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River Flood Watch 7, NWS Great Falls, MT

May 24, 2011

NWS Great Falls, MT issued this river flood watch at May 24, 2011, 4:48 AM MDT. It took effect at May 24, 2011, 6:00 PM MDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 24, 2011, 4:48 AM MDT (10:48 UTC)
In effect from: May 24, 2011, 6:00 PM MDT
Expired: May 24, 2011, 12:03 PM MDT
In force
Issued by: NWS Great Falls, MT
Flood severity: None

The river

Written for the forecast point Dearborn River near Craig (DBRM8). The gauge peaked at 6.34 ft at May 25, 2011, 9:00 AM MDT.

Action stage: 5.5 ft
Minor stage: 6.5 ft
Moderate stage: 8 ft
Major stage: 11 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 06073500, 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 May 23, 11:00 PM MDT, 5 hours 48 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 23, 11:00 PM MDT, 5 hours 48 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 23, 11:40 PM MDT, 5 hours 8 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 23, 8:55 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TFX	Glacier	6 days
May 23, 9:47 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TFX	Hill	7 days
May 24, 10:31 AM MDT	River Flood Warning	TFX	Gallatin	3 days
May 24, 10:31 AM MDT	River Flood Warning	TFX	Beaverhead, Madison	3 days
May 24, 10:31 AM MDT	River Flood Warning	TFX	Cascade	4 days
May 24, 10:31 AM MDT	River Flood Warning	TFX	Lewis and Clark	4 days
May 24, 10:37 AM MDT	River Flood Watch	TFX		41 hr
May 24, 10:37 AM MDT	River Flood Watch	TFX		41 hr
May 24, 10:37 AM MDT	River Flood Watch	TFX		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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.