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River Flood Warning 2, NWS Great Falls, MT

May 8, 2024Blaine County, Montana

NWS Great Falls, MT issued this river flood warning at May 8, 2024, 3:49 AM MDT for Blaine County, Montana. It was in force for 4 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 8, 2024, 3:49 AM MDT (09:49 UTC)
Expired
May 12, 2024, 1:51 AM MDT
In force
4 days
Issued by
NWS Great Falls, MT
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Blaine County, MT

The radar

The Glasgow radar (KGGW), 174 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:50 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 Clear Creek (North-central MT) near Chinook near mouth (CCMM8). The gauge peaked at 8.05 ft at May 8, 2024, 1:00 PM MDT.

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Action stage
4.5 ft
Minor stage
5.5 ft
Moderate stage
6.5 ft
Major stage
8 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 06142400, 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
May 8, 1:03 PM MDTWinter Weather AdvisoryTFXGallatin, Lewis and Clark, Madison, Teton11 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Montana, 2024Every river flood warning in 2024

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.