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River Flood Warning 4, NWS Great Falls, MT

December 29, 2009Gallatin County, Montana

NWS Great Falls, MT issued this river flood warning at Dec 29, 2009, 11:00 PM MST for Gallatin County, Montana. It was in force for 33 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 29, 2009, 11:00 PM MST (06:00 UTC)
Expired
Dec 31, 2009, 8:11 AM MST
In force
33 hr
Issued by
NWS Great Falls, MT
Flood severity
Minor

County Gallatin County, MT

The radar

The Billings radar (KBLX), 202 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:01 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 Gallatin River at Logan (LOGM8).

Action stage
8 ft
Minor stage
9 ft
Moderate stage
10 ft
Major stage
11 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 06052500, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 29, 5:53 PM MSTAir Stagnation AdvisoryTFX46 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Montana, 2009Every river flood warning in 2009

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.