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Flood Watch 2, NWS Great Falls, MT

May 20, 2008

NWS Great Falls, MT issued this flood watch at May 20, 2008, 3:07 PM MDT. It took effect at May 21, 2008, 6:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 5 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 20, 2008, 3:07 PM MDT (21:07 UTC)
In effect from: May 21, 2008, 6:00 PM MDT
Expired: May 26, 2008, 2:20 PM MDT
In force: 5 days
Issued by: NWS Great Falls, MT
Flood severity: None

What forecasters said that day

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

NWS Great Falls, MT wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flood watch went out at May 20, 11:58 AM MDT, 3 hours 9 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 20, 11:58 AM MDT, 3 hours 9 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 20, 4:43 AM MDT, 10 hours 24 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 20, 12:15 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TFX	Beaverhead	24 hr
May 20, 5:52 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TFX	Lewis and Clark	38 min

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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.