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River Flood Warning 7, NWS Great Falls, MT
NWS Great Falls, MT issued this river flood warning at Jun 18, 2010, 11:13 AM MDT for Cascade County, Montana. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 18, 2010, 11:13 AM MDT (17:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 18, 2010, 7:20 PM MDT
- In force
- 8 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 17:13 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 Muddy Creek at Vaughn (MDYM8).
- Action stage
- 11 ft
- Minor stage
- 12 ft
- Moderate stage
- 16 ft
- Major stage
- 25 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 06088500, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this river flood warning 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 river flood warning went out at Jun 18, 9:50 AM MDT, 1 hour 23 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 18, 9:50 AM MDT, 1 hour 23 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT 547 AM MDT FRI JUN 18 2010 MTZ047-051-191200- BLAINE-FERGUS- 547 AM MDT FRI JUN 18 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MONTANA AND NORTH CENTRAL MONTANA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THE HIGH WIND WARNING HAS BEEN EXTENDED TO NOON. THE SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY CONTINUES IN EFFECT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY A SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL SATURDAY MORNING. THERE IS A THREAT OF HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS WITH THUNDERSTORMS SUNDAY AND POSSIBLY SATURDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. MTZ009>011-013>015-044>046-048>050-052>055-191200- NORTHERN ROCKY MOUNTAIN FRONT-EASTERN GLACIER-HILL-CHOUTEAU- CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN LEWIS AND CLARK-MADISON-TOOLE-LIBERTY- EASTERN PONDERA-SOUTHERN ROCKY MOUNTAIN FRONT-EASTERN TETON- JUDITH BASIN-JEFFERSON-BROADWATER-MEAGHER-GALLATIN- 547 AM MDT FRI JUN 18 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MONTANA...NORTH CENTRAL MONTANA AND SOUTHWEST MONTANA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THE SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY CONTINUES IN EFFECT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY THE SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL SATURDAY MORNING. THERE IS A THREAT OF HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS WITH THUNDERSTORMS SUNDAY AND POSSIBLY SATURDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. MTZ008-191200- BEAVERHEAD- 547 AM MDT FRI JUN 18 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST MONTANA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THE SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY CONTINUES IN EFFECT. FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FOR THE BIG HOLE RIVER NEAR MELROSE UNTIL NOON. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY THE SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL SATURDAY MORNING. THERE IS A THREAT OF HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS WITH THUNDERSTORMS SUNDAY AND POSSIBLY SATURDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. MTZ012-191200- CASCADE- 547 AM MDT FRI JUN 18 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MONTANA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THE SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY CONTINUES IN EFFECT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY THE SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL SATURDAY MORNING. A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE MISSOURI RIVER NEAR ULM FOR SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. THERE IS A THREAT OF HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS WITH THUNDERSTORMS SUNDAY AND POSSIBLY SATURDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 18, 8:08 AM MDT, 3 hours 5 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Great Falls, MT issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 18, 5:25 AM MDT | River Flood Watch | TFX | 4 days | |
| Jun 18, 11:13 AM MDT | River Flood Warning | TFX | Broadwater | 4 days |
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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.