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Flood Watch 4, NWS Great Falls, MT

May 16, 2018

NWS Great Falls, MT issued this flood watch at May 16, 2018, 9:46 AM MDT. It was in force for 3 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 16, 2018, 9:46 AM MDT (15:46 UTC)
Expired: May 19, 2018, 11:33 AM MDT
In force: 3 days
Issued by: NWS Great Falls, MT
Flood severity: None

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this 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 flood watch went out at May 16, 4:09 AM MDT, 5 hours 37 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 16, 4:09 AM MDT, 5 hours 37 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
May 16, 11:31 AM MDT	Areal Flood Warning	TFX	Cascade, Teton	46 hr
May 16, 12:14 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Fergus	31 min
May 16, 12:42 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Lewis and Clark	48 min
May 16, 12:44 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Fergus	31 min
May 16, 2:39 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Fergus	36 min
May 16, 2:48 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Hill	27 min
May 16, 3:13 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Blaine	32 min
May 16, 3:35 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TFX	Blaine, Hill	25 min
May 16, 3:59 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TFX	Blaine, Hill	24 min
May 16, 5:15 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Pondera	30 min
May 16, 5:49 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Fergus	26 min
May 16, 5:57 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	TFX	Teton	33 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.