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Flood Watch 3, NWS Missoula, MT

July 30, 2025Deer Lodge County, Silver Bow County, Montana

NWS Missoula, MT issued this flood watch at Jul 30, 2025, 11:06 AM MDT for Deer Lodge County, Silver Bow County, Montana. It took effect at Jul 30, 2025, 4:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 30, 2025, 11:06 AM MDT (17:06 UTC)
In effect from: Jul 30, 2025, 4:00 PM MDT
Expired: Jul 30, 2025, 10:00 PM MDT
In force: 6 hr
Issued by: NWS Missoula, MT
Flood severity: None

Counties Deer Lodge County, MT, Silver Bow County, MT

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 Jul 30, 2:06 AM MDT, 9 hours earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 30, 2:06 AM MDT, 9 hours 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
Jul 29, 8:33 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	MSO	Deer Lodge	42 min
Jul 29, 11:32 PM MDT	Lake Wind Advisory	MSO	Flathead, Lake, Sanders	23 hr
Jul 30, 11:06 AM MDT	Flood Watch	MSO	Deer Lodge, Granite, Mineral, Missoula, Ravalli, Sanders and 1 more	34 hr

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.