Expires:No;;790097 FGUS53 KKRF 071539 RVFYEL RIVER FORECAST NWS MISSOURI BASIN RIVER FORECAST CENTER PLEASANT HILL MO 1533Z Tue May 7 2024 : : THIS PRODUCT HAS PRELIMINARY DATA AND SUBJECT TO REVISION. : REFER TO YOUR LOCAL WFO FOR THE LATEST OFFICIAL RIVER FORECAST. : FORECAST GROUP IS YELLOW : ***************************************************************** : *** This forecast includes projected snowmelt due to *** : *** forecasted 6-hour mean temperatures for the next 15 days *** : ***************************************************************** : ==> This forecast includes obsd precip & 72 hours of QPF <== RIVER/STATION FS TDY F O R E C A S T TONGUE RIVER MILES CITY MT 2S 10.0 2.9 CREST NEAR 8.6 FT 05/09 PM :________________________________________________________________ :LIVINGSTON MT 5S - YELLOWSTONE RIVER HSA - BYZ :FLOOD STAGE 10.0 FT FCST ISSUANCE STAGE 8.0 FT :MODERATE FLOOD STAGE 10.5 FT MAJOR FLOOD STAGE 11.0 FT :LATEST RIVER STAGE 2.3 FT AT 1445Z ON 0507 :Obs Stage / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z : 0506 / 2.1 : 0507 / 2.4 / 2.5 / 2.4 .ER LIVM8 20240507 Z DC202405071533/DH18/HGIFF/DIH6 :Stage Fcst/ 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z .E1 : 0507 : / 2.3 .E2 : 0508 : / 2.0 / 1.9 / 1.8 / 1.8 .E3 : 0509 : / 1.7 / 2.0 / 2.1 / 2.0 .E4 : 0510 : / 1.7 / 1.8 / 2.0 / 2.0 .E5 : 0511 : / 1.7 / 1.7 / 2.1 / 2.4 .E6 : 0512 : / 2.4 / 2.4 / 2.8 / 3.1 .E7 : 0513 : / 3.1 / 3.1 / 3.4 / 3.6 .E8 : 0514 : / 3.5 / 3.5 / 3.7 :Local observed 6-hr basin-averaged precip(inches) (PAST 24 hrs): : / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z : 0506 / 0.00 : 0507 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 : :Local observed 24-hr basin-averaged precip total : QPE Total Ending May 07: 0.00 inches : :Local forecast 6-hr basin-averaged precip(inches) (NEXT 72 hrs): : / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z : 0507 / 0.00 : 0508 / 0.03 / 0.14 / 0.18 / 0.24 : 0509 / 0.17 / 0.10 / 0.05 / 0.00 : 0510 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 : :Local forecast 72-hr basin-averaged precip total : QPF Total Ending May 10: 0.91 inches :LIVINGSTON MT 5S - YELLOWSTONE RIVER HSA - BYZ :LATEST ESTIMATED FLOW 3.56 KCFS AT 1200Z ON 0507 .ER LIVM8 20240507 Z DC202405071533/DH18/QRIFF/DIH6 :Flow Fcst / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z .E1 : 0507 : / 3.478 .E2 : 0508 : / 3.199 / 3.090 / 3.026 / 2.981 .E3 : 0509 : / 2.937 / 3.165 / 3.297 / 3.159 .E4 : 0510 : / 2.920 / 3.014 / 3.164 / 3.135 .E5 : 0511 : / 2.894 / 2.901 / 3.307 / 3.638 .E6 : 0512 : / 3.598 / 3.557 / 4.178 / 4.693 .E7 : 0513 : / 4.548 / 4.620 / 5.26 / 5.70 .E8 : 0514 : / 5.46 / 5.46 / 5.98 :________________________________________________________________ :BILLINGS MT 1NE - YELLOWSTONE