Alert archive / Montana / River Flood Watches in 2008
River Flood Watch 9, NWS Missoula, MT
NWS Missoula, MT issued this river flood watch at May 17, 2008, 2:46 PM MDT for Ravalli County, Montana. It was in force for 23 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 17, 2008, 2:46 PM MDT (20:46 UTC)
- Expired
- May 18, 2008, 1:50 PM MDT
- In force
- 23 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Missoula, MT
- Flood severity
- None
County Ravalli County, MT
The radar
The Missoula radar (KMSX), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:47 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 17, 2:08 PM MDT, 38 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 17, 2:08 PM MDT, 38 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, May 17, 12:33 AM MDT, 14 hours 13 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 1233 AM MDT SAT MAY 17 2008 MTZ004>006-043-172200- LOWER CLARK FORK REGION-MISSOULA/BITTERROOT VALLEYS- BITTERROOT/SAPPHIRE MOUNTAINS-POTOMAC/SEELEY LAKE REGION- 1233 AM MDT SAT MAY 17 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL MONTANA. .DAY ONE...THIS TODAY AND TONIGHT INCREASED SNOW MELT FROM WARM TEMPERATURES RESULTING FROM A BUILDING RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL LEAD TO RISES IN SMALL STREAMS AND SOME MAIN STEM RIVERS ACROSS WESTERN MONTANA. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY THE SPRINGTIME HEAT WAVE WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT THE AREA THROUGH SUNDAY WITH TEMPERATURES AT THE LOWER ELEVATIONS WILL RISING INTO THE UPPER 80S TO LOWER 90S. WITH SNOW PACK LEVELS IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS STILL ABOVE NORMAL...THE MAIN CONCERN WILL BE THE FAST MELTING THAT WILL OCCUR THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK. SMALL STREAMS AND MAIN STEM RIVERS IN THESE AREAS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE RISING TO NEAR OR ABOVE FLOOD LEVELS IN SOME LOCATIONS BY MONDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Missoula, MT issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 17, 12:53 AM MDT | River Flood Warning | MSO | Lincoln | 4 days |
| May 17, 12:53 AM MDT | River Flood Warning | MSO | Lincoln | 5 days |
| May 17, 5:09 AM MDT | River Flood Watch | MSO | Flathead | 10 hr |
| May 17, 1:56 PM MDT | River Flood Warning | MSO | Flathead | 4 days |
| May 17, 1:56 PM MDT | River Flood Warning | MSO | Flathead | 5 days |
| May 17, 2:46 PM MDT | River Flood Watch | MSO | Ravalli | 24 hr |
| May 17, 4:55 PM MDT | River Flood Watch | MSO | Mineral | 22 hr |
| May 17, 4:55 PM MDT | River Flood Watch | MSO | Sanders | 24 hr |
| May 17, 1:56 PM MDT | River Flood Warning | MSO | Clearwater | 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.