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River Flood Advisory 6, NWS Missoula, MT

June 3, 2020Missoula County, Montana

NWS Missoula, MT issued this river flood advisory at Jun 3, 2020, 12:16 PM MDT for Missoula County, Montana. It was in force for 43 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 3, 2020, 12:16 PM MDT (18:16 UTC)
Expired
Jun 5, 2020, 7:01 AM MDT
In force
43 hr
Issued by
NWS Missoula, MT
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Missoula County, MT

The radar

The Missoula radar (KMSX), 5 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:13 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 Clark Fork River above Missoula (ABOM8). The gauge peaked at 8.49 ft at Jun 2, 2020, 3:00 PM MDT.

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Action stage
7 ft
Minor stage
7.5 ft
Moderate stage
11 ft
Major stage
13 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 12340500, 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 Missoula, MT issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 3, 1:18 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMSOFlathead66 hr

Nearby

River Flood Advisories in Montana, 2020Every river flood advisory in 2020

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.