RIVER HSA - BYZ :FLOOD STAGE 13.5 FT FCST ISSUANCE STAGE 11.5 FT :MODERATE FLOOD STAGE 14.5 FT MAJOR FLOOD STAGE 15.0 FT :LATEST RIVER STAGE 3.7 FT AT 1500Z ON 0507 :Obs Stage / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z : 0506 / 3.6 : 0507 / 3.6 / 3.7 / 3.7 .ER BILM8 20240507 Z DC202405071533/DH18/HGIFF/DIH6 :Stage Fcst/ 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z .E1 : 0507 : / 3.6 .E2 : 0508 : / 3.7 / 3.7 / 3.7 / 3.6 .E3 : 0509 : / 3.6 / 3.5 / 3.5 / 3.5 .E4 : 0510 : / 3.5 / 3.5 / 3.5 / 3.4 .E5 : 0511 : / 3.3 / 3.2 / 3.2 / 3.1 .E6 : 0512 : / 3.1 / 3.0 / 3.2 / 3.5 .E7 : 0513 : / 3.6 / 3.7 / 4.0 / 4.3 .E8 : 0514 : / 4.4 / 4.5 / 4.7 :Local observed 6-hr basin-averaged precip(inches) (PAST 24 hrs): : / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z : 0506 / 0.11 : 0507 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 : :Local observed 24-hr basin-averaged precip total : QPE Total Ending May 07: 0.11 inches : :Local forecast 6-hr basin-averaged precip(inches) (NEXT 72 hrs): : / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z : 0507 / 0.00 : 0508 / 0.03 / 0.06 / 0.13 / 0.24 : 0509 / 0.21 / 0.15 / 0.06 / 0.02 : 0510 / 0.01 / 0.00 / 0.00 : :Local forecast 72-hr basin-averaged precip total : QPF Total Ending May 10: 0.91 inches :BILLINGS MT 1NE - YELLOWSTONE RIVER HSA - BYZ :LATEST ESTIMATED FLOW 5.36 KCFS AT 1200Z ON 0507 .ER BILM8 20240507 Z DC202405071533/DH18/QRIFF/DIH6 :Flow Fcst / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z .E1 : 0507 : / 5.26 .E2 : 0508 : / 5.29 / 5.52 / 5.44 / 5.26 .E3 : 0509 : / 5.04 / 4.877 / 4.840 / 4.819 .E4 : 0510 : / 4.779 / 4.799 / 4.909 / 4.723 .E5 : 0511 : / 4.340 / 4.037 / 4.082 / 4.009 .E6 : 0512 : / 3.790 / 3.760 / 4.253 / 4.826 .E7 : 0513 : / 5.10 / 5.40 / 6.17 / 6.99 .E8 : 0514 : / 7.30 / 7.59 / 8.29 :________________________________________________________________ :HARDIN MT 3E - LITTLE BIGHORN RIVER HSA - BYZ :FLOOD STAGE 8.0 FT FCST ISSUANCE STAGE 6.5 FT :MODERATE FLOOD STAGE 10.0 FT MAJOR FLOOD STAGE 11.8 FT :LATEST RIVER STAGE 3.6 FT AT 1415Z ON 0507 :Obs Stage / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z : 0506 / 3.3 : 0507 / 3.4 / 3.6 / 3.6 .ER HRDM8 20240507 Z DC202405071533/DH18/HGIFF/DIH6 :Stage Fcst/ 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z .E1 : 0507 : / 3.9 .E2 : 0508 : / 4.0 / 4.1 / 4.3 / 5.0 .E3 : 0509 : / 5.8 / 6.3 / 6.4 / 6.4 .E4 : 0510 : / 6.2 / 5.9 / 5.5 / 5.0 .E5 : 0511 : / 4.6 / 4.3 / 4.1 / 4.0 .E6 : 0512 : / 3.9 / 3.8 / 3.7 / 3.7 .E7 : 0513 : / 3.6 / 3.6 / 3.6 / 3.6 .E8 : 0514 : / 3.6 / 3.6 / 3.6 :Local observed 6-hr basin-averaged precip(inches) (PAST 24 hrs): : / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z : 0506 / 0.49 : 0507 / 0.84 / 0.23 / 0.07 : :Local observed 24-hr basin-averaged