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River Flood Warning 1, NWS Glasgow, MT

March 19, 2017Valley County, Montana

NWS Glasgow, MT issued this river flood warning at Mar 19, 2017, 10:00 PM MDT for Valley County, Montana. It took effect at Mar 20, 2017, 5:44 AM MDT. It was in force for 47 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 19, 2017, 10:00 PM MDT (04:00 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 20, 2017, 5:44 AM MDT
Expired
Mar 22, 2017, 5:00 AM MDT
In force
47 hr
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 04:00 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 near Glasgow (GLWM8).

Action stage
23 ft
Minor stage
25 ft
Moderate stage
29 ft
Major stage
31 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 06174200, 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
Mar 20, 7:37 AM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGGWDaniels, Roosevelt, Sheridan48 hr
Mar 20, 3:47 PM MDTAreal Flood WarningGGWRoosevelt, Sheridan48 hr

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.