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River Flood Watch 2, NWS Great Falls, MT
NWS Great Falls, MT issued this river flood watch at May 10, 2017, 2:42 PM MDT. It took effect at May 12, 2017, 8:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 3 days.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 10, 2017, 2:42 PM MDT (20:42 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 12, 2017, 8:00 PM MDT
- Expired
- May 15, 2017, 11:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 3 days
- Issued by
- NWS Great Falls, MT
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
The river
Written for the forecast point Big Hole River near Melrose (MLRM8). The gauge peaked at 5.41 ft at May 13, 2017, 4:00 PM MDT.
- Action stage
- 5 ft
- Minor stage
- 6 ft
- Moderate stage
- 7.5 ft
- Major stage
- 8 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 06025500, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this river flood watch went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Great Falls, MT wrote its last area forecast discussion before this river flood watch went out at May 10, 10:56 AM MDT, 3 hours 46 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 10, 10:56 AM MDT, 3 hours 46 minutes before
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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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.