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Flood Watch 4, NWS Missoula, MT

May 29, 2026Flathead County, Lake County, Sanders County, Montana

NWS Missoula, MT issued this flood watch at May 29, 2026, 12:13 PM MDT for Flathead County, Lake County, Sanders County, Montana. It took effect at May 30, 2026, 6:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 3 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 29, 2026, 12:13 PM MDT (18:13 UTC)
In effect from: May 30, 2026, 6:00 PM MDT
Expired: Jun 2, 2026, 6:00 PM MDT
In force: 3 days
Issued by: NWS Missoula, MT
Flood severity: None

Counties Flathead County, MT, Lake County, MT, Sanders County, MT

The radar

The Missoula radar (KMSX), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:12 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 May 29, 4:07 AM MDT, 8 hours 6 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 29, 4:07 AM MDT, 8 hours 6 minutes 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
May 28, 6:05 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	MSO	Flathead	25 min
May 28, 6:11 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	MSO	Missoula	34 min
May 28, 6:45 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MSO	Missoula	30 min
May 28, 6:53 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	MSO	Missoula	52 min
May 28, 7:15 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	MSO	Missoula	30 min
May 28, 8:05 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	MSO	Missoula	40 min
May 28, 10:11 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	MSO	Flathead	34 min
May 28, 10:58 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	MSO	Flathead	32 min
May 28, 11:19 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	MSO	Lincoln	26 min
May 28, 11:56 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	MSO	Flathead	34 min
May 29, 10:57 AM MDT	River Flood Watch	MSO	Missoula	4 days
May 29, 11:20 AM MDT	River Flood Watch	MSO	Flathead, Lake, Missoula	48 hr
May 29, 11:37 AM MDT	River Flood Watch	MSO	Flathead	68 hr
May 29, 1:18 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	MSO	Powell	27 min
May 29, 2:50 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	MSO	Mineral	25 min
May 29, 3:27 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	MSO	Missoula	33 min
May 29, 3:40 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	MSO	Mineral	35 min
May 29, 4:08 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	MSO	Sanders	37 min
May 29, 4:21 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	MSO	Missoula	24 min
May 29, 4:56 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	MSO	Lake	64 min
May 29, 5:03 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	MSO	Sanders	27 min
May 29, 5:04 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	MSO	Sanders	41 min
May 28, 6:03 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	MSO	Clearwater	27 min
May 28, 6:04 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	MSO	Idaho	26 min
May 28, 6:09 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MSO	Idaho	31 min
May 28, 6:38 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MSO	Clearwater	52 min
May 28, 6:47 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MSO	Clearwater, Idaho	34 min
May 28, 7:22 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	MSO	Clearwater	23 min
May 28, 7:35 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MSO	Clearwater	30 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.