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River Flood Warning 4, NWS Glasgow, MT
NWS Glasgow, MT issued this river flood warning at Oct 6, 2016, 5:38 AM MDT for Phillips County, Montana. It was in force for 52 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 6, 2016, 5:38 AM MDT (11:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 8, 2016, 9:53 AM MDT
- In force
- 52 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Glasgow, MT
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- Minor
County Phillips County, MT
The radar
The Glasgow radar (KGGW), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:42 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 Milk River at Malta (MALM8). The gauge peaked at 18.09 ft at Oct 7, 2016, 3:00 AM MDT.
- Action stage
- 14 ft
- Minor stage
- 16 ft
- Moderate stage
- 19 ft
- Major stage
- 22 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 06155500, 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 5, 8:48 PM MDT | River Flood Watch | GGW | Valley | 5 days |
| Oct 6, 5:38 AM MDT | River Flood Warning | GGW | Valley | 6 days |
| Oct 6, 5:38 AM MDT | River Flood Warning | GGW | Valley | 8 days |
| Oct 6, 5:38 AM MDT | River Flood Warning | GGW | Valley | 5 days |
| Oct 6, 9:52 AM MDT | River Flood Warning | GGW | Phillips, Valley | 5 days |
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.