precip total : QPE Total Ending May 07: 1.63 inches : :Local forecast 6-hr basin-averaged precip(inches) (NEXT 72 hrs): : / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z : 0507 / 0.03 : 0508 / 0.05 / 0.15 / 0.39 / 0.38 : 0509 / 0.22 / 0.13 / 0.08 / 0.04 : 0510 / 0.02 / 0.00 / 0.00 : :Local forecast 72-hr basin-averaged precip total : QPF Total Ending May 10: 1.49 inches :________________________________________________________________ :MILES CITY MT 2S - TONGUE RIVER HSA - BYZ :FLOOD STAGE 10.0 FT FCST ISSUANCE STAGE 8.0 FT :MODERATE FLOOD STAGE 13.0 FT MAJOR FLOOD STAGE 15.0 FT :LATEST RIVER STAGE 2.9 FT AT 1500Z ON 0507 :Obs Stage / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z : 0506 / 2.4 : 0507 / 2.4 / 2.5 / 2.9 .AR : CREST : MICM8 20240509 Z DC202405071533/DH18/HGIFFX 8.6 .ER MICM8 20240507 Z DC202405071533/DH18/HGIFF/DIH6 :Stage Fcst/ 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z .E1 : 0507 : / 3.0 .E2 : 0508 : / 3.3 / 4.0 / 4.9 / 6.1 .E3 : 0509 : / 7.3 / 8.1 / 8.4 / 8.6 .E4 : 0510 : / 8.5 / 8.3 / 7.9 / 7.3 .E5 : 0511 : / 6.6 / 6.0 / 5.5 / 5.1 .E6 : 0512 : / 4.9 / 4.6 / 4.5 / 4.4 .E7 : 0513 : / 4.3 / 4.2 / 4.2 / 4.2 .E8 : 0514 : / 4.1 / 4.1 / 4.1 :Local observed 6-hr basin-averaged precip(inches) (PAST 24 hrs): : / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z : 0506 / 0.38 : 0507 / 1.19 / 0.41 / 0.38 : :Local observed 24-hr basin-averaged precip total : QPE Total Ending May 07: 2.36 inches : :Local forecast 6-hr basin-averaged precip(inches) (NEXT 72 hrs): : / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z : 0507 / 0.72 : 0508 / 0.29 / 0.20 / 0.16 / 0.06 : 0509 / 0.06 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 : 0510 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 : :Local forecast 72-hr basin-averaged precip total : QPF Total Ending May 10: 1.49 inches :________________________________________________________________ :MILES CITY MT 1NW - YELLOWSTONE RIVER HSA - BYZ :FLOOD STAGE 14.0 FT FCST ISSUANCE STAGE 12.0 FT :MODERATE FLOOD STAGE MISSING MAJOR FLOOD STAGE MISSING :LATEST RIVER STAGE 5.0 FT AT 1500Z ON 0507 :Obs Stage / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z : 0506 / 4.8 : 0507 / 4.9 / 5.0 / 5.0 .ER MILM8 20240507 Z DC202405071533/DH18/HGIFF/DIH6 :Stage Fcst/ 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z .E1 : 0507 : / 4.9 .E2 : 0508 : / 5.0 / 5.0 / 5.2 / 5.4 .E3 : 0509 : / 5.7 / 6.0 / 6.2 / 6.4 .E4 : 0510 : / 6.5 / 6.5 / 6.5 / 6.5 .E5 : 0511 : / 6.5 / 6.4 / 6.4 / 6.3 .E6 : 0512 : / 6.2 / 6.2 / 6.0 / 5.9 .E7 : 0513 : / 5.7 / 5.6 / 5.4 / 5.3 .E8 : 0514 : / 5.2 / 5.2 / 5.2 :Local observed 6-hr basin-averaged precip(inches) (PAST 24 hrs): : / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z : 0506 / 0.52 : 0507 / 0.50 / 0.30 / 0.13 : :Local observed 24-hr basin-averaged precip total : QPE Total Ending May 07: 1.45 inches : :Local forecast 6-hr basin-averaged precip(inches) (NEXT 72 hrs): : / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z : 0507 / 0.59 : 0508 / 0.35 / 0.20 / 0.16 / 0.10 : 0509 / 0.08 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 : 0510 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 : :Local forecast 72-hr basin-averaged precip total : QPF Total Ending May 10: 1.48 inches :MILES CITY MT 1NW - YELLOWSTONE RIVER HSA - BYZ :LATEST ESTIMATED FLOW 12.90 KCFS AT 1200Z ON 0507 .ER MILM8 20240507 Z DC202405071533/DH18/QRIFF/DIH6 :Flow Fcst / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z .E1 : 0507 : / 12.69 .E2 : 0508 : / 12.81 / 13.09 / 13.74 / 14.99 .E3 : 0509 : / 16.41 / 17.80 / 18.99 / 19.91 .E4 : 0510 : / 20.53 / 20.84 / 20.86 / 20.69 .E5 : 0511 : / 20.48 / 20.23 / 19.96 / 19.66 .E6 : 0512 : / 19.30 / 18.84 / 18.19 / 17.37 .E7 : 0513 : / 16.50 / 15.70 / 14.99 / 14.36 .E8 : 0514 : / 13.91 / 13.72 / 13.73 :________________________________________________________________ :GLENDIVE MT 1E - YELLOWSTONE RIVER HSA - GGW :FLOOD STAGE 53.5 FT FCST ISSUANCE STAGE 51.5 FT :MODERATE FLOOD STAGE 60.0 FT MAJOR FLOOD STAGE 65.0 FT :LATEST RIVER STAGE 45.6 FT AT 1500Z ON 0507 :Obs Stage / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z : 0506 / 44.7 : 0507 / 44.8 / 44.7 / 45.3 .ER GLNM8 20240507 Z DC202405071533/DH18/HGIFF/DIH6 :Stage Fcst/ 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z .E1 : 0507 : / 45.2 .E2 : 0508 : / 45.2 / 45.2 / 45.2 / 45.2 .E3 : 0509 : / 45.2 / 45.3 / 45.5 / 45.6 .E4 : 0510 : / 45.8 / 45.9 / 46.0 / 46.1 .E5 : 0511 : / 46.1 / 46.0 / 46.0 / 45.9 .E6 : 0512 : / 45.9 / 45.8 / 45.8 / 45.7 .E7 : 0513 : / 45.6 / 45.5 / 45.4 / 45.2 .E8 : 0514 : / 45.1 / 45.0 / 45.0 :Local observed 6-hr basin-averaged precip(inches) (PAST 24 hrs): : / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z : 0506 / 0.23 : 0507 / 0.22 / 0.28 / 0.27 : :Local observed 24-hr basin-averaged precip total : QPE Total Ending May 07: 1.00 inches : :Local forecast 6-hr basin-averaged precip(inches) (NEXT 72 hrs): : / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z : 0507 / 0.30 : 0508 / 0.20 / 0.12 / 0.07 / 0.04 : 0509 / 0.04 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 : 0510 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 : :Local forecast 72-hr basin-averaged precip total : QPF Total Ending May 10: 0.77 inches :GLENDIVE MT 1E - YELLOWSTONE RIVER HSA - GGW :LATEST ESTIMATED FLOW 17.38 KCFS AT 1200Z ON 0507 .ER GLNM8 20240507 Z DC202405071533/DH18/QRIFF/DIH6 :Flow Fcst / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z .E1 : 0507 : / 17.25 .E2 : 0508 : / 17.07 / 16.88 / 16.77 / 16.85 .E3 : 0509 : / 