Heavy Rain — Granite, Montana

2014-07-14 · near Philipsburg, Granite, Montana

Event narrative

Weather observer reported 1.27 of rainfall.

Wider weather episode

A upper level low centered over west-central Washington State at 6 am MDT on July 14 slowly moved eastward across western Montana by 6 am on July 15 and then moved east to central Montana later that evening. Due to the above normal amounts of atmospheric moisture with origins from the sub-tropics, the thunderstorms produced very heavy rainfall in a short amount of time.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 530672. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.