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River Flood Warning 8, NWS Great Falls, MT

June 19, 2010Cascade County, Montana

NWS Great Falls, MT issued this river flood warning at Jun 19, 2010, 11:28 AM MDT for Cascade County, Montana. It took effect at Jun 19, 2010, 6:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 4 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 19, 2010, 11:28 AM MDT (17:28 UTC)
In effect from
Jun 19, 2010, 6:00 PM MDT
Expired
Jun 23, 2010, 9:45 PM MDT
In force
4 days
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 17:32 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 Missouri River near Ulm (ULMM8).

Action stage
13 ft
Minor stage
13.5 ft
Moderate stage
15 ft
Major stage
17 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 06078200, 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, 5:45 PM MDT, 17 hours 43 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 18, 5:45 PM MDT, 17 hours 43 minutes before
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      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
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        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
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        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 19, 4:59 AM MDTFlood WatchTFX3 days

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Montana, 2010Every river flood warning in 2010

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.