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Areal Flood Warning 7, NWS Missoula, MT

March 7, 2014Flathead County, Lake County, Sanders County, Montana

NWS Missoula, MT issued this areal flood warning at Mar 7, 2014, 10:46 PM MST for Flathead County, Lake County, Sanders County, Montana. It was in force for 63 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
Mar 7, 2014, 10:46 PM MST (05:46 UTC)
Expired
Mar 10, 2014, 2:30 PM MDT
In force
63 hr
Issued by
NWS Missoula, MT
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Flathead County, MT, Lake County, MT, Sanders County, MT

The radar

The Missoula radar (KMSX), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:44 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 Mar 7, 3:12 PM MST, 7 hours 34 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 7, 3:12 PM MST, 7 hours 34 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 8, 4:04 AM MSTWinter Weather AdvisoryMSOMineral, Missoula, Sanders7 hr
Mar 8, 9:19 AM MSTFlood WatchMSORavalli59 hr
Mar 8, 12:31 PM MSTAreal Flood AdvisoryMSOFlathead, Lincoln, Mineral, Sanders24 hr
Mar 8, 9:27 AM MSTWind AdvisoryMSOClearwater, Idaho24 hr

Nearby

Areal Flood Warnings in Montana, 2014Every areal 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.