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River Flood Warning 4, NWS Billings, MT
NWS Billings, MT issued this river flood warning at May 11, 2018, 12:59 PM MDT for Golden Valley County, Montana. It took effect at May 12, 2018, 3:00 AM MDT. It was in force for 4 days.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 11, 2018, 12:59 PM MDT (18:59 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 12, 2018, 3:00 AM MDT
- Expired
- May 16, 2018, 10:30 AM MDT
- In force
- 4 days
- Issued by
- NWS Billings, MT
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- Minor
County Golden Valley County, MT
The radar
The Billings radar (KBLX), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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 Lavina (LVNM8). The gauge peaked at 9.41 ft at May 13, 2018, 9:00 AM MDT.
- Minor stage
- 9.5 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 06125600, 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 | Wheatland | 70 hr |
| May 11, 2:56 AM MDT | Winter Storm Watch | BYZ | 11 hr | |
| May 11, 2:02 PM MDT | Winter Weather Advisory | BYZ | 25 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.