Alert archive / Montana / Flash Flood Warnings in 2021
Flash Flood Warning 1, NWS Glasgow, MT
NWS Glasgow, MT issued this flash flood warning at Jun 8, 2021, 8:26 PM MDT for Roosevelt County, Montana. It was in force for 118 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 8, 2021, 8:26 PM MDT (02:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 8, 2021, 10:24 PM MDT
- In force
- 118 min
- Issued by
- NWS Glasgow, MT
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Roosevelt County, MT
The radar
The Glasgow radar (KGGW), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:26 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 8, 8:30 PM MDT | FLASH FLOOD | 3 E Oswego, MT | ROCKS AND DEBRIS OVER US-2 AND BIA ROUTE 1. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Glasgow Intl Airport, MT (KGGW), launched 00:00Z, 2.4 hours before the alert went out and 64 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 558 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -175 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1718 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 63 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 279 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 351 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 3.9
The text
As transmitted.
836
WGUS55 KGGW 090226
FFWGGW
MTC085-090430-
/O.NEW.KGGW.FF.W.0001.210609T0226Z-210609T0430Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Glasgow MT
826 PM MDT Tue Jun 8 2021
The National Weather Service in Glasgow has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Southwestern Roosevelt County in northeastern Montana...
* Until 1030 PM MDT.
* At 826 PM MDT, trained weather spotters reported thunderstorms
producing heavy rain across the warned area. Flash flooding is
ongoing 5 miles west of Wolf Point on Highway 2.
HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.
SOURCE...Trained spotters.
IMPACT...Flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas,
highways, streets and underpasses as well as other
drainage and low lying areas.
* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
Northwest of Wolf Point.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
Stay away or be swept away. River banks and culverts can become
unstable and unsafe.
&&
LAT...LON 4821 10584 4822 10580 4825 10569 4829 10566
4822 10549 4807 10570 4806 10570 4803 10576
4805 10578 4803 10582 4804 10584
FLASH FLOOD...OBSERVED
$$
0861 follow-up statement
865
WGUS75 KGGW 090424
FFSGGW
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Glasgow MT
1024 PM MDT Tue Jun 8 2021
MTC085-090434-
/O.CAN.KGGW.FF.W.0001.000000T0000Z-210609T0430Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Roosevelt MT-
1024 PM MDT Tue Jun 8 2021
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR SOUTHWESTERN ROOSEVELT
COUNTY...
The heavy rain has ended. Flooding is no longer expected to pose a
threat. Please continue to heed remaining road closures.
A Flash Flood Watch remains in effect until 400 AM MDT for a portion
of northeast Montana.
LAT...LON 4821 10584 4822 10580 4825 10569 4829 10566
4822 10549 4807 10570 4806 10570 4803 10576
4805 10578 4803 10582 4804 10584
$$
086The office that day
Everything else NWS Glasgow, MT issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 8, 6:00 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GGW | Garfield, McCone, Valley | 60 min |
| Jun 8, 6:07 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GGW | Wibaux | 112 min |
| Jun 8, 6:16 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GGW | Phillips, Valley | 59 min |
| Jun 8, 6:19 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GGW | Garfield, Valley | 56 min |
| Jun 8, 6:24 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GGW | Phillips | 66 min |
| Jun 8, 6:34 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GGW | Wibaux | 26 min |
| Jun 8, 6:38 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GGW | McCone, Roosevelt, Valley | 67 min |
| Jun 8, 6:50 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GGW | Garfield, Valley | 42 min |
| Jun 8, 6:53 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GGW | Roosevelt, Sheridan | 56 min |
| Jun 8, 6:58 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GGW | Wibaux | 21 min |
| Jun 8, 7:00 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GGW | Phillips | 90 min |
| Jun 8, 7:06 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GGW | Phillips, Valley | 24 min |
| Jun 8, 7:12 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GGW | Garfield, McCone | 63 min |
| Jun 8, 7:20 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GGW | McCone, Roosevelt, Valley | 55 min |
| Jun 8, 7:31 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GGW | Garfield, McCone, Roosevelt, Valley | 59 min |
| Jun 8, 7:45 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GGW | Garfield, McCone, Prairie | 45 min |
| Jun 8, 7:54 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GGW | Valley | 96 min |
| Jun 8, 8:07 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GGW | Daniels, McCone, Roosevelt | 53 min |
| Jun 8, 8:20 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GGW | Dawson, Garfield, McCone, Prairie, Richland, Valley and 1 more | 55 min |
| Jun 8, 8:57 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GGW | Daniels, Roosevelt, Sheridan | 27 min |
| Jun 8, 9:07 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GGW | Roosevelt | 106 min |
| Jun 8, 9:23 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GGW | Dawson, Richland, Roosevelt | 67 min |
| Jun 8, 9:53 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GGW | Dawson, Richland, Roosevelt, Wibaux | 53 min |
| Jun 8, 10:53 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GGW | Richland | 67 min |
| Jun 9, 3:44 PM MDT | Lake Wind Advisory | GGW | Garfield, McCone, Petroleum, Phillips, Valley | 51 hr |
| Jun 9, 3:45 PM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | GGW | Dawson, Garfield, McCone, Petroleum, Prairie, Richland and 1 more | 12 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.