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River Flood Warning 7, NWS Glasgow, MT

April 9, 2011Phillips County, Valley County, Montana

NWS Glasgow, MT issued this river flood warning at Apr 9, 2011, 10:11 PM MDT for Phillips County, Valley County, Montana. It took effect at Apr 12, 2011, 8:40 AM MDT. It was in force for 9 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 9, 2011, 10:11 PM MDT (04:11 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 12, 2011, 8:40 AM MDT
Expired
Apr 21, 2011, 3:26 AM MDT
In force
9 days
Issued by
NWS Glasgow, MT
Flood severity
Moderate

Counties Phillips County, MT, Valley County, MT

The radar

The Glasgow radar (KGGW), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:10 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 Milk River near Saco (SACM8).

Action stage
18 ft
Minor stage
20 ft
Moderate stage
22 ft
Major stage
24 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 06164510, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

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.