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River Flood Warning 3, NWS Billings, MT

May 30, 2015Rosebud County, Montana

NWS Billings, MT issued this river flood warning at May 30, 2015, 10:15 AM MDT for Rosebud County, Montana. It took effect at May 30, 2015, 6:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 10 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 30, 2015, 10:15 AM MDT (16:15 UTC)
In effect from: May 30, 2015, 6:00 PM MDT
Expired: Jun 9, 2015, 10:29 AM MDT
In force: 10 days
Issued by: NWS Billings, MT
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Rosebud County, MT

The radar

The Billings radar (KBLX), 151 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The river

Written for the forecast point Tongue River at Birney Day School near Birney (BNYM8). The gauge peaked at 6.56 ft at Jun 6, 2015, 12:00 AM MDT.

Minor stage: 7 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 06307616, 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 30, 9:14 AM MDT, 1 hour 1 minute earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 30, 9:14 AM MDT, 1 hour 1 minute 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 30, 4:08 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BYZ	Musselshell	37 min
May 30, 4:16 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BYZ	Musselshell	44 min

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Montana, 2015 Every river flood warning in 2015

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.