17.24 / 17.95 / 18.93 / 19.99 .E4 : 0510 : / 20.96 / 21.68 / 22.45 / 22.86 .E5 : 0511 : / 22.95 / 22.78 / 22.46 / 22.07 .E6 : 0512 : / 21.65 / 21.23 / 20.77 / 20.25 .E7 : 0513 : / 19.62 / 18.88 / 18.08 / 17.27 .E8 : 0514 : / 16.53 / 15.89 / 15.39 :________________________________________________________________ :SIDNEY MT 2S - YELLOWSTONE RIVER HSA - GGW :FLOOD STAGE 19.0 FT FCST ISSUANCE STAGE 17.0 FT :MODERATE FLOOD STAGE 20.0 FT MAJOR FLOOD STAGE 21.7 FT :LATEST RIVER STAGE 5.5 FT AT 1400Z ON 0507 :Obs Stage / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z : 0506 / 5.4 : 0507 / 5.4 / 5.4 / 5.5 .ER SIDM8 20240507 Z DC202405071533/DH18/HGIFF/DIH6 :Stage Fcst/ 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z .E1 : 0507 : / 5.6 .E2 : 0508 : / 5.9 / 6.2 / 6.3 / 6.3 .E3 : 0509 : / 6.3 / 6.3 / 6.3 / 6.4 .E4 : 0510 : / 6.6 / 6.8 / 7.0 / 7.2 .E5 : 0511 : / 7.4 / 7.5 / 7.6 / 7.6 .E6 : 0512 : / 7.6 / 7.5 / 7.4 / 7.3 .E7 : 0513 : / 7.2 / 7.1 / 7.0 / 6.9 .E8 : 0514 : / 6.7 / 6.5 / 6.4 :Local observed 6-hr basin-averaged precip(inches) (PAST 24 hrs): : / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z : 0506 / 0.17 : 0507 / 0.04 / 0.14 / 0.31 : :Local observed 24-hr basin-averaged precip total : QPE Total Ending May 07: 0.66 inches : :Local forecast 6-hr basin-averaged precip(inches) (NEXT 72 hrs): : / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z : 0507 / 0.20 : 0508 / 0.23 / 0.10 / 0.05 / 0.02 : 0509 / 0.03 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 : 0510 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 : :Local forecast 72-hr basin-averaged precip total : QPF Total Ending May 10: 0.63 inches :SIDNEY MT 2S - YELLOWSTONE RIVER HSA - GGW :LATEST ESTIMATED FLOW 12.85 KCFS AT 1200Z ON 0507 .ER SIDM8 20240507 Z DC202405071533/DH18/QRIFF/DIH6 :Flow Fcst / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z .E1 : 0507 : / 12.99 .E2 : 0508 : / 14.17 / 15.44 / 15.77 / 15.76 .E3 : 0509 : / 15.69 / 15.70 / 15.91 / 16.40 .E4 : 0510 : / 17.17 / 18.11 / 19.09 / 19.97 .E5 : 0511 : / 20.73 / 21.32 / 21.63 / 21.67 .E6 : 0512 : / 21.51 / 21.21 / 20.84 / 20.43 .E7 : 0513 : / 20.00 / 19.52 / 18.96 / 18.31 .E8 : 0514 : / 17.58 / 16.81 / 16.06 :***************************************************************** :COMMENT : : :HSA - Hydrologic Service Area :WFO - Weather Forecast Office :RIW - NWS WFO Riverton, Wyoming :BYZ - NWS WFO Billings, Montana :GGW - NWS WFO Glasgow, Montana :OBS - Observed :EST - Estimated :M - Missing :Stage Fcst - River Stage forecast including future precipitation :Flow Fcst - River Flow forecast including future precipitation :Precip - Precipitation :QPE - Observed radar estimated precipitation :QPF - Forecasted mean areal precipitation for local basin : : $$ : ajm :...END of MESSAGE...