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Flood Watch 1, NWS Missoula, MT

December 7, 20158 counties in Montana; Clearwater County, Idaho County, Idaho

NWS Missoula, MT issued this flood watch at Dec 7, 2015, 10:59 AM MST for 8 counties in Montana; Clearwater County, Idaho County, Idaho. It was in force for 23 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 7, 2015, 10:59 AM MST (17:59 UTC)
Expired: Dec 8, 2015, 9:30 AM MST
In force: 23 hr
Issued by: NWS Missoula, MT
Flood severity: None

Counties Clearwater County, ID, Idaho County, ID, Flathead County, MT, Granite County, MT, Lake County, MT, Lincoln County, MT, Mineral County, MT, Missoula County, MT, Ravalli County, MT, Sanders County, MT

The radar

The Missoula radar (KMSX), 50 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:59 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 flood watch 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 flood watch went out at Dec 7, 10:44 AM MST, 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 7, 10:44 AM MST, 15 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Dec 7, 4:40 AM MST	Winter Weather Advisory	MSO	Granite, Mineral, Missoula, Ravalli, Sanders	18 hr

Nearby

Flood Watches in Montana, 2015 Flood Watches in Idaho, 2015 Every flood watch 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.