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Flash Flood Watch 4, NWS Great Falls, MT

June 19, 2013

NWS Great Falls, MT issued this flash flood watch at Jun 19, 2013, 5:47 AM MDT. It took effect at Jun 19, 2013, 12:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 9 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 19, 2013, 5:47 AM MDT (11:47 UTC)
In effect from
Jun 19, 2013, 12:00 PM MDT
Expired
Jun 19, 2013, 9:19 PM MDT
In force
9 hr
Issued by
NWS Great Falls, MT
Flood severity
None

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash 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 flash flood watch went out at Jun 19, 4:48 AM MDT, 59 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 19, 4:48 AM MDT, 59 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 19, 4:57 AM MDT, 50 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
457 AM MDT WED JUN 19 2013

MTZ009>014-044>054-201200-
NORTHERN ROCKY MOUNTAIN FRONT-EASTERN GLACIER-HILL-CASCADE-
CHOUTEAU-CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN LEWIS AND CLARK-TOOLE-LIBERTY-
EASTERN PONDERA-BLAINE-SOUTHERN ROCKY MOUNTAIN FRONT-
EASTERN TETON-JUDITH BASIN-FERGUS-JEFFERSON-BROADWATER-MEAGHER-
457 AM MDT WED JUN 19 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL
MONTANA...NORTH CENTRAL MONTANA AND SOUTHWEST MONTANA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...HEAVY
RAINFALL...AND FLASH FLOODING ARE POSSIBLE OVER PORTIONS OF
CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL MONTANA TODAY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

WESTERLY WINDS WILL BECOME BREEZY ON THURSDAY...POSSIBLY BECOMING
STRONG ALONG THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN FRONT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

ANY SPOTTER REPORTS OF HAIL...STRONG WIND GUSTS...HEAVY
RAINFALL...AND/OR FLASH FLOODING WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED.

MTZ008-015-055-201200-
BEAVERHEAD-MADISON-GALLATIN-
457 AM MDT WED JUN 19 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST
MONTANA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS ARE POSSIBLE OVER
SOUTHWEST MONTANA TODAY. SOME STORMS MAY EVEN PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY
RAINFALL THAT MAY CAUSE FLASH FLOODING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

ANY SPOTTER REPORTS OF HAIL...STRONG WIND GUSTS...HEAVY
RAINFALL...AND/OR FLASH FLOODING WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 19, 12:09 AM MDT, 5 hours 38 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 19, 1:15 AM MDT, 4 hours 32 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 18, 6:13 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXCascade47 min
Jun 18, 6:39 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTFXCascade, Chouteau, Teton51 min
Jun 18, 6:49 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXPondera26 min
Jun 18, 7:24 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXToole21 min
Jun 18, 7:31 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningTFXPondera, Teton3 hr
Jun 18, 7:36 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXToole24 min
Jun 18, 8:08 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningTFXToole4 hr
Jun 18, 8:14 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXCascade46 min
Jun 18, 8:30 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXToole45 min
Jun 18, 8:51 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXLewis and Clark54 min
Jun 18, 9:40 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXLewis and Clark50 min
Jun 18, 10:30 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFX45 min
Jun 18, 11:32 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFX58 min
Jun 19, 12:09 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXLiberty51 min
Jun 19, 12:39 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXLiberty36 min
Jun 19, 1:15 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXHill45 min
Jun 19, 2:48 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXBroadwater42 min
Jun 19, 3:10 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXCascade50 min
Jun 19, 3:15 PM MDTTornado WarningTFXBroadwater, Gallatin, Meagher30 min
Jun 19, 3:29 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTFXBroadwater, Meagher46 min
Jun 19, 3:49 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXLewis and Clark41 min
Jun 19, 4:03 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXCascade42 min
Jun 19, 4:28 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningTFXLewis and Clark4 hr
Jun 19, 4:44 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXTeton61 min
Jun 19, 4:49 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTFXCascade, Lewis and Clark, Teton41 min
Jun 19, 4:56 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXGallatin49 min
Jun 19, 4:58 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTFXCascade, Chouteau, Judith Basin47 min
Jun 19, 5:01 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningTFXLewis and Clark119 min
Jun 19, 5:22 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXLewis and Clark38 min
Jun 19, 5:31 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTFXTeton44 min
Jun 19, 5:32 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXBroadwater43 min
Jun 19, 5:35 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXGallatin40 min
Jun 19, 5:53 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXGlacier52 min

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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.