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River Flood Warning 8, NWS Billings, MT

May 26, 2011Rosebud County, Montana

NWS Billings, MT issued this river flood warning at May 26, 2011, 2:01 PM MDT for Rosebud County, Montana. It took effect at May 26, 2011, 6:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 65 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 26, 2011, 2:01 PM MDT (20:01 UTC)
In effect from: May 26, 2011, 6:00 PM MDT
Expired: May 29, 2011, 10:44 AM MDT
In force: 65 hr
Issued by: NWS Billings, MT
Flood severity: Major

County Rosebud County, MT

The radar

The Billings radar (KBLX), 151 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 Tongue River at Birney Day School near Birney (BNYM8).

Minor stage: 7 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 06307616, 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, 21 hours 58 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 25, 4:03 PM MDT, 21 hours 58 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 26, 11:54 AM MDT	Areal Flood Warning	BYZ	Golden Valley, Musselshell, Wheatland	9 days
May 26, 2:15 PM MDT	Areal Flood Warning	BYZ	Park	20 hr
May 26, 3:41 PM MDT	Areal Flood Warning	BYZ	Stillwater, Sweet Grass	18 hr
May 26, 9:12 AM MDT	Areal Flood Warning	BYZ	Sheridan	23 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Montana, 2011 Every 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.