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River Flood Warning 1, NWS Glasgow, MT

March 14, 2011Dawson County, Montana

NWS Glasgow, MT issued this river flood warning at Mar 14, 2011, 6:54 AM MDT for Dawson County, Montana. It was in force for 53 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 14, 2011, 6:54 AM MDT (12:54 UTC)
Expired: Mar 16, 2011, 12:00 PM MDT
In force: 53 hr
Issued by: NWS Glasgow, MT
Flood severity: Minor

County Dawson County, MT

The radar

The Glasgow radar (KGGW), 166 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:55 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Yellowstone River at Glendive (GLNM8). The gauge peaked at 55.85 ft at Mar 15, 2011, 3:00 PM MDT.

Action stage: 51.5 ft
Minor stage: 53.5 ft
Moderate stage: 60 ft
Major stage: 65 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 06327500, 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 Glasgow, MT wrote its last area forecast discussion before this river flood warning went out at Mar 14, 4:02 AM MDT, 2 hours 52 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 14, 4:02 AM MDT, 2 hours 52 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 14, 4:34 AM MDT	Flood Watch	GGW	Dawson, Prairie, Richland, Wibaux	3 days

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.