1 flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Glasgow, MT wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Mar 9, 9:30 AM MST, 30 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GLASGOW MT 930 AM MST TUE MAR 9 2004 .UPDATE... WILL BE ISSUING A SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR S/C AND NORTHERN PHILLIPS...PETROLEUM...GARFIELD...MCCONE...RICHLAND...DAWSON AND WIBAUX COUNTIES FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SMALL STREAMS WERE FLOWING PRETTY GOOD YESTERDAY AFTERNOON IN PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL MONTANA. A SIGN OF WHAT WILL LIKELY HAPPEN IN THE ADVISORY AREA LATER TODAY. ALSO REPORTS HAVE COME IN THIS MORNING OF RUN-OFF IN NORTHERN PHILLIPS COUNTY (WHITEWATER CREEK). THE CREEKS IN THESE AREAS ARE LOADING A BIT IN RESPONSE TO MELTED SNOW IN THE PAST COUPLE OF WEEKS. CREEKS NORTH OF THE ADVISORY HAVE NOT RESPONDED RECENTLY AS THE SNOWPACK CONTINUES TO SOLIDIFY. THE REST OF THE FORECAST IN PRETTY GOOD SHAPE...BUT DID INCREASE CLOUDS FOR TONIGHT IN RESPONSE TO EXPECTED MEAN RELATIVE HUMIDITY INCREASE BY THIS EVENING JUST BEHIND A STRONG COLD FRONT. JAMBA .SHORT TERM FOR NORTHEAST MONTANA TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY... STRONG UPPER RIDGE OVER AREA WITH WARM AND DRY AIR ALOFT. SURFACE INVERSIONS CONTINUE FED BY CLEAR SKIES...LIGHT WINDS AND SNOWPACK. LOCAL MILK VALLEY EAST WIND IN PLACE. SNOWMELT FROM YESTERDAY MOISTENING UP LOWER LAYERS FOR PATCHY FOG TO FORM...ALREADY AT OLF. WITH 850 MB TEMPERATURES FORECAST TO BE 8-12C THIS AFTERNOON... POTENTIAL TO REACH 60S(F) ALL AREAS. EXPECT THIS IN OUR SOUTH...BUT SNOWCOVERED NORTH WILL HAVE LIGHT E-SE WIND IN MORNING...BETTER MIXING THIS AFTERNOON AS SURFACE THERMAL TROUGH PASSES EAST AND WINDS SHIFT TO W-NW. BEST MIXING OCCURS AT FRONTAL PASSAGE EARLY THIS EVENING ALTHOUGH SOME COOLING ALOFT ALREADY STARTING BY THEN. WILL RAISE MOST HIGHS...ESPECIALLY SINCE AREAS WEST OF CWA IN MT AND ALBERTA WERE 55 TO 65 MONDAY. MODELS NOW IN GOOD AGREEMENT WITH SHORTWAVE MOVING FROM BRITISH COLUMBIA SE ACROSS CANADA TUESDAY. MODELS HAVE SETTLED IN AN EARLY EVENING COLD FRONT ARRIVAL IN NE MT. MOST MOISTURE IN NARROW BAND JUST BEHIND FRONT. BETTER DYNAMICS WITH UPPER TROUGH FOLLOWING LATE TONIGHT TO EFFECT NE QUARTER CWA...BUT MOISTURE LACKING. WILL CONTINUE 20 POPS TONIGHT FOR BOTH RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS. FAST MOVEMENT...SURFACE GRADIENTS...DRY AIRMASS...AND STRONG COLD ADVECTION...LEAD TO WINDY WEATHER TONIGHT...HAVE GONE HIGHER THAN MOS. WINDS CONTINUE TO INCREASE OVERNIGHT AS LAPSE RATES BECOME BETTER WITH COOLING ALOFT ALLOWING 45 KT 850 MB WINDS TO REACH SURFACE. THESE WINDS CONTINUE TO WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON IN EAST. SNOWPACK NOW