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Flash Flood Watch 2, NWS Great Falls, MT
NWS Great Falls, MT issued this flash flood watch at Jul 15, 2026, 11:51 AM MDT for 4 counties in Montana. It took effect at Jul 16, 2026, 2:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 10 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 15, 2026, 11:51 AM MDT (17:51 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jul 16, 2026, 2:00 PM MDT
- Expired
- Jul 17, 2026, 12:00 AM MDT
- In force
- 10 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Great Falls, MT
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Broadwater County, MT, Gallatin County, MT, Lewis and Clark County, MT, Meagher County, MT
The radar
The Great Falls radar (KTFX), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:53 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 flash flood watch 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 flash flood watch went out at Jul 15, 10:40 AM MDT, 1 hour 11 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 15, 10:40 AM MDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Great Falls, MT issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 14, 6:14 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | TFX | Meagher | 46 min |
| Jul 14, 6:25 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TFX | Fergus, Judith Basin | 50 min |
| Jul 14, 6:48 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TFX | Fergus | 42 min |
| Jul 14, 6:53 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TFX | Fergus | 52 min |
| Jul 14, 6:54 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TFX | Fergus | 30 min |
| Jul 14, 6:58 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | TFX | Chouteau | 32 min |
| Jul 14, 7:18 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TFX | Fergus | 87 min |
| Jul 14, 7:24 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | TFX | Fergus | 3 hr |
| Jul 14, 7:47 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TFX | Fergus | 3 hr |
| Jul 14, 8:29 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | TFX | Fergus | 3 hr |
| Jul 14, 8:38 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | TFX | Fergus | 52 min |
| Jul 14, 9:01 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | TFX | Meagher | 44 min |
| Jul 14, 9:49 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | TFX | Meagher | 41 min |
| Jul 15, 2:09 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | TFX | Judith Basin | 36 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.