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River Flood Watch 4, NWS Missoula, MT

May 16, 2008Flathead County, Montana

NWS Missoula, MT issued this river flood watch at May 16, 2008, 2:53 PM MDT for Flathead County, Montana. It took effect at May 18, 2008, 8:50 AM MDT. It was in force for 26 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 16, 2008, 2:53 PM MDT (20:53 UTC)
In effect from: May 18, 2008, 8:50 AM MDT
Expired: May 19, 2008, 10:28 AM MDT
In force: 26 hr
Issued by: NWS Missoula, MT
Flood severity: None

County Flathead County, MT

The radar

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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 16, 2:34 PM MDT, 19 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 16, 2:34 PM MDT, 19 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 16, 4:08 AM MDT, 10 hours 45 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 15, 10:11 PM MDT	Flood Watch	MSO	Lincoln	6 days
May 16, 2:53 PM MDT	River Flood Watch	MSO	Flathead	24 hr
May 16, 2:53 PM MDT	River Flood Watch	MSO	Lincoln	10 hr
May 16, 2:53 PM MDT	River Flood Watch	MSO	Lincoln	10 hr
May 16, 2:53 PM MDT	River Flood Watch	MSO	Clearwater	24 hr
May 16, 2:53 PM MDT	River Flood Watch	MSO	Idaho	5 days

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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.