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Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Great Falls, MT
NWS Great Falls, MT issued this flash flood warning at Jun 27, 2005, 3:54 PM MDT for Judith Basin County, Montana. It was in force for 3 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 27, 2005, 3:54 PM MDT (21:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 27, 2005, 7:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Great Falls, MT
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Judith Basin County, MT
The radar
The Great Falls radar (KTFX), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Great_falls, MT (KTFX), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 38 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -28 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 714 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -5 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 30 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WGUS55 KTFX 272200
FFWTFX
MTC045-280100-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
354 PM MDT MON JUN 27 2005
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREAT FALLS HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL JUDITH BASIN COUNTY IN CENTRAL MONTANA
* UNTIL 700 PM MDT
* AT 354 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORM OVER CENTRAL
JUDITH BASIN COUNTY.
* THE THUNDERSTORM WILL GENERALLY REMAIN OVER RURAL AREAS OF CENTRAL
JUDITH BASIN COUNTY.
THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 200 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 29 AND 34.
ESTIMATED RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF BETWEEN 1.00 AND 1.50 INCHES HAVE
ALREADY FALLEN OVER THE WARNED AREA. HEAVIEST RAINFALL AMOUNTS HAVE
BEEN IN THE VICINITY OF MEADOW CREEK... WOLF CREEK AND COYOTE CREEK.
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLASH FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR
OCCURRING. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND
IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE
IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO
CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY
AUTOMOBILE.
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. AS LITTLE AS 6 INCHES OF WATER MAY CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL
OF YOUR VEHICLE. TWO FEET OF MOVING WATER CAN CARRY AWAY MOST
VEHICLES INCLUDING SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES AND PICKUP TRUCKS. MOVE TO
HIGHER GROUND.
LAT...LON 4709 11042 4721 11015 4727 11013 4725 11028
4714 11046
$$
LOSSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Great Falls, MT issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 27, 3:04 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TFX | Lewis and Clark | 41 min |
| Jun 27, 3:40 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TFX | Lewis and Clark | 52 min |
| Jun 27, 5:03 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TFX | Cascade, Meagher | 61 min |
| Jun 27, 5:33 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TFX | Blaine | 57 min |
| Jun 27, 5:43 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TFX | Chouteau, Judith Basin | 47 min |
| Jun 27, 5:56 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | TFX | Blaine | 3 hr |
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Sources
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.