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River Flood Warning 2, NWS Billings, MT

May 30, 2009Carbon County, Montana

NWS Billings, MT issued this river flood warning at May 30, 2009, 11:39 AM MDT for Carbon County, Montana. It took effect at May 30, 2009, 12:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 44 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 30, 2009, 11:39 AM MDT (17:39 UTC)
In effect from
May 30, 2009, 12:00 PM MDT
Expired
Jun 1, 2009, 7:52 AM MDT
In force
44 hr
Issued by
NWS Billings, MT
Flood severity
Minor

County Carbon County, MT

The radar

The Billings radar (KBLX), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:36 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 Clarks Fork of the Yellowstone near Belfry (BFYM8). The gauge peaked at 7.63 ft at May 31, 2009, 5:00 AM MDT.

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Minor stage
9 ft
Moderate stage
10 ft
Major stage
11.5 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 06207500, 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.