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River Flood Warning 28, NWS Billings, MT

June 20, 2018Musselshell County, Montana

NWS Billings, MT issued this river flood warning at Jun 20, 2018, 11:43 AM MDT for Musselshell County, Montana. It took effect at Jun 21, 2018, 4:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 19 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 20, 2018, 11:43 AM MDT (17:43 UTC)
In effect from: Jun 21, 2018, 4:00 PM MDT
Expired: Jun 22, 2018, 11:21 AM MDT
In force: 19 hr
Issued by: NWS Billings, MT
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Moderate

County Musselshell County, MT

The radar

The Billings radar (KBLX), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Musselshell River at Musselshell (MUSM8). The gauge peaked at 10.12 ft at Jun 23, 2018, 11:00 AM MDT.

Minor stage: 11 ft
Moderate stage: 11.5 ft
Major stage: 12 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 06127500, 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 warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Billings, MT wrote its last area forecast discussion before this river flood warning went out at Jun 20, 9:19 AM MDT, 2 hours 24 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 20, 9:19 AM MDT, 2 hours 24 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 19, 8:13 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BYZ	Big Horn, Yellowstone	10 hr
Jun 19, 9:26 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BYZ	Yellowstone	64 min
Jun 19, 10:25 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BYZ	Yellowstone	3 hr
Jun 20, 11:00 AM MDT	River Flood Warning	BYZ	Custer	71 hr
Jun 20, 11:43 AM MDT	River Flood Warning	BYZ	Musselshell	72 hr
Jun 20, 2:34 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BYZ	Rosebud	56 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.