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River Flood Warning 1, NWS Missoula, MT

May 7, 2022Idaho County, Idaho

NWS Missoula, MT issued this river flood warning at May 7, 2022, 6:12 AM PDT for Idaho County, Idaho. It was in force for 12 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 7, 2022, 6:12 AM PDT (13:12 UTC)
Expired: May 7, 2022, 6:31 PM PDT
In force: 12 hr
Issued by: NWS Missoula, MT
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Idaho County, ID

The radar

The Missoula radar (KMSX), 175 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:14 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 South Fork Clearwater River at Stites (STII1).

Action stage: 7.5 ft
Minor stage: 8 ft
Moderate stage: 11 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 13338500, 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 Missoula, MT wrote its last area forecast discussion before this river flood warning went out at May 7, 2:05 AM PDT, 4 hours 7 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 7, 2:05 AM PDT, 4 hours 7 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Missoula, MT issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 7, 9:33 AM PDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MSO	Lincoln	23 hr
May 7, 12:29 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	MSO	Flathead	46 min
May 7, 3:11 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	MSO	Flathead	64 min
May 7, 12:46 PM PDT	Winter Weather Advisory	MSO	Lemhi	19 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Idaho, 2022 Every river flood warning in 2022

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.