Alert archive / Montana / River Flood Warnings in 2008
River Flood Warning 6, NWS Great Falls, MT
NWS Great Falls, MT issued this river flood warning at May 25, 2008, 8:28 PM MDT for Cascade County, Montana. It was in force for 55 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 25, 2008, 8:28 PM MDT (02:28 UTC)
- Expired
- May 28, 2008, 3:00 AM MDT
- In force
- 55 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Great Falls, MT
- Flood severity
- Minor
County Cascade County, MT
The radar
The Great Falls radar (KTFX), 17 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The river
Written for the forecast point Sun River near Simms (SSRM8). The gauge peaked at 8.08 ft at May 26, 2008, 6:00 AM MDT.
- Action stage
- 6 ft
- Minor stage
- 7.5 ft
- Moderate stage
- 8.5 ft
- Major stage
- 10.5 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 06085800, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.
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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.