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River Flood Warning 7, NWS Billings, MT

May 25, 2011Stillwater County, Yellowstone County, Montana

NWS Billings, MT issued this river flood warning at May 25, 2011, 4:30 PM MDT for Stillwater County, Yellowstone County, Montana. It took effect at May 25, 2011, 7:30 PM MDT. It was in force for 17 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 25, 2011, 4:30 PM MDT (22:30 UTC)
In effect from: May 25, 2011, 7:30 PM MDT
Expired: May 26, 2011, 12:16 PM MDT
In force: 17 hr
Issued by: NWS Billings, MT
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Stillwater County, MT, Yellowstone County, MT

The radar

The Billings radar (KBLX), 19 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Yellowstone River at Billings (BILM8). The gauge peaked at 14.34 ft at May 26, 2011, 4:00 AM MDT.

Action stage: 12.5 ft
Minor stage: 13.5 ft
Moderate stage: 14.5 ft
Major stage: 15 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 06214500, 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 Billings, MT wrote its last area forecast discussion before this river flood warning went out at May 25, 4:03 PM MDT, 27 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 25, 4:03 PM MDT, 27 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 24, 9:01 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	BYZ	Sheridan	3 hr
May 25, 12:02 AM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	BYZ	Sheridan	3 hr
May 25, 2:40 AM MDT	Areal Flood Warning	BYZ	Sheridan	5 hr
May 25, 7:23 AM MDT	Areal Flood Warning	BYZ	Sheridan	24 hr

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.