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River Flood Warning 5, NWS Great Falls, MT

April 11, 2018Blaine County, Montana

NWS Great Falls, MT issued this river flood warning at Apr 11, 2018, 7:57 PM MDT for Blaine County, Montana. It was in force for 12 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 11, 2018, 7:57 PM MDT (01:57 UTC)
Expired
Apr 12, 2018, 7:48 AM MDT
In force
12 hr
Issued by
NWS Great Falls, MT
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Moderate

County Blaine County, MT

The radar

The Glasgow radar (KGGW), 174 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:03 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 Clear Creek (North-central MT) near Chinook near mouth (CCMM8).

Action stage
4.5 ft
Minor stage
5.5 ft
Moderate stage
6.5 ft
Major stage
8 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 06142400, 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 Great Falls, MT issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 11, 7:36 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTFXBlaine, Chouteau, Hill, Liberty5 days
Apr 12, 12:14 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTFXPondera, Teton4 days
Apr 12, 1:49 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXGlacier, Pondera, Teton, Toole56 min
Apr 12, 4:38 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXBeaverhead3 hr

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.