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Areal Flood Warning 1, NWS Missoula, MT

May 23, 2016Flathead County, Montana

NWS Missoula, MT issued this areal flood warning at May 23, 2016, 9:00 AM MDT for Flathead County, Montana. It was in force for 24 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 23, 2016, 9:00 AM MDT (15:00 UTC)
Expired: May 24, 2016, 9:00 AM MDT
In force: 24 hr
Issued by: NWS Missoula, MT
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

County Flathead County, MT

The radar

The Missoula radar (KMSX), 140 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:03 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 areal flood warning 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 areal flood warning went out at May 23, 4:27 AM MDT, 4 hours 33 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 23, 4:27 AM MDT, 4 hours 33 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
May 22, 10:27 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MSO	Flathead	24 hr
May 22, 10:40 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MSO	Flathead	34 hr
May 23, 9:16 AM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MSO	Lake, Missoula	24 hr

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.