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River Flood Warning 15, NWS Billings, MT

June 22, 2011Park County, Sweet Grass County, Montana

NWS Billings, MT issued this river flood warning at Jun 22, 2011, 3:37 PM MDT for Park County, Sweet Grass County, Montana. It took effect at Jun 23, 2011, 12:00 AM MDT. It was in force for 17 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 22, 2011, 3:37 PM MDT (21:37 UTC)
In effect from
Jun 23, 2011, 12:00 AM MDT
Expired
Jul 10, 2011, 10:58 AM MDT
In force
17 days
Issued by
NWS Billings, MT
Flood severity
Moderate

Counties Park County, MT, Sweet Grass County, MT

The radar

The Billings radar (KBLX), 128 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:41 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 Yellowstone River near Livingston (LIVM8). The gauge peaked at 10.13 ft at Jun 30, 2011, 12:00 PM MDT.

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Minor stage
10 ft
Moderate stage
10.5 ft
Major stage
11 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 06192500, 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 Billings, MT issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 22, 3:00 PM MDTRiver Flood WatchBYZRosebud, Treasure26 hr
Jun 22, 3:00 PM MDTRiver Flood WatchBYZCuster26 hr
Jun 22, 3:00 PM MDTRiver Flood WatchBYZSweet Grass26 hr
Jun 22, 3:00 PM MDTRiver Flood WatchBYZCarbon26 hr
Jun 22, 2:55 PM MDTFlood WatchBYZSheridan26 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Montana, 2011Every river flood warning in 2011

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.