Alert archive / Montana / River Flood Watches in 2008
River Flood Watch 13, NWS Missoula, MT
NWS Missoula, MT issued this river flood watch at May 18, 2008, 3:53 AM MDT for Sanders County, Montana. It was in force for 31 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 18, 2008, 3:53 AM MDT (09:53 UTC)
- Expired
- May 19, 2008, 10:28 AM MDT
- In force
- 31 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Missoula, MT
- Flood severity
- None
County Sanders County, MT
The radar
The Missoula radar (KMSX), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this river flood watch went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Missoula, MT wrote its last area forecast discussion before this river flood watch went out at May 18, 2:47 AM MDT, 1 hour 6 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 18, 2:47 AM MDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Missoula, MT issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 17, 8:27 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MSO | Mineral, Sanders | 18 hr |
| May 18, 1:11 AM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MSO | Mineral, Sanders | 14 hr |
| May 18, 7:59 AM MDT | River Flood Watch | MSO | Sanders | 3 hr |
| May 18, 10:45 AM MDT | River Flood Warning | MSO | Sanders | 3 days |
| May 18, 12:56 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MSO | Ravalli | 4 days |
| May 18, 12:56 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MSO | Ravalli | 8 hr |
| May 18, 1:36 PM MDT | River Flood Warning | MSO | Flathead | 47 hr |
| May 18, 1:36 PM MDT | River Flood Warning | MSO | Ravalli | 4 days |
| May 18, 1:36 PM MDT | River Flood Warning | MSO | Ravalli | 4 days |
| May 18, 1:36 PM MDT | River Flood Warning | MSO | Mineral | 10 days |
| May 18, 3:40 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MSO | Mineral, Sanders | 71 hr |
| May 18, 3:54 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MSO | Missoula | 4 days |
Nearby
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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.