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River Flood Watch 4, NWS Great Falls, MT

June 13, 2017

NWS Great Falls, MT issued this river flood watch at Jun 13, 2017, 10:42 AM MDT. It took effect at Jun 14, 2017, 6:00 AM MDT. It was in force for 35 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 13, 2017, 10:42 AM MDT (16:42 UTC)
In effect from: Jun 14, 2017, 6:00 AM MDT
Expired: Jun 15, 2017, 5:00 PM MDT
In force: 35 hr
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 6.63 ft at Jun 15, 2017, 1:00 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 13, 7:44 AM MDT, 2 hours 58 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 13, 7:44 AM MDT, 2 hours 58 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 13, 6:19 AM MDT, 4 hours 23 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 13, 6:48 AM MDT, 3 hours 54 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Great Falls, MT issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 12, 6:26 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Cascade	49 min
Jun 12, 7:30 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Cascade, Lewis and Clark	45 min
Jun 12, 7:53 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Judith Basin	37 min
Jun 12, 8:12 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Fergus	63 min
Jun 12, 8:25 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Cascade, Teton	65 min
Jun 12, 8:32 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Judith Basin	58 min
Jun 12, 9:13 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TFX	Fergus	47 min
Jun 12, 9:39 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Pondera, Teton	66 min
Jun 13, 1:40 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Cascade	50 min
Jun 13, 2:29 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Hill	46 min
Jun 13, 2:48 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Cascade	42 min
Jun 13, 3:42 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Cascade	48 min
Jun 13, 3:53 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Chouteau	37 min
Jun 13, 4:28 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Cascade	47 min
Jun 13, 4:43 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Hill	47 min
Jun 13, 5:32 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Hill	43 min

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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.