TOO OLD AND MELTED FOR BLOWING SNOW MENTION. MEANWHILE MODELS TRENDING COLDER WEDNESDAY WITH EACH RUN. WITH WINDY WEATHER AND SUNSHINE IT WILL BE A WELL MIXED AIRMASS...BUT 850 MB TEMPERATURES ARE ONLY -5 TO -10C IN THE AFTERNOON...SOME 15C OR SO COLDER THAN TUESDAY...SO HAVE LOWERED HIGHS AGAIN. THURSDAY WILL SEE THE RIDGE REBOUNDING STRONGLY FOR WARMING...E-SE WINDS IN NORTH KEEPING WARMING MORE LIMITED AGAIN THOUGH. SIMONSEN .LONG TERM... WILL MAKE A FEW SIGNIFICANT CHANGES TO THE EXTENDED FORECAST WITH THIS PACKAGE. THURSDAY STILL REMAINS DRY UNDER HIGH PRESSURE SURFACE AND ALOFT. HOWEVER...RIDGING NOT LOOKING AS ROBUST AS IT HAD EARLIER WITH MODEL CONSENSUS INDICATING LOWER HEIGHTS/THICKNESSES/850MB TEMPERATURES. THUS WILL LOWER THURSDAY MAX TEMPERATURES A BIT. NEXT CHANGE IS TO ADD SOME CHANCE/SLIGHT CHANCE POPS TO FRIDAY AFTERNOON AS NEXT SYSTEM NOW BEING BROUGHT IN A BIT FASTER. BIGGEST CHANGE THO APPEARS TO BE WITH THE STRENGTH OF THIS SYSTEM. MODELS TRENDING COLDER...STRONGER...AND DEEPER. WILL BEEF UP THE POPS FRIDAY NIGHT...STILL KEEPING THEM IN THE CHANCE CATEGORY FOR NOW. HOWEVER THERE IS AN EXCELLENT CHANCE THESE POPS WILL TREND UPWARD AS THE NEXT FEW DAYS WEAR ON. WILL LINGER POPS THRU SATURDAY AS UPPER TROF MOVES THRU. LOOKS WINDY FRIDAY AFTERNOON THRU SATURDAY AFTERNOON ...SO ANY SNOW THAT FALLS WILL OBVIOUSLY GET BLOWN AROUND A GOOD BIT...MAKING FOR A RETURN TO WINTERY CONDITIONS. UPPER RIDGING ATTEMPTS TO RETURN SUNDAY...BUT NOT AS AMPLIFIED AS PREVIOUS...THUS COOLER TEMPERATURES THAN EARLIER THOUGHT. MONDAY UPPER PATTERN LOOKING MUCH FLATTER THAN BEFORE AS TROF WHICH AFFECTS US FRIDAY NIGHT/SATURDAY DIGS INTO THE EAST AND NEXT TROF DIGS TOWARD THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST. OVERALL FORECAST LOOKING A BIT COOLER AND WETTER. && .GGW WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT MTZ016-021>025-027-059 &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GLASGOW MT 555 AM MST TUE MAR 9 2004 MTZ016>027-059>062-101300- CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PHILLIPS-CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN VALLEY COUNTY- DANIELS-DAWSON-EAST ROOSEVELT-GARFIELD-MCCONE-NORTH VALLEY- NORTHERN PHILLIPS-PETROLEUM-PRAIRIE-RICHLAND-SHERIDAN- SOUTHWEST PHILLIPS-WESTERN ROOSEVELT COUNTY-WIBAUX- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CIRCLE...CULBERTSON...GLASGOW...GLENDIVE... JORDAN...MALTA...OPHEIM...PLENTYWOOD...SCOBEY...SIDNEY...TERRY... WHITEWATER...WIBAUX...WINNETT...WOLF POINT AND ZORTMAN 555 AM MST TUE MAR 9 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST MONTANA .DAY ONE... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Minor flooding on the Redwater River covered Cemetery Road in Circle.
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