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River Flood Warning 3, NWS Glasgow, MT

October 4, 2016Valley County, Montana

NWS Glasgow, MT issued this river flood warning at Oct 4, 2016, 10:21 AM MDT for Valley County, Montana. It took effect at Oct 4, 2016, 8:53 PM MDT. It was in force for 6 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 4, 2016, 10:21 AM MDT (16:21 UTC)
In effect from
Oct 4, 2016, 8:53 PM MDT
Expired
Oct 10, 2016, 10:38 AM MDT
In force
6 days
Issued by
NWS Glasgow, MT
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

County Valley County, MT

The radar

The Glasgow radar (KGGW), 18 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:25 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 Beaver Creek (MT) near Hinsdale (BCHM8). The gauge peaked at 18.50 ft at Oct 6, 2016, 12:00 AM MDT.

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Action stage
12 ft
Minor stage
14 ft
Moderate stage
16 ft
Major stage
17 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 06167500, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 4, 8:05 AM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGGWGarfield, Petroleum, Phillips, Valley48 hr
Oct 4, 12:02 PM MDTAreal Flood WarningGGWGarfield, Petroleum, Phillips, Valley11 days

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Montana, 2016Every river flood warning in 2016

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.