Alert archive / Montana / River Flood Warnings in 2015
River Flood Warning 4, NWS Billings, MT
NWS Billings, MT issued this river flood warning at Jun 1, 2015, 11:12 AM MDT for Sweet Grass County, Montana. It took effect at Jun 1, 2015, 9:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 5 days.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 1, 2015, 11:12 AM MDT (17:12 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jun 1, 2015, 9:00 PM MDT
- Expired
- Jun 6, 2015, 6:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 5 days
- Issued by
- NWS Billings, MT
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- Minor
County Sweet Grass County, MT
The radar
The Billings radar (KBLX), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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 Boulder River at Big Timber (BTMM8). The gauge peaked at 7.16 ft at Jun 2, 2015, 10:00 AM MDT.
- Minor stage
- 8 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 06200000, 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 Jun 1, 9:38 AM MDT, 1 hour 34 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 1, 9:38 AM MDT, 1 hour 34 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 1, 3:34 AM MDT, 7 hours 38 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT 334 AM MDT MON JUN 1 2015 MTZ028>042-056>058-063>068-WYZ098-099-020945- SOUTHERN WHEATLAND-MUSSELSHELL-TREASURE-NORTHERN ROSEBUD-CUSTER- FALLON-NORTHERN STILLWATER-YELLOWSTONE-POWDER RIVER-CARTER- SOUTHERN BIG HORN-EASTERN CARBON-NORTHERN PARK- NORTHERN SWEET GRASS-GOLDEN VALLEY-RED LODGE FOOTHILLS- NORTHERN BIG HORN-SOUTHERN ROSEBUD-JUDITH GAP-PARADISE VALLEY- LIVINGSTON AREA-BEARTOOTH FOOTHILLS-ABSAROKA/BEARTOOTH MOUNTAINS- CRAZY MOUNTAINS-NORTHEAST BIGHORN MOUNTAINS-SHERIDAN FOOTHILLS- 334 AM MDT MON JUN 1 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MONTANA...SOUTH CENTRAL MONTANA...SOUTHEAST MONTANA AND NORTH CENTRAL WYOMING. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...AND SOME OF THEM WILL BE SEVERE. THE PRIMARY HAZARDS WILL BE LARGE HAIL THE SIZE OF QUARTERS TO GOLF BALLS...DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. THE GREATEST RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE BETWEEN 3 PM AND MIDNIGHT MDT... BUT THE RISK COULD LINGER PAST MIDNIGHT IN SOUTHEAST MONTANA. MONITOR THE WEATHER CLOSELY...AND BE READY TO SEEK SHELTER INDOORS IF STORMS APPROACH OR WARNINGS ARE ISSUED FOR YOUR LOCATION. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY THERE IS A CHANCE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...MAINLY FROM SHERIDAN EAST TO BROADUS AND EKALAKA. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. CJS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Billings, MT issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 7:25 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | Park | 50 min |
| May 31, 8:00 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | Big Horn | 60 min |
| May 31, 9:10 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | Stillwater | 65 min |
| May 31, 9:37 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | Stillwater | 38 min |
| May 31, 10:17 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | Musselshell, Yellowstone | 58 min |
| May 31, 11:14 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | Big Horn | 46 min |
| Jun 1, 3:19 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | Stillwater | 56 min |
| Jun 1, 4:20 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | Park | 40 min |
| Jun 1, 4:53 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | Carbon | 67 min |
| Jun 1, 5:07 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BYZ | Carbon | 23 min |
| Jun 1, 5:11 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | Sweet Grass | 34 min |
| Jun 1, 5:24 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | Wheatland | 36 min |
| Jun 1, 5:45 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BYZ | Wheatland | 45 min |
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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.