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River Flood Warning 18, NWS Glasgow, MT

May 31, 2011Dawson County, Montana

NWS Glasgow, MT issued this river flood warning at May 31, 2011, 12:40 PM MDT for Dawson County, Montana. It took effect at Jun 1, 2011, 11:05 AM MDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 31, 2011, 12:40 PM MDT (18:40 UTC)
In effect from
Jun 1, 2011, 11:05 AM MDT
Expired
Jun 1, 2011, 6:32 AM MDT
In force
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 18:44 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 at Glendive (GLNM8). The gauge peaked at 52.66 ft at May 31, 2011, 6:00 PM MDT.

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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 May 30, 2:13 PM MDT, 22 hours 27 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 30, 2:13 PM MDT, 22 hours 27 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 30, 8:48 PM MDTAreal Flood WarningGGWPhillips, Valley12 days
May 30, 9:17 PM MDTLake Wind AdvisoryGGWGarfield, McCone, Petroleum, Phillips, Valley17 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.