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River Flood Warning 17, NWS Glasgow, MT

May 29, 2011Richland County, Montana

NWS Glasgow, MT issued this river flood warning at May 29, 2011, 8:22 AM MDT for Richland County, Montana. It took effect at May 30, 2011, 6:00 AM MDT. It was in force for 44 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 29, 2011, 8:22 AM MDT (14:22 UTC)
In effect from
May 30, 2011, 6:00 AM MDT
Expired
Jun 1, 2011, 2:19 AM MDT
In force
44 hr
Issued by
NWS Glasgow, MT
Flood severity
Minor

County Richland County, MT

The radar

The Glasgow radar (KGGW), 160 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:28 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 Yellowstone River near Sidney (SIDM8). The gauge peaked at 19.06 ft at May 30, 2011, 12:00 PM MDT.

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Action stage
17 ft
Minor stage
19 ft
Moderate stage
20 ft
Major stage
21.7 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 06329500, 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 May 29, 4:03 AM MDT, 4 hours 19 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 29, 4:03 AM MDT, 4 hours 19 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 29, 3:04 AM MDTLake Wind AdvisoryGGWGarfield, McCone, Petroleum, Phillips, Valley42 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.