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River Flood Warning 1, NWS Great Falls, MT
NWS Great Falls, MT issued this river flood warning at Jul 28, 2025, 2:42 AM MDT for Blaine County, Montana. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 28, 2025, 2:42 AM MDT (08:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 28, 2025, 5:51 AM MDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Great Falls, MT
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- Moderate
County Blaine County, MT
The radar
The Glasgow radar (KGGW), 174 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The river
Written for the forecast point Clear Creek (North-central MT) near Chinook near mouth (CCMM8). The gauge peaked at 8.33 ft at Jul 28, 2025, 2:00 AM MDT.
- 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 Jul 28, 12:01 AM MDT, 2 hours 41 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 28, 12:01 AM MDT, 2 hours 41 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Great Falls, MT issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 27, 6:04 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | TFX | 26 min | |
| Jul 27, 6:12 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | TFX | Lewis and Clark | 48 min |
| Jul 27, 6:29 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | TFX | 31 min | |
| Jul 27, 6:37 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | TFX | Judith Basin | 23 min |
| Jul 27, 7:07 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TFX | Glacier, Toole | 38 min |
| Jul 27, 7:24 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | TFX | Wheatland | 51 min |
| Jul 27, 7:31 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | TFX | Blaine | 44 min |
| Jul 27, 7:40 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | TFX | Toole | 35 min |
| Jul 27, 7:53 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | TFX | Liberty, Toole | 52 min |
| Jul 27, 8:10 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TFX | Hill, Liberty, Toole | 65 min |
| Jul 27, 8:15 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | TFX | Fergus | 30 min |
| Jul 27, 8:46 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | TFX | Fergus | 44 min |
| Jul 27, 9:14 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TFX | Hill, Liberty | 61 min |
| Jul 27, 10:13 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | TFX | Hill | 47 min |
| Jul 27, 10:52 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | TFX | Blaine | 38 min |
| Jul 27, 11:19 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TFX | Blaine, Hill | 4 hr |
| Jul 27, 11:29 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | TFX | Blaine | 61 min |
| Jul 27, 11:46 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | TFX | Meagher | 44 min |
| Jul 28, 1:43 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | TFX | Teton | 32 min |
| Jul 28, 1:59 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | TFX | Jefferson | 46 min |
| Jul 28, 2:13 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TFX | Lewis and Clark, Teton | 62 min |
| Jul 28, 2:14 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | TFX | Broadwater | 46 min |
| Jul 28, 2:24 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | TFX | Judith Basin | 51 min |
| Jul 28, 2:36 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | TFX | Pondera | 39 min |
| Jul 28, 2:39 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TFX | Broadwater, Jefferson, Lewis and Clark | 36 min |
| Jul 28, 2:43 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TFX | Fergus, Judith Basin | 47 min |
| Jul 28, 3:04 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | TFX | Jefferson | 26 min |
| Jul 28, 3:05 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TFX | Fergus, Judith Basin | 19 min |
| Jul 28, 3:11 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TFX | Broadwater, Meagher | 29 min |
| Jul 28, 3:12 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TFX | Cascade, Lewis and Clark, Teton | 63 min |
| Jul 28, 3:15 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | TFX | Meagher | 45 min |
| Jul 28, 3:29 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | TFX | Fergus | 46 min |
| Jul 28, 3:46 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | TFX | Judith Basin | 44 min |
| Jul 28, 3:46 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | TFX | Cascade | 44 min |
| Jul 28, 3:51 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TFX | Cascade, Judith Basin, Meagher | 54 min |
| Jul 28, 3:56 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TFX | Fergus | 64 min |
| Jul 28, 3:57 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | TFX | Judith Basin | 33 min |
| Jul 28, 4:00 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | TFX | Cascade | 60 min |
| Jul 28, 4:03 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TFX | Cascade, Meagher | 42 min |
| Jul 28, 4:07 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | TFX | Meagher | 38 min |
| Jul 28, 4:09 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TFX | Judith Basin | 51 min |
| Jul 28, 4:18 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TFX | Meagher | 29 min |
| Jul 28, 4:31 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | TFX | Cascade | 44 min |
| Jul 28, 4:35 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TFX | Judith Basin | 3 hr |
| Jul 28, 4:38 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TFX | Cascade, Judith Basin | 52 min |
| Jul 28, 4:38 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TFX | Judith Basin, Meagher | 26 min |
| Jul 28, 4:45 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | TFX | Fergus | 45 min |
| Jul 28, 4:51 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TFX | Fergus, Judith Basin | 54 min |
| Jul 28, 4:55 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | TFX | Lewis and Clark | 50 min |
| Jul 28, 4:58 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | TFX | Fergus | 77 min |
| Jul 28, 5:00 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | TFX | Cascade | 30 min |
| Jul 28, 5:09 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TFX | Chouteau, Fergus | 51 min |
| Jul 28, 5:15 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TFX | Fergus | 60 min |
| Jul 28, 5:17 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | TFX | Cascade | 28 min |
| Jul 28, 5:27 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TFX | Fergus | 4 hr |
| Jul 28, 5:28 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | TFX | Chouteau | 47 min |
| Jul 28, 5:37 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | TFX | Fergus | 38 min |
| Jul 28, 5:48 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TFX | Fergus | 42 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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.