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River Flood Warning 2, NWS Great Falls, MT

June 12, 2022Gallatin County, Montana

NWS Great Falls, MT issued this river flood warning at Jun 12, 2022, 9:58 AM MDT for Gallatin County, Montana. It took effect at Jun 13, 2022, 3:00 AM MDT. It was in force for 55 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 12, 2022, 9:58 AM MDT (15:58 UTC)
In effect from
Jun 13, 2022, 3:00 AM MDT
Expired
Jun 15, 2022, 9:32 AM MDT
In force
55 hr
Issued by
NWS Great Falls, MT
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Moderate

County Gallatin County, MT

The radar

The Billings radar (KBLX), 202 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:00 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 Gallatin River at Logan (LOGM8). The gauge peaked at 9.73 ft at Jun 14, 2022, 8:00 AM MDT.

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Action stage
8 ft
Minor stage
9 ft
Moderate stage
10 ft
Major stage
11 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 06052500, 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
Jun 12, 2:40 AM MDTHigh Wind WatchTFX12 hr
Jun 12, 2:58 AM MDTWinter Storm WarningTFX3 days
Jun 12, 9:58 AM MDTRiver Flood WarningTFXGallatin48 hr
Jun 12, 10:07 AM MDTFlood WatchTFX72 hr
Jun 12, 2:47 PM MDTWinter Weather AdvisoryTFX66 hr
Jun 12, 2:50 PM MDTHigh Wind WatchTFX12 hr
Jun 12, 2:50 PM MDTHigh Wind WarningTFX3 days

Nearby

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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.