Alert archive / Montana / River Flood Warnings in 2018
River Flood Warning 3, NWS Billings, MT
NWS Billings, MT issued this river flood warning at May 11, 2018, 12:59 PM MDT for Wheatland County, Montana. It was in force for 70 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 11, 2018, 12:59 PM MDT (18:59 UTC)
- Expired
- May 14, 2018, 10:50 AM MDT
- In force
- 70 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Billings, MT
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- Moderate
County Wheatland County, MT
The radar
The Billings radar (KBLX), 117 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 Musselshell River near Harlowton (HLWM8).
- Minor stage
- 7 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 06120500, 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 Billings, MT issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 10, 8:03 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | Sweet Grass | 42 min |
| May 10, 9:27 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | Stillwater | 48 min |
| May 10, 10:42 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | Yellowstone | 48 min |
| May 11, 2:56 AM MDT | Winter Storm Warning | BYZ | Carbon, Park, Stillwater, Sweet Grass, Wheatland | 36 hr |
| May 11, 11:15 AM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BYZ | Park | 36 hr |
| May 11, 12:59 PM MDT | River Flood Warning | BYZ | Golden Valley | 5 days |
| May 11, 2:56 AM MDT | Winter Storm Watch | BYZ | 11 hr | |
| May 11, 2:02 PM MDT | Winter Weather Advisory | BYZ | 25 hr |
Nearby
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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.