Heavy Rain — Powell, Montana

2014-07-14 · near Ovando, Powell, Montana

Event narrative

The mesonet station EW4329 located 1 mile west-northwest of Elliston reported 0.74 of rain in one hour while the mesonet station TT234 located 7.7 miles north of Ovando reported 0.50 of heavy rain in an hour.

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 530676. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.