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Flash Flood Watch 7, NWS Great Falls, MT

August 11, 2013

NWS Great Falls, MT issued this flash flood watch at Aug 11, 2013, 3:55 AM MDT. It took effect at Aug 11, 2013, 12:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 9 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 11, 2013, 3:55 AM MDT (09:55 UTC)
In effect from
Aug 11, 2013, 12:00 PM MDT
Expired
Aug 11, 2013, 8:30 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 Aug 10, 5:45 PM MDT, 10 hours 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 10, 5:45 PM MDT, 10 hours 10 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 10, 5:25 AM MDT, 22 hours 30 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
525 AM MDT SAT AUG 10 2013

MTZ008-052-111200-
BEAVERHEAD-JEFFERSON-
525 AM MDT SAT AUG 10 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST
MONTANA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS
A MIX OF WET AND DRY THUNDERSTORMS MOVE THROUGH PORTIONS OF
SOUTHWEST MONTANA.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

MTZ009>015-044>051-053>055-111200-
NORTHERN ROCKY MOUNTAIN FRONT-EASTERN GLACIER-HILL-CASCADE-
CHOUTEAU-CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN LEWIS AND CLARK-MADISON-TOOLE-
LIBERTY-EASTERN PONDERA-BLAINE-SOUTHERN ROCKY MOUNTAIN FRONT-
EASTERN TETON-JUDITH BASIN-FERGUS-BROADWATER-MEAGHER-GALLATIN-
525 AM MDT SAT AUG 10 2013

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 10, 6:02 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXMeagher43 min
Aug 10, 6:49 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXGlacier41 min
Aug 10, 6:50 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXWheatland40 min
Aug 10, 6:56 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXLewis and Clark49 min
Aug 10, 7:41 PM MDTFlash Flood WatchTFX3 hr
Aug 10, 7:45 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXTeton45 min
Aug 10, 7:47 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXGlacier43 min
Aug 10, 8:15 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTFXGlacier, Pondera, Teton45 min
Aug 10, 8:56 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTFXPondera, Teton49 min
Aug 10, 8:58 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXTeton47 min
Aug 10, 11:37 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTFXCascade6 hr
Aug 11, 2:33 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXMadison42 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.