Significant rainfall over several days caused many small streams and creeks to come out of their banks across much of the Musselshell River drainage basin.
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Significant rainfall over several days caused many small streams and creeks to come out of their banks across much of the Musselshell River drainage basin.
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 Jun 3, 8:45 PM MST, 2 hours 25 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GLASGOW MT 945 PM MDT MON JUN 3 2013 .SHORT TERM...FOR NORTHEAST MONTANA...TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY... THE BULK OF THE UPDATE CENTERED AROUND HYDRO CONCERNS DETAILED BELOW. OTHERWISE ONLY MINOR TWEAKS WERE MADE...MAINLY TO ADJUST POPS TO BETTER REFLECT THE CURRENT RADAR TRENDS AND TO TREND DOWNWARD LOW TEMPS ACROSS THE NORTH. A COOP OBSERVER CALLED IN WITH A CURRENT TEMP OF 36 SOUTHEAST OF OPHEIM. GILCHRIST PREVIOUS DISCUSSION...PRETTY TIGHTLY WOUND LOW PRESSURE OVER EASTERN MONTANA THIS AFTERNOON WILL MOVE EAST ACROSS THE DAKOTAS TUESDAY THEN THE NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI VALLEY WEDNESDAY. BUT PART TWO OF THE SYSTEM IS THE WRAP AROUND WHICH WILL BE TAKING IT/S SWEET TIME LEAVING THE AREA. IT LOOKS LIKE THE WRAP AROUND MOISTURE TODAY WILL LINGER ACROSS THE AREA THIS EVENING WITH A TENTH OF AN INCH QPF POSSIBLE IN SOME AREAS. CEILINGS ARE EXPECTED TO NOTICEABLY LIFT TUESDAY AS DRIER LOW LEVEL AIR WORKS INTO THE AREA BUT THE AIRMASS WILL REMAIN VERY COOL. WITH 850 MB TEMPS ONLY IN THE SINGLE DIGITS...TEMPS TUESDAY ARE ONLY EXPECTED TO RISE INTO THE MID 50S TO LOWER 60S...ABOUT 15 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL FOR MOST PLACES. AN UPPER RIDGE WILL NUDGE INTO THE AREA TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY BUT A STUBBORN UPPER VORT MAX WILL KEEP THE THREAT OF SHOWERS AT LEAST IN THE SE ZONES. TEMPERATURES WILL WARM CLOSER TO NORMAL ON WEDNESDAY WITH HIGHS EXPECTED TO TOP OUT IN THE 60S TO NEAR 70. JAMBA .LONG TERM...WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY... ONLY MINIMAL CHANGES WERE NEEDED FOR THE EXTENDED PERIOD FOR NORTHEAST MONTANA. THE 12Z MODEL GUIDANCE CONTINUES TO ADVERTISE A SHORTWAVE TROUGH PROPAGATING THROUGH NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT TOWARD THE END OF THE WEEK AND INTO THE WEEKEND. THIS WILL BRING THE NEXT CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO THE CWA. MONDAY AND BEYOND...UPPER RIDGE IS EXPECTED TO BUILD ACROSS NORTHEAST MONTANA. RISING 500MB HEIGHTS AND WARMING 850MB TEMPERATURES IS CONSISTENT WITH THE PREVIOUS FORECAST THINKING OF A MODERATING TREND IN TEMPERATURES THROUGH THE LONG RANGE. THEREFORE KEPT THIS IDEA GOING IN THE GRIDS. MALIAWCO MAIN FEATURES FOR THE EXTENDED PERIOD ARE AN UPPER HIGH PUSHING TOWARD THE CALIFORNIA COAST AND UPPER TROF DIGGING OVER THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. MODELS HAVE BEEN FAIRLY CONSISTENT WITH SHORTWAVE DROPPING THROUGH THE NORTHWEST FLOW BRINGING INCREASED CHANCES OF RAIN FOR FRIDAY AND SATURDAY...ALTHOUGH ECMWF IS BEGINNING TO DRIFT FROM ITS AGREEMENT WITH THE GFS REGARDING THIS FEATURE. BY EARLY NEXT WEEK THE UPPER RIDGE PUSHES INTO THE GREAT BASIN RESULTING IN WARMING AND DRYING CONDITIONS SPREADING NORTH INTO MONTANA. EBERT && .AVIATION... PERIODS OF LIGHT RAIN WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT AT THE TERMINALS WITH MVFR TO IFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED UNDER THE STRONGER RAIN SHOWERS AMID REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND LOWER CEILINGS. WINDS FROM THE