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River Flood Warning 7, NWS Billings, MT

May 29, 2014Stillwater County, Montana

NWS Billings, MT issued this river flood warning at May 29, 2014, 11:01 AM MDT for Stillwater County, Montana. It took effect at May 30, 2014, 12:00 AM MDT. It was in force for 36 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 29, 2014, 11:01 AM MDT (17:01 UTC)
In effect from: May 30, 2014, 12:00 AM MDT
Expired: May 31, 2014, 12:21 PM MDT
In force: 36 hr
Issued by: NWS Billings, MT
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Stillwater County, MT

The river

Written for the forecast point Stillwater River (South Central MT) near Absarokee (SRAM8). The gauge peaked at 6.34 ft at May 29, 2014, 2:00 PM MDT.

Minor stage: 7.5 ft
Moderate stage: 8 ft
Major stage: 9 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 06205000, 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 28, 5:28 PM MDT, 17 hours 33 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 28, 5:28 PM MDT, 17 hours 33 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 28, 6:29 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BYZ		31 min
May 28, 6:41 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BYZ	Custer, Rosebud	49 min
May 28, 7:02 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BYZ	Powder River	43 min
May 28, 7:29 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BYZ	Prairie	31 min
May 29, 10:26 AM MDT	River Flood Warning	BYZ	Rosebud	8 days
May 29, 11:37 AM MDT	River Flood Watch	BYZ	Stillwater, Yellowstone	49 hr
May 29, 12:58 PM MDT	Areal Flood Warning	BYZ	Sheridan	4 days

Nearby

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