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Flash Flood Warning 1, NWS Great Falls, MT

July 4, 1988Cascade County, Montana

NWS Great Falls, MT issued this flash flood warning at Jul 4, 1988, 5:42 PM MDT for Cascade County, Montana. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 4, 1988, 5:42 PM MDT (23:42 UTC)
Expired: Jul 4, 1988, 7:45 PM MDT
In force: 2 hr
Issued by: NWS Great Falls, MT
Area: Whole counties

County Cascade County, MT

The radar

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 4, 4:39 PM MDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 4, 5:26 PM MDT, 16 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Great Falls, MT issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 3, 11:05 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TFX	Cascade, Chouteau	55 min
Jul 3, 11:47 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TFX	Cascade, Chouteau, Judith Basin	58 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Montana, 1988 Every flash flood warning in 1988

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.