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River Flood Warning 5, NWS Billings, MT

June 7, 2017Carbon County, Montana

NWS Billings, MT issued this river flood warning at Jun 7, 2017, 11:37 AM MDT for Carbon County, Montana. It was in force for 5 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 7, 2017, 11:37 AM MDT (17:37 UTC)
Expired
Jun 12, 2017, 12:00 PM MDT
In force
5 days
Issued by
NWS Billings, MT
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

County Carbon County, MT

The radar

The Billings radar (KBLX), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 Clarks Fork of the Yellowstone at Edgar (EDGM8). The gauge peaked at 8.65 ft at Jun 9, 2017, 7:00 PM MDT.

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Minor stage
9 ft
Moderate stage
10 ft
Major stage
11.5 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 06208500, 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 Billings, MT issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 7, 1:03 PM MDTRiver Flood WatchBYZPark, Sweet Grass4 days
Jun 7, 1:03 PM MDTRiver Flood WatchBYZStillwater4 days
Jun 7, 2:54 PM MDTAreal Flood WarningBYZYellowstone5 days
Jun 7, 4:31 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBYZCarbon44 min
Jun 7, 4:39 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBYZCarbon36 min
Jun 7, 5:59 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBYZ46 min

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Montana, 2017Every river flood warning in 2017

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.