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River Flood Warning 5, NWS Billings, MT

May 27, 2014Park County, Sweet Grass County, Montana

NWS Billings, MT issued this river flood warning at May 27, 2014, 11:18 AM MDT for Park County, Sweet Grass County, Montana. It took effect at May 29, 2014, 3:00 AM MDT. It was in force for 35 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 27, 2014, 11:18 AM MDT (17:18 UTC)
In effect from: May 29, 2014, 3:00 AM MDT
Expired: May 30, 2014, 2:17 PM MDT
In force: 35 hr
Issued by: NWS Billings, MT
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Park County, MT, Sweet Grass County, MT

The radar

The Billings radar (KBLX), 128 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Yellowstone River near Livingston (LIVM8). The gauge peaked at 9.70 ft at May 29, 2014, 1:00 PM MDT.

Minor stage: 10 ft
Moderate stage: 10.5 ft
Major stage: 11 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 06192500, 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 warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Billings, MT wrote its last area forecast discussion before this river flood warning went out at May 27, 8:57 AM MDT, 2 hours 21 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 27, 8:57 AM MDT, 2 hours 21 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 26, 6:59 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BYZ	Stillwater	46 min
May 26, 7:07 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BYZ	Custer	38 min
May 26, 7:57 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BYZ	Stillwater, Yellowstone	63 min
May 26, 8:45 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BYZ	Big Horn, Yellowstone	60 min
May 26, 9:15 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BYZ	Yellowstone	30 min
May 26, 9:39 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BYZ	Treasure	66 min
May 26, 10:21 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BYZ	Rosebud, Treasure	39 min
May 26, 11:02 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BYZ	Rosebud	58 min
May 26, 11:52 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BYZ	Custer	53 min
May 27, 12:49 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BYZ	Custer, Fallon	41 min
May 27, 1:42 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BYZ	Fallon	48 min
May 27, 2:32 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BYZ	Sheridan	59 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Montana, 2014 Every river flood warning in 2014

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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.