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River Flood Watch 2, NWS Great Falls, MT

April 16, 2011

NWS Great Falls, MT issued this river flood watch at Apr 16, 2011, 5:31 AM MDT. It was in force for 30 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 16, 2011, 5:31 AM MDT (11:31 UTC)
Expired
Apr 17, 2011, 11:37 AM MDT
In force
30 hr
Issued by
NWS Great Falls, MT
Flood severity
None

The river

Written for the forecast point Milk River near Harlem (HRLM8).

Action stage
20 ft
Minor stage
21 ft
Moderate stage
23 ft
Major stage
25 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 06154100, 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 watch went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Great Falls, MT wrote its last area forecast discussion before this river flood watch went out at Apr 16, 4:02 AM MDT, 1 hour 29 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 16, 4:02 AM MDT, 1 hour 29 minutes before
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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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.