion of the two-lane freeway along a seven mile section south of Dillon. In cases with a warm layer of air just above the surface, and relatively cool air near the surface, radar can detect traffic, most commonly at night.