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River Flood Warning 3, NWS Great Falls, MT

September 20, 2024Blaine County, Montana

NWS Great Falls, MT issued this river flood warning at Sep 20, 2024, 6:32 AM MDT for Blaine County, Montana. It took effect at Sep 20, 2024, 6:41 AM MDT. It was in force for 11 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 20, 2024, 6:32 AM MDT (12:32 UTC)
In effect from
Sep 20, 2024, 6:41 AM MDT
Expired
Sep 20, 2024, 6:00 PM MDT
In force
11 hr
Issued by
NWS Great Falls, MT
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

County Blaine County, MT

The radar

The Glasgow radar (KGGW), 174 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:32 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 5.26 ft at Sep 20, 2024, 7:00 AM 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.

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 Great Falls, MT wrote its last area forecast discussion before this river flood warning went out at Sep 20, 5:00 AM MDT, 1 hour 32 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 20, 5:00 AM MDT, 1 hour 32 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 20, 12:05 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXToole40 min
Sep 20, 12:48 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXToole42 min
Sep 20, 2:24 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTFXHill, Liberty, Toole66 min
Sep 20, 3:07 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTFXHill, Liberty53 min
Sep 20, 3:57 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXBlaine48 min
Sep 20, 4:01 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatTFXHill29 min
Sep 20, 4:28 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementTFXBlaine32 min

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.