Alert archive / Montana / River Flood Warnings in 2018
River Flood Warning 5, NWS Great Falls, MT
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.
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 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 11, 7:36 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TFX | Blaine, Chouteau, Hill, Liberty | 5 days |
| Apr 12, 12:14 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TFX | Pondera, Teton | 4 days |
| Apr 12, 1:49 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | TFX | Glacier, Pondera, Teton, Toole | 56 min |
| Apr 12, 4:38 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | TFX | Beaverhead | 3 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.