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River Flood Watch 3, NWS Great Falls, MT
NWS Great Falls, MT issued this river flood watch at Jun 1, 2017, 10:54 AM MDT. It took effect at Jun 4, 2017, 6:00 AM MDT. It was in force for 8 days.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 1, 2017, 10:54 AM MDT (16:54 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jun 4, 2017, 6:00 AM MDT
- Expired
- Jun 11, 2017, 7:06 PM MDT
- In force
- 8 days
- Issued by
- NWS Great Falls, MT
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- Minor
The river
Written for the forecast point Big Hole River near Melrose (MLRM8). The gauge peaked at 6.45 ft at Jun 5, 2017, 10:00 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 Jun 1, 10:04 AM MDT, 50 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 1, 10:04 AM MDT, 50 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Great Falls, MT issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 6:32 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | TFX | 28 min | |
| May 31, 6:35 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | TFX | Judith Basin | 40 min |
| May 31, 6:59 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | TFX | Glacier | 31 min |
| May 31, 7:08 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | TFX | Beaverhead, Broadwater, Gallatin, Jefferson, Madison, Meagher | 52 min |
| May 31, 9:35 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | TFX | Hill, Liberty, Toole | 40 min |
| May 31, 9:56 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | TFX | Glacier | 49 min |
| May 31, 10:01 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | TFX | Broadwater | 29 min |
| May 31, 10:24 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | TFX | 21 min | |
| Jun 1, 1:33 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | TFX | 27 min | |
| Jun 1, 2:00 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | TFX | Deer Lodge | 30 min |
| Jun 1, 2:23 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | TFX | 37 min | |
| Jun 1, 3:09 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | TFX | Pondera, Teton | 51 min |
| Jun 1, 3:22 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | TFX | Lewis and Clark | 38 min |
| Jun 1, 3:29 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TFX | Lewis and Clark | 31 min |
| Jun 1, 3:42 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | TFX | Fergus | 33 min |
| Jun 1, 3:56 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TFX | Cascade, Lewis and Clark | 49 min |
| Jun 1, 3:58 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | TFX | Judith Basin | 32 min |
| Jun 1, 4:20 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | TFX | Fergus | 25 min |
| Jun 1, 4:43 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | TFX | Fergus | 32 min |
| Jun 1, 4:49 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | TFX | Cascade | 41 min |
| Jun 1, 4:57 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TFX | Cascade | 33 min |
| Jun 1, 5:13 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | TFX | Fergus | 32 min |
| Jun 1, 5:25 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | TFX | Pondera, Teton | 35 min |
| Jun 1, 5:29 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TFX | Cascade, Chouteau | 61 min |
| Jun 1, 5:40 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TFX | Cascade | 3 hr |
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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.