NORTH AND NORTHEAST AT 10 TO 20 KTS ARE EXPECTED WITH SOME HIGHER GUSTS. CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO IMPROVE TOWARD THE END OF THIS TAF CYCLE. MALIAWCO/MICKELSON && .HYDROLOGY... RECENT RAINFALL OF 1 TO 3 INCHES HAS CAUSED SIGNIFICANT RUNOFF IN AREA CREEKS AND STREAMS. ISSUED FLOOD WARNINGS FOR SMALL STREAMS ACROSS PHILLIPS...VALLEY... DANIELS...ROOSEVELT...RICHLAND...DAWSON...GARFIELD...AND PETROLEUM COUNTIES. RECEIVED REPORTS OF FLOODING ON PEOPLES CREEK NEAR DODSON...AND CHERRY CREEK NORTH OF GLASGOW. ALSO RECEIVED REPORTS OF ROADS WASHING OUT IN PETROLEUM AND DAWSON COUNTIES. UPGRADED GARFIELD...ROOSEVELT...DANIELS...AND RICHLAND COUNTIES BASED ON SURFACE OBSERVATIONS AND RADAR ESTIMATED PRECIP TOTALS. EXPECT CONTINUED RISES AND FLOODING ACROSS MANY SMALL STREAMS INTO TUESDAY. A FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE MAIN STEM OF THE MUSSELSHELL RIVER NEAR MOSBY. A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SHERIDAN COUNTY THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. GILCHRIST && .GLASGOW WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... LAKE WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 6 AM MDT TUESDAY FOR FORT PECK LAKE FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PHILLIPS...CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN VALLEY... GARFIELD...MCCONE...PETROLEUM. FLOOD WATCH THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON FOR SHERIDAN. && WEATHER.GOV/GLASGOW
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GLASGOW MT 919 PM MDT MON JUN 3 2013 MTZ016>018-020>022-024-025-059>062-042200- CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PHILLIPS-CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN VALLEY- DANIELS-WESTERN ROOSEVELT-PETROLEUM-GARFIELD-RICHLAND-DAWSON- NORTHERN PHILLIPS-SOUTHWEST PHILLIPS-NORTHERN VALLEY- EASTERN ROOSEVELT- 919 PM MDT MON JUN 3 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST MONTANA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT FLOOD WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR SWOLLEN STREAMS AND CREEKS ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. MTZ023-026-027-042200- MCCONE-PRAIRIE-WIBAUX- 919 PM MDT MON JUN 3 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST MONTANA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT RECENT RAINS COULD LEAD TO RISES ON CREEKS AND STREAMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. MTZ019-042200- SHERIDAN- 919 PM MDT MON JUN 3 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST MONTANA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT RECENT RAINS COULD LEAD TO RISES ON CREEKS AND STREAMS. A FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES THROUGH TUESDAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GLASGOW MT
647 PM MDT MON JUN 03 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0421 PM HEAVY RAIN 5 SW HINSDALE 48.35N 107.15W
06/03/2013 M1.74 INCH VALLEY MT TRAINED SPOTTER
24 HOUR RAINFALL
0618 PM HEAVY RAIN 2 W GLENDIVE 47.11N 104.76W
06/03/2013 M1.36 INCH DAWSON MT TRAINED SPOTTER
24 HOUR RAINFALL
0638 PM HEAVY RAIN 14 SSE CULBERTSON 47.94N 104.45W
06/03/2013 M1.33 INCH RICHLAND MT TRAINED SPOTTER
24 HOUR RAINFALL
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JBThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
The Musselshell River at Mosby (MSBM8) rose above its flood stage of 10 feet at 11:10 PM MST on June 3rd, crested at 11.72 feet at 7:50 AM MST on June 3rd, then feel back down below flood stage at 1:10 AM MST on June 6th.
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