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Flash Flood Watch 3, NWS Great Falls, MT

August 14, 2015

NWS Great Falls, MT issued this flash flood watch at Aug 14, 2015, 2:53 PM MDT. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Aug 14, 2015, 2:53 PM MDT (20:53 UTC)
Expired: Aug 14, 2015, 7:40 PM MDT
In force: 5 hr
Issued by: NWS Great Falls, MT
Flood severity: None

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash flood watch went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Great Falls, MT wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood watch went out at Aug 14, 11:50 AM MDT, 3 hours 3 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 14, 11:50 AM MDT, 3 hours 3 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 14, 11:19 AM MDT, 3 hours 34 minutes before

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Local storm report, Aug 14, 11:52 AM MDT, 3 hours 1 minute before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
1152 AM MDT FRI AUG 14 2015

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1122 AM     HAIL             1 N GREAT FALLS         47.52N 111.29W
08/14/2015  M0.25 INCH       CASCADE            MT   PUBLIC

            SMALL HAIL ALONG WITH BRIEF POWER OUTAGE

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MARTIN

Local storm report, Aug 14, 1:36 PM MDT, 1 hour 17 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 14, 8:49 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Madison	41 min
Aug 14, 4:47 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Meagher	43 min
Aug 14, 4:58 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Jefferson	32 min
Aug 14, 5:21 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Teton	39 min

Nearby

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Sources

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