Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS Glasgow, MT

Issued

Jun 22, 1997, 7:50 PM MDT (01:50 UTC)

Expired

Jun 22, 1997, 11:00 PM MDT

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS Glasgow, MT

Area

Whole counties

Counties Dawson County, MT, Richland County, MT

The Glasgow radar (KGGW), 160 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

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TTAA00 KGGW 230151
FFWGGW
MTC021-083-230500-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GLASGOW MT
750 PM MDT SUN JUN 22 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GLASGOW HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1100 PM MDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN EAST CENTRAL MONTANA
 
   ...NORTHERN DAWSON COUNTY
 
IN NORTHEAST MONTANA
 
   ...EASTERN RICHLAND COUNTY
 
STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS RICHLAND AND
NORTHERN DAWSON COUNTIES THIS EVENING. NUMEROUS REPORTS OF RAINFALL
EXCEEDING 3 INCHES...AS WELL AS FLOODED ROADWAYS HAVE BEEN REPORTED THE
PAST HOUR. STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE OVER
THESE AREAS FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS AND CONTINUE THE THREAT OF
FLASH FLOODING.
 
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY.  THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO
CROSS SAFELY.  VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOjULD BE
ABANDONED QUICKLY.  MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
 
WATERHOUSE

NWS Glasgow, MT wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Jun 22, 1:38 AM MDT, 18 hours 12 minutes earlier.

MTZ016>027-221500-

NORTHEAST MONTANA AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GLASGOW MT
135 AM MDT SUN JUN 22 1997

SURFACE LOW FORMS NEAR SE MT/NE WY/NW ND TODAY WITH A TROUGH EXTENDING
THROUGH NC MT AND INTO S ALBERTA WHERE SECOND WEAKER SURFACE LOW IS
LOCATED. ALL THIS TO MOVE EAST DURING REMAINDER OF FCST PERIOD WITH
CONDITIONS BECOMING COOLER AND MORE STABLE DURING LATER PERIODS. BEST
OMEGAS WILL BE IN FAR E MT AROUND MID DAY...MOVING INTO DKTAS AHEAD OF
TROUGH BY THIS EVENING WITH ONLY A BRIEF SHOT OF INCREASING RH FOR THE
NE THIS AFTERNOON. A SMALL WAVE SHOWS UP IN THE SW FLOW...MOVING FROM
NE WY AND SE MT THIS AFTERNOON AND DKTAS TNT. THE MAIN VORT ASSOCIATED
WITH THE UPPER LOW OVER THE PACIFIC NW MOVES THROUGH S ALBERTA AND INTO
S SASK BY MON WITH UPPER SW FLOW REMAINING OVER MT. BEST CHANCE OF
PRECIP AND T-STORMS WILL BE OVER FAR E MT THIS AFTERNOON BEFORE STORMS
MOVE INTO THE DAKOTAS...WHERE SPC HAS MDT RISK...AND REALLY BLOW UP
THIS EVENING. STATUS QUO ON HYDRO. LOCKHART

GGW 231 080/052/076
GDV 231 083/054/078

CCF
GGW BB 080/052 079/052 071 88231

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The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.