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Flood Watch 4, NWS Missoula, MT
NWS Missoula, MT issued this flood watch at Jun 8, 2023, 3:02 AM MDT for 11 counties in Montana; Clearwater County, Idaho County, Lemhi County, Idaho. It took effect at Jun 8, 2023, 12:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 8, 2023, 3:02 AM MDT (09:02 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jun 8, 2023, 12:00 PM MDT
- Expired
- Jun 8, 2023, 9:09 PM MDT
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Missoula, MT
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Clearwater County, ID, Idaho County, ID, Lemhi County, ID, Deer Lodge County, MT, Flathead County, MT, Granite County, MT, Lake County, MT, Lincoln County, MT, Mineral County, MT, Missoula County, MT, Powell County, MT, Ravalli County, MT, Sanders County, MT, Silver Bow County, MT
The radar
The Missoula radar (KMSX), 32 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flood watch 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 flood watch went out at Jun 7, 1:22 PM MDT, 13 hours 40 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 7, 1:22 PM MDT, 13 hours 40 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Missoula, MT issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 7, 7:40 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | MSO | Ravalli | 50 min |
| Jun 7, 8:33 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MSO | Ravalli | 3 hr |
| Jun 7, 8:52 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MSO | Granite | 2 hr |
| Jun 8, 12:13 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MSO | Granite, Powell | 6 hr |
| Jun 8, 12:57 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | MSO | Missoula | 48 min |
| Jun 8, 1:07 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MSO | Granite, Missoula | 96 min |
| Jun 8, 1:11 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MSO | Powell | 4 hr |
| Jun 8, 2:45 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | MSO | Lake | 30 min |
| Jun 8, 2:57 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | MSO | Missoula | 48 min |
| Jun 8, 3:16 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MSO | Powell | 3 hr |
| Jun 8, 3:25 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | MSO | Sanders | 65 min |
| Jun 8, 3:42 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | MSO | Mineral | 48 min |
| Jun 8, 4:10 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MSO | Sanders | 3 hr |
| Jun 8, 4:18 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | MSO | Mineral | 27 min |
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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.