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Areal Flood Advisory 3, NWS Missoula, MT

March 29, 2012Lincoln County, Mineral County, Sanders County, Montana

NWS Missoula, MT issued this areal flood advisory at Mar 29, 2012, 9:07 AM MDT for Lincoln County, Mineral County, Sanders County, Montana. It was in force for 48 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 29, 2012, 9:07 AM MDT (15:07 UTC)
Expired
Mar 31, 2012, 8:46 AM MDT
In force
48 hr
Issued by
NWS Missoula, MT
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Lincoln County, MT, Mineral County, MT, Sanders County, MT

The radar

The Missoula radar (KMSX), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this areal flood advisory went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Missoula, MT wrote its last area forecast discussion before this areal flood advisory went out at Mar 29, 4:21 AM MDT, 4 hours 46 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 29, 4:21 AM MDT, 4 hours 46 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 29, 4:22 AM MDTWinter Weather AdvisoryMSOFlathead, Lake28 hr
Mar 29, 9:11 AM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMSOClearwater, Idaho47 hr
Mar 29, 10:02 AM MDTWind AdvisoryMSOClearwater, Idaho10 hr

Nearby

Areal Flood Advisories in Montana, 2012Every areal flood advisory in 2012

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.