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River Flood Warning 3, NWS Great Falls, MT
NWS Great Falls, MT issued this river flood warning at Mar 24, 2018, 3:41 PM MDT for Fergus County, Montana. It took effect at Mar 24, 2018, 6:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 62 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 24, 2018, 3:41 PM MDT (21:41 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 24, 2018, 6:00 PM MDT
- Expired
- Mar 27, 2018, 8:03 AM MDT
- In force
- 62 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Great Falls, MT
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- Minor
County Fergus County, MT
The radar
The Billings radar (KBLX), 164 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The river
Written for the forecast point Missouri River near Landusky (LDKM8). The gauge peaked at 27.52 ft at Mar 25, 2018, 11:00 AM MDT.
- Action stage
- 26 ft
- Minor stage
- 27 ft
- Moderate stage
- 29 ft
- Major stage
- 33 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 06115200, 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 Great Falls, MT wrote its last area forecast discussion before this river flood warning went out at Mar 24, 2:21 PM MDT, 1 hour 20 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 24, 2:21 PM MDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Great Falls, MT issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Mar 24, 3:05 AM MDT | Winter Weather Advisory | TFX | 9 hr | |
| Mar 24, 10:01 AM MDT | River Flood Warning | TFX | Blaine | 62 hr |
| Mar 24, 3:21 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | TFX | Cascade, Chouteau, Judith Basin, Liberty, Meagher, Pondera and 1 more | 54 min |
| Mar 24, 5:52 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | TFX | Blaine | 38 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.