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River Flood Warning 2, NWS Billings, MT

June 3, 2008Park County, Sweet Grass County, Montana

NWS Billings, MT issued this river flood warning at Jun 3, 2008, 11:35 AM MDT for Park County, Sweet Grass County, Montana. It was in force for 46 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 3, 2008, 11:35 AM MDT (17:35 UTC)
Expired: Jun 5, 2008, 9:33 AM MDT
In force: 46 hr
Issued by: NWS Billings, MT
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Park County, MT, Sweet Grass County, MT

The river

Written for the forecast point Yellowstone River near Livingston (LIVM8). The gauge peaked at 8.68 ft at Jun 3, 2008, 1:00 PM MDT.

Minor stage: 10 ft
Moderate stage: 10.5 ft
Major stage: 11 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 06192500, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

What forecasters said that day

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

NWS Billings, MT wrote its last area forecast discussion before this river flood warning went out at Jun 3, 9:59 AM MDT, 1 hour 36 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 3, 9:59 AM MDT, 1 hour 36 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 3, 10:04 AM MDT, 1 hour 31 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 3, 9:51 AM MDT, 1 hour 44 minutes before

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        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 2, 6:50 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BYZ	Big Horn, Yellowstone	55 min
Jun 2, 7:42 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BYZ	Big Horn	63 min
Jun 2, 8:43 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BYZ	Big Horn, Rosebud	62 min
Jun 2, 9:42 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BYZ	Big Horn, Powder River	33 min
Jun 3, 12:07 AM MDT	Areal Flood Warning	BYZ	Carter	3 hr
Jun 2, 10:09 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BYZ	Sheridan	51 min

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Montana, 2008 Every river flood warning in 2008

Sources

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