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Areal Flood Warning 10, NWS Missoula, MT

April 26, 2012Missoula County, Montana

NWS Missoula, MT issued this areal flood warning at Apr 26, 2012, 11:23 AM MDT for Missoula County, Montana. It was in force for 55 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 26, 2012, 11:23 AM MDT (17:23 UTC)
Expired: Apr 28, 2012, 5:57 PM MDT
In force: 55 hr
Issued by: NWS Missoula, MT
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

County Missoula County, MT

The radar

The Missoula radar (KMSX), 5 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:26 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 warning 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 warning went out at Apr 26, 10:13 AM MDT, 1 hour 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 26, 10:13 AM MDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 26, 8:12 AM MDT	Wind Advisory	MSO	Deer Lodge, Flathead, Granite, Lake, Missoula, Powell and 3 more	10 hr
Apr 26, 9:56 AM MDT	Winter Weather Advisory	MSO	Flathead, Lake	32 hr
Apr 26, 11:11 AM MDT	Areal Flood Warning	MSO	Ravalli	48 hr
Apr 26, 11:17 AM MDT	Areal Flood Warning	MSO	Ravalli	47 hr
Apr 26, 2:11 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	MSO	Ravalli	64 min
Apr 26, 3:00 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	MSO	Ravalli	60 min
Apr 26, 4:15 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	MSO	Lake, Powell	45 min

Nearby

Areal Flood Warnings in Montana, 2012 Every areal flood warning 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.