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River Flood Warning 3, NWS Glasgow, MT

April 17, 2018Phillips County, Valley County, Montana

NWS Glasgow, MT issued this river flood warning at Apr 17, 2018, 3:08 PM MDT for Phillips County, Valley County, Montana. It took effect at Apr 18, 2018, 1:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 14 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 17, 2018, 3:08 PM MDT (21:08 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 18, 2018, 1:00 PM MDT
Expired
May 2, 2018, 6:35 PM MDT
In force
14 days
Issued by
NWS Glasgow, MT
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

Counties Phillips County, MT, Valley County, MT

The radar

The Glasgow radar (KGGW), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:11 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 Milk River near Saco (SACM8). The gauge peaked at 24.22 ft at Apr 23, 2018, 4:00 PM MDT.

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Action stage
18 ft
Minor stage
20 ft
Moderate stage
22 ft
Major stage
24 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 06164510, 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 Glasgow, MT issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 17, 3:08 PM MDTRiver Flood WarningGGWValley3 days
Apr 17, 3:08 PM MDTRiver Flood WarningGGWPhillips13 days
Apr 17, 3:08 PM MDTRiver Flood WarningGGWValley17 days
Apr 17, 3:08 PM MDTRiver Flood WarningGGWValley20 days
Apr 17, 3:08 PM MDTRiver Flood WarningGGWValley19 days

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Montana, 2018Every river flood warning in 